Virtual Memory Message ...Whats it mean ?

S

Stuart

I got a message earlier saying my system was running low on Virtual
Memory and that Windows would increase it ...When I look at the info
in C/systemtools.system information it shows the following ...Total
Physical memory 512 MB
Available Physical Memory 309.33 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Pagefile Space 769.38 MB


I do have 512 MB Ram ..Why is there a difference between that and the
309.33 MB Available Physical Memory ..

When I got the PC it had no Graphics Card but had onboard graphics and
was allocated ( I think ) 64MB of the 256MB Ram that was installed at
the time .I then installed a graphics card ..I made no other changes
to any bios settings ...Should I have .??

I then removed the 256MB Ram and installed the 512 MB ( it was
different type to the 256)

Does anything of the other stats throw up any questions ..?

Stuart
 
J

Jim

Stuart said:
I got a message earlier saying my system was running low on Virtual
Memory and that Windows would increase it ...When I look at the info
in C/systemtools.system information it shows the following ...Total
Physical memory 512 MB
Available Physical Memory 309.33 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Pagefile Space 769.38 MB


I do have 512 MB Ram ..Why is there a difference between that and the
309.33 MB Available Physical Memory ..
Lots and lots of system components need physical ram. What is left over is
still available.
When I got the PC it had no Graphics Card but had onboard graphics and
was allocated ( I think ) 64MB of the 256MB Ram that was installed at
the time .I then installed a graphics card ..I made no other changes
to any bios settings ...Should I have .??
What does the manual say about this issue?
I then removed the 256MB Ram and installed the 512 MB ( it was
different type to the 256)

Does anything of the other stats throw up any questions ..?
Perhaps you could use a bigger pagefile.
Jim
 

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