help, you guys really helped me with a question i had the other day, but.......?

Question

the question was about my virtual memory,ok new problem i figured how to set it where to go etc. but my new problem is i'm still receiving that pop up about my virtual memory minimum is to low, so i reset it again. what i need to know what's minimum and the maximum that i can set it,it's really causes me a lot of problems when i'm downloading my music. extra info my computer is 4 months old my processor is 1.80 ghz,256 kb l2 cache 1600 mhz fsb amd sempron processor 3100 please help me .

Answer 1

Normally your virtual memory set up is set in a way so that your computer is allocated to certain memory and the rest is used for either your graphics card or something else. You shouldnt play around with the settings unless you are sure you want to.



The only fix for this I can think of is to upgrade your memory. It seems like you have really low memory RAM on your hardware. Get at least 512 or 1 Gig for memory. Its easy to install and its cheaper than just getting a new computer.



Otherwise, I would just close all programs and just keep open what you definitely need. Do not run too many programs on your desktop at the same time...or else you will keep getting that message.



You need to go to your performance settings if you want to change the virtual memory settings, but you could damage your computer that way.



To change virtual settings on XP:

1/ Click the Start button



2/ From the Start menu Click Control Panel



3/ When the Control Panel window opens click the System Icon



4/ In the System Properties window click the Advanced tab



5/ The top section of the Advanced tab window is market Performance.



6/ Click the Settings button



7/ The Performance Options window opens



8/ Click the Advanced tab



9/ At the bottom of the window you will see a section marked 'Virtual Memory' Click the Change button



10/ In the next window your main C: drive should already be highlighted. If it isn't then right click on it with your mouse to highlight it.



11/ Now look just below the Drive section. You will see a section marked 'Paging File for selected drive.'



12/ Right click on the radio button next to the Custom size to enable this option



13/The Custom Size dialog boxes now become available for use



14/ The normal formula for virtual memory is 1.5 times that of your physical memory. So if you have 128MB of physical memory the formula would be as follows:



128 + 64 = 192MB (64MB being half of 128)



15/ In the Initial Size (MB) dialog box type in 192MB (or whatever figure you have calculated - in our example 192MB)



16/ In the Maximum Size (MB) dialog box type the same figure, i.e., 192MB



17/ Now click the Set button to save your new settings



18/ Next click OK



19/ In the next screen click the Apply button followed by OK



20/ You should now be back at the System Properties window. Click OK to Exit

Answer 2

I presume you are using XP?? and how much system memory do you have. If you have enough system memory Windows XP is designed to allocate the memory automatically and you should never need to change the VM settings. I have noticed that alot of laptops lately are being sold with 256 megs of memory which is barely enough to have XP work efficiently...if that is your case I would HIGLY suggest that you purchase 512megs of additional memory..NOTE: if you do this you will need to pull your current memory stick out and put it in your second memory slot and put the larger stick in the primary slot!!

Answer 3

I use 2X my physical memory for my Minimum and 4X my physical memory for MY Maximum.