Memory issue?

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Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell

Hi everyone!

I'm not a computer newbie, but I am new to this issue and could use some
assistance.

I just upgraded my computer's memory (PC 3200 DDR 400). I now have 1.5 gigs
or so, as in 1 x 512 mg no name and 1 x 1 GB Kingmax brand in a Pentium 4 @
3 GHz running XP SP2

Everything seems to be running fine in that the system recognizes the memory
and performance is good.

Odd thing is when I run a nifty program I have called Check It Diagnostics,
specifically the memory test portion of it... I get the following error
message in the report:

"Memory Test
Optimizing Test Memory Size...
----> Memory Allocation Failed!
----> Test Failed

Found Error(s)"

Anyone have any idea what they're going on about?

Also does anyone have insights on that whole Virtual Memory thing? How
should it be set in a system like mine (80 GB hard drive with a 200 GB drive
on USB)

Thanks again for any input!

Carmen
 
Hi Carmen,

Here's a site that describes virtual memory pretty well, maybe it'll
give you some insites:
http://aumha.org/a/xpvm.htm

Re: your CheckIt message--hard to say. Can you get any extended
information from the program? (I'm not familiar with the program.)
From the way it's worded, it could either be a memory problem, or an
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inability of the program to test the memory (internal error, perhaps).
So, two things come to mind:
1) CheckIt is having problems doing the test [too much
memory to test?]
2) you've got faulty memory sticks

You might try testing the sticks one-by-one to see if that makes any
difference. I.e., pull one out, start computer, run CheckIt. Repeat
with other stick. If *no* errors come up, then it's probably a problem
with CheckIt itself. If you get an with one or the other stick, but
not both, then you've found the trouble. If *both* fail, then your
back at square one.

Hope this helps for a start,

Walter Gildersleeve
Freiburg, Germany

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With pc 3200 memory,or any memory on newer boards,you should have
both memory sticks the same size,if diffrent sizes-mb are used then configure
two in slot 1 and 3,and other in 2 and 4,if diffrent are to be used.Some
boards
wont even run if the 2 are diffrent.However,to test memory,test it in
DOS,if it
works as the test results display,quit worrying about it.To test download
tester
at:http:www.oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
 
Hey Walter!
Here's a site that describes virtual memory pretty well, maybe it'll
give you some insites:
http://aumha.org/a/xpvm.htm
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Thanks I'll go have a read...
You might try testing the sticks one-by-one to see if that makes any
difference. I.e., pull one out, start computer, run CheckIt. Repeat
with other stick. If *no* errors come up, then it's probably a problem
with CheckIt itself. If you get an with one or the other stick, but
not both, then you've found the trouble. If *both* fail, then your
back at square one.
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Ewwwww... you mean I'll have to do what I figured I'd have to do (but
thought I could skip if one of the luminaries in this newsgroup knew the
answer)?! How very *inconvenient*! :-)

Thanks for the advice. I'll try this out today and see what happens...

C.
 
Thanks Andrew! I'll go download the program and see what happens...

C.
 
Wed, 4 Jan 2006 23:58:29 -0500 from Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell <seegod1
@cogeco.ca>:
Odd thing is when I run a nifty program I have called Check It Diagnostics,
specifically the memory test portion of it... I get the following error
message in the report:

"Memory Test
Optimizing Test Memory Size...
----> Memory Allocation Failed!
----> Test Failed

Found Error(s)"

Anyone have any idea what they're going on about?
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It sounds to me like a program error. The easy way to test that
diagnosis is just to try a different program. The one that saved my
bacon is from www.memtest.org -- download a bootable image and burn
to a bootable CD or floppy, then boot your computer and let it run.
If there are memory problems they'll show up within the first half
hour or so.
Also does anyone have insights on that whole Virtual Memory thing? How
should it be set in a system like mine (80 GB hard drive with a 200 GB drive
on USB)
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I asked this question when I got my XP system about a year ago, and
the best answer I got was "don't monkey with it; XP manages virtual
memory on its own much better than Win 9x." For explanations, see
<http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm>.
 
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