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mikotokyo   06-22-2009 at 09:48:53 AM

Hi Guys,
I am emailing all the way from Japan. I have just updated my computer and i am getting problems that i had never expected. I seriously need some advice, and so i joined this forum.

The problem i get is, after a couple of hours of computer usage when i have many programs opened, i.e IE browsers + Outlook email + MS Acess + Various folders etc then the computer freezes/or does not open any more files and says its out of memory.

This is the exact problem i had before i updated my computer, even at that the previous version was a Core2duo 1.8mhz, with generic Ram.

My current PC version is..

Core 2 Quad Q9650 3Ghz CPU
ASUS Motherboard
Corsair (2x2)= 4gb ram
Only thing i did not update was my 240gb/7200rpm hard drive. This hard drive i have been using since 2 years and its just been reformated from scratch.

I have genuine windows XP pro, SP1-2-3 installed (patch)
All of windows and microsoft updates are installed. The computer does not even heat up after several hours of usage.

Inspite of such a reasonable configuration i am still having trouble. Does someone know what the problem might be ? My computer is definitely virus free..

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sid_nag17   06-22-2009 at 10:05:44 AM
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check your paging file the amount should be 1.5 times the amount of your memory

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mikotokyo   06-22-2009 at 11:02:42 AM
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Excellent, we're getting somewhere. Can you please tell me how am i to do it. I am sorry i am not really a techy. Where can i check the paging file ?

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mikotokyo   06-22-2009 at 11:10:52 AM
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Hi Again, I found the paging file. Here is how i have it set.

Drive: C
Space Available: 213541mb
Custom Size:
Initial size: 4990
Max size: 100000

Total paging file size for all drives:
Minimum allowed: 2MB
Recommended: 4990MB
Currently Allocated: 4990MB

The currently allocated: 4990mb was recently changed by a colleague who thought that by doing so it would solve my problem but it actually has not solved it at all..

Hope that you can recommend something further

Thanks

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mikotokyo   06-22-2009 at 11:12:47 AM
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Hi, I found the paging file, and i will write down what i see there.
Space available: 213541mb
custom size: 4990 mb
max size: 100000mb

minimum allowed: 2mb
recommded: 4990mb
currently allocated: 4990mb

recently a friend changed the currently allocated to 4990mb thinking that it would solve the issue but it has not.

any further help would be appreciated.
thanks, amit

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mikotokyo   06-22-2009 at 11:23:55 AM
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sorry for the double msgs, i got an error on my first post so i had to write it again.

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mikotokyo   06-22-2009 at 12:06:42 PM
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Hey,
Just so you know, i changed my paging file to 6000 as initial and max on your recommendation 4gb x 1.5
thanks

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jonpaul37   06-22-2009 at 03:28:00 PM
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Hmmm... what kind of ASUS motherboard? It is possible that the BIOS version you have could use an update. other than that, i really do not see a reason why your computer would do that.

------------------------------ ASUS PQ5 PRO - E4500 @ 3.3 - 4GB GSkill DDR2 800 @ 4-4-4-10 - Sapphire 4850 512MB @ 655/1015 - Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB - Win 7 64-bit - PC Power & Cooling S61EPS 610W Power Supply
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sid_nag17   06-22-2009 at 03:55:21 PM
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now that your paging file has been set to the recommended level your problems should ho away if not try a fresh install of ur os. with your config this problem should not happen at all and if u can get a bios update done as jon said.

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mikotokyo   06-24-2009 at 12:29:22 PM
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My ASUS Motherboard is P5N7A-VM, Socket 775, EPU-4 Engine. i just purchased it about 2 weeks ago.

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sid_nag17   06-24-2009 at 05:56:39 PM
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awrite so did you get the bios update done?

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