Video Memory

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

A friend asked me to look at a unit that I had to add memory to it is a
900mhz processor with 128 meg of ram it has a video card with 8 meg of ram
and integrated sound. Someone else resently put XP pro on it, upgrade from
millenium, it would lock up so I added 256 meg of ram. They tried to install
a "Simms" game vertual zoo or something like that but it does not recognize
the memory on the video card. How do I share memory to make it work? Do I set
the virtual memory at the amount it is requesting?

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

You'll have to open the BIOS and see if more memory
can be allocated to video. If that option is not available,
the only solution is to purchase a good video card.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Jammer" wrote:

| A friend asked me to look at a unit that I had to add memory to it is a
| 900mhz processor with 128 meg of ram it has a video card with 8 meg of ram
| and integrated sound. Someone else resently put XP pro on it, upgrade from
| millenium, it would lock up so I added 256 meg of ram. They tried to install
| a "Simms" game vertual zoo or something like that but it does not recognize
| the memory on the video card. How do I share memory to make it work? Do I set
| the virtual memory at the amount it is requesting?

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Jammer

An 8mb AGP video card will use RAM if available up to a limit of 32mb.. an
integrated video card can be set in BIOS to use system memory up to 64mb
(motherboard dependant limit.. some are still only 32mb)..

A PCI 8mb video card is just that.. no more, no less..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm





"Jammer" <Jammer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C48DB5F7-D6B5-402D-94FF-86E2F087D761@microsoft.com...
>A friend asked me to look at a unit that I had to add memory to it is a
> 900mhz processor with 128 meg of ram it has a video card with 8 meg of ram
> and integrated sound. Someone else resently put XP pro on it, upgrade from
> millenium, it would lock up so I added 256 meg of ram. They tried to
> install
> a "Simms" game vertual zoo or something like that but it does not
> recognize
> the memory on the video card. How do I share memory to make it work? Do I
> set
> the virtual memory at the amount it is requesting?

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Jammer <Jammer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>A friend asked me to look at a unit that I had to add memory to it is a
>900mhz processor with 128 meg of ram it has a video card with 8 meg of ram
>and integrated sound. Someone else resently put XP pro on it, upgrade from
>millenium, it would lock up so I added 256 meg of ram. They tried to install
>a "Simms" game vertual zoo or something like that but it does not recognize
>the memory on the video card. How do I share memory to make it work? Do I set
>the virtual memory at the amount it is requesting?

If the video is on a separate card then the only way to increase the
video memory is to install additional memory chips onto the video
card. You would have to contact the manufacturer of the video card or
check the documentation that came with the video card in order to
determine what type of RAM chips can be added to that specific video
card model, if it is at all possible to do so. Many video cards with
8 mb of RAM cannot have more RAM added. In that circumstance the
option would be to replace the video card with a new one that has the
requisite amount of RAM.

If the video is integrated into the motherboard (but the way I read
your comments above is that the sound is integrated but the video is a
separate card) then you can possibly increase the amount of RAM
allocated to video by means of the BIOS setup. But doing so will
reduce the amount of RAM available to Windows.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm