Problems with RAM

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Hello Bob,

Any chance you could rephrase the question, just so that I am sure what
you're asking about? The motherboard HAS onboard video, but I have it
disabled and I am using an NVidia GeoForce PCI video card (I can give more
detailed info of the card on my next email)...

Also, if THIS is what you are asking, I have some of the RAM memory set up
to be used by the video card as extra memory...

Let me know if this is what you are asking about, and if not, like I said at
the begining, please rephrase the question...

And, again, thanks for your time and help....

Eddie
 
You answered correctly. I would temporally disable the "extra memory"
and I would check for and update the video card driver then. Go to the
Nvidia web site and download a later version. Install per setup
instructions. Check that that works, install the memory, check that it
is working, then try putting the video memory setting back in if you wish.
 
Hello Bob,

I got temporary sidetracked on this endeavor... My network card 'died'
recently, so I have been offline up until recently, but I digress...

I was able to go to the NVIDIA website last night and downloaded the most
recent driver for the video card... Now, while checking the current driver
settings, I think I found the setting in question, so hopefully I can disable
the extra memory in question before proceding with this operation...

However, just to be on the safe side, what I'm doing has nothing to do with
the 'AGP Aperture Size' setting on the computer BIOS, right? Or do I need
to change that one also?

Thanks for your invaluable help...

Eddie
 
IIRC you want greater than 4 MB if you want to have it work as AGP. (but
my memory is a bit fuzzy there)
 
Hello Bob,

I think I understand... I found a website in which they describe the 'rule
of thumb' when it comes to the size of the 'AGP Aperture'... Just wanted to
be certain if I had to complete disable this memory to perform the
operation... However, that is a moot point, since the settings will not
allow it to go to any value less than 4 MB... In my system it seems that a
value of 128 MB is required to keep it from going crazy...

I downloaded and installed the latest version of the NVIDIA display driver,
and was rather mortified to find out that the latest version of the driver
(apparently) no longer allows you control over the amount of shared memory
you can designate... SO, if anyone out there (or anyone you know, Bob) has
experience with NVIDIA's ForceWare Release 90, Version 93.71, your inputs
would be very appreciated...

Anyways, I was giving the system a little run to make sure the system is
stable after updating the driver BEFORE I attempt to install the extra
memory... Here's hoping for the best...

Again, Bob, thanks for all your help...
 
You're welcome. Sorry, my video card is too old to run the "latest and
greatest" from nvidia. My aperture is only set a 32. :-)
 
I hear you, and I think that may also be my problem... I was checking the
archive page of the NVIDIA site, and I saw that the setting I mentioned in
one of my prior messages (called 'Maximum system memory for PCI mode
textures', under 'Direct3D Settings') appears on the 52.16 version of the
driver (Dated Oct 2003)... If this does not work, I may have to roll-back to
that, or, check further down the line to see which version was the last to
show this setting, before they apparently phased it out completely...

My PC is a Compaq Presario 5150 with an AMD K6-2 processor running between
500 to 550 MHz, so hey, I can relate to when it comes to 'old' cards and
systems...

Again, thanks,

Eddie
 
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