Molson1983 said:
I have 25 GB of memory left, not sure about any being used bt video
accelerator. I didn't install any scenery or aircraft recently, I installed
a new program but I flew after that and it worked fine. I started my
computer with nothing else running, I also defragged, ran disk cleanup, tried
deleting most of my flights I had saved in flight simulator files. How do I
run a memory test?
There's actual electronic RAM, usually in the form of narrow circuit
boards plugged into long sockets on the computer's main circuit board.
Then there's virtual memory, usually in the form of a hard disk file
referred to as a "page file" or "swap file". Windows works best with
RAM, but often uses virtual memory when programs need quantities of
storage in excess of the electronic RAM present. The virtual memory is
significantly slower than RAM, adds to hard disk wear, may drain
notebook computer batteries faster and may contribute to the generation
of more heat inside the computer.
Some video accelerators, especially accelerators integrated into
computer motherboards, use multiple megabytes of the electronic RAM.
Many computers report the quantity of operational electronic RAM before
they attempt to load the Windows Operating System (OS) or Linux,
whichever is installed. This message is often a part of the Power On
Self Test (POST).
Windows and many Windows based applications require some storage that
CAN NOT be shifted over to virtual memory. In some cases that data can
only be stored in specific portions of RAM that are in limited supply,
even on computers with LOTS of RAM. Occasionally a hardware malfunction
OR software problem adversely affects the availability of that
specialized section of RAM.
There have been reports of Microsoft Flight Simulator not releasing
memory it no longer needs for the automatically generated buildings and
trees. This problem is supposed to be alleviated by the patch available
on Microsoft's site. There have also been reports of problems resulting
from certain flight simulator add on scenery files being placed in the
wrong folder by their automated installers.
Remember that search engines are your friends:
Microsoft® Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight (UPDATE)
Readme file
http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulator/fs2004_update9.1_english.asp
"Flying out of an area then back to the same area may cause lower frame
rates. The problem was due to a memory leak and how Flight Simulator
handled autogen objects."
SimForums Topic: Out of Memory Error
http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=16857&PN=1
akriesman Posted: 06 May 2006 at 4:03pm "Memory leaks seem to occur when
a texture is missing from the local TEXTURE folder, but it is not
missing from another default texture folder (i.e. TEXTURE or
SCENERY\WORLD\TEXTURE)."
Windows Memory Diagnostic:
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
"The diagnostic includes a comprehensive set of memory tests."
requires boot from floppy disk or CD
