low memory with 5gb?

Andi_4

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Aug 27, 2016
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Hi peeps i have a slight issue. Recently i keep getting games crashing and an error message saying low memory on pc. i have 5gb of ram so surely this is wrong. I understand my hdd runs very low as i have it full of videos etc and its only 250gb. i do have a 750gb but dont wish to lose all my games and data etc so il have to back it all up eventually first before i reinstall windows. How can i get these low memory messages though?

specs are;

AMD PHENOM II X4 925
AMD RADEON HD 5570 2GB GPU
WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 32 BIT
5GB DDR2 RAM PC6400
250 GB SEAGATE HDD ONLY 5400RPM
thanks for any advice.
 
Solution
32 bit Windows can't use more that 3.5GB and more likely 3.25GB of RAM, no matter how much you actually have.
As you don't have enough free space on the disk even virtual memory can't expand to pick slack up.