Out Of Memory?

[Ramones53rd3rd]

The other night I was surfing the internet and i tried to save something, and my computer said "Out of Memory." But when I go to My System it says theres 58% Free, well why Am I out of memory? Someone please help, thanks.

[ooo]

ummm are u sure it said 58% free... how much ram do you have in total anywayz?..... are u running alot of programs, how is ur taskbar? >> how many things are there? >> get a ram booster.... restart your com...

[Nightwolf]

System Resources and RAM are two different things. If it says you're out of memory, that means you either have too many programs running, or you closed a program and it failed to release the memory it was using (Kazaa has a problem with this). Like Soul814 said, you either need a memory recovery program like Rambooster, or simply restart your computer.

[Ramones53rd3rd]

Yes It does say 58%, Ihave a total of 64.0MB of Ram, And I dont usually have lots of programs running, rightnow I just have Kazza and my cd drive on my task bar. Where can I get a Ram booster?

[alan36uk]

1. get some more ram.
2. goto start/run and type "msconfig".
3. delete stuff you dont need on startup.
4. maybe run a virus check.
It seems you have something running in the background ?
Hope that helps

[ooo]

dl it from kazaa

k-lite takes about 28mbs of ram

ie takes like 2mbs... any other system files take others... u figure

[MERLIN]

maybe it meant memory on your hard drive? :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:

[ooo]

Originally posted by alan36uk@30 March 2003 - 23:49
1. get some more ram.
2. goto start/run and type "msconfig".
3. delete stuff you dont need on startup.
4. maybe run a virus check.
It seems you have something running in the background ?
Hope that helps
msconfig only works on xp... i tried it w/ other os...

[MERLIN]

msconfig works on 98 :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:

[ooo]

Originally posted by MERLIN@31 March 2003 - 00:25
msconfig works on 98 :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:
not on my 2000 and my 98se... :/

[fozziebear]

Originally posted by Soul814@31 March 2003 - 00:23
msconfig only works on xp... i tried it w/ other os...
erm... i have used msconfig on win98se to remove a startup prog... worked for me.

i have the same prob... running win 98se, 768mb pc133 sdram, frequently get a message about low system memory... any ideas how to fix it?

[MERLIN]

I did have 98 and it worked on that, now i have 98se and it works on that too :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:

[ooo]

wait do u have 2 os? since my msconfig doesnt run... i should do a search n locate it...

[ooo]

wait scratch that

it doesnt work on 2000 -- lol

[clocker]

I think you may be confusing your readings. Usually your computer will tell you how much free space you have left on your harddrive, not how much memory you have free at any given moment. You can get several different memory boosters at Downloads.com and theyall will tell you the current status of your memory. Just be careful how you configure them, you don't need to optimize and scrub your memory all that often and you don't need to set the recovery level all that high...(RTFM)

[ooo]

not really... when your ram is low it tell you too... i was running alot of applications and it displayed an error...

[Nightwolf]

64 MB of ram isn't that much. You should look into getting more if you can. Also, you could try setting your own Virtual Memory settings. Go to Control Panel - System, click on the 'Performance' tab and click on the 'Virtual Memory' button. Click on the circle that says "Let me specify my own virtual memory settings". Assuming you have enough free hard drive space, you should enter about 160 into both the Minimum and Maximum boxes. Click 'OK', then click on the 'File System' button. Where it says "Typical Role of this Computer", select "Network Server". Click 'OK' twice and restart. This should improve your performance by making more memory available, but as others have said you should also try to prevent any unnecessary apps from loading at startup.

[ooo]

lol my own personal computer has 32mb... ur point... lolz p1 :P respect it! win 98... w00t... it runs decently... no internet so im saved... running norton antivirus just kills it tho :P

[Nightwolf]

Originally posted by Soul814@30 March 2003 - 19:33
lol my own personal computer has 32mb...
You mean the one you're trading in for a new one? Maybe that has something to do with it. :lol:

[ooo]

yes that one... well im not trading... im giving my old one to my father... :P

[basics]

YEAH U GOT SAME PROB AS ME M8 READ MY POST IN HARDWARE

[Mr.Ganja]

bah

[ooo]

now this just got confusing...

[ClubDiggler]

Originally posted by Nightwolf^.`.^@30 March 2003 - 23:33
System Resources and RAM are two different things. If it says you're out of memory, that means you either have too many programs running, or you closed a program and it failed to release the memory it was using (Kazaa has a problem with this). Like Soul814 said, you either need a memory recovery program like Rambooster, or simply restart your computer.
Just got Rambooster. Pretty helpful!!!!

Good Call!!! B)

[Nightwolf]

Originally posted by ClubDiggler@2 April 2003 - 19:08
Just got Rambooster.  Pretty helpful!!!!

Yeah, I think it's a nice little utility. I only run it when things start to get sluggush, but it you want to have it load at start-up, it doesn't use a lot of system resources at all.

[ooo]

how much ram does rambooster itself take? and when you optimize ur com for more ram how much does it give? just enough to cover up how much it takes?

lol