Virtual Memory Low

[RitaM]

It has been a while since I have been really into the hardware (or even software aspect) of computer technology, and unfortunately I am having what seem to be some hardware related issues. As of about a week ago, my computer has been running extremely slow at times, especially in the morning when I get on and it has been left on all night. It has also been giving me a windows error that says my "virtual memory is running low" and that "windows is adjusting it now," etc. Well whatever windows did doesn't seem to be working because I am getting the message increasingly more often. After the message pops up, I get a few "Progrom not responding" prompts from various programs and the computer locks up and I must reset using button. What little info I knew regarding memory types and computer hardware in general is now lost, and I call on you guys for help. Thanks a lot, and here are my specs:

- ASUS K8 Triton Series, nForce3
- AMD Athlon 64 3500+
- Seagate 80gb HD @7200rpm (about 89% full)
- Kingston ValueRam: PC2700, 512gb x 2
- ATI Radeon 9800Pro

Things I plan to try tonight:

- Complete defrag
- Full system scan (anti-virus, spyware)
- System clean-up

 

[King X13]

right click my computer>>advanced tab>>performance settings>>advanced tab>>virtual memory change

the max is 4096 which is 4 gigs of virtual memory which will increase system performance. some people like to make it around 2 gigs but if you have the space set it to the max and you will never see the error again.

 

[saltynay]

add more ram the virtual memory is reserved space for the hdd to act as ram so buy more ram and put it up and u will neva see the message again also if u download memturbo it will clean your ram when you get low automatically which will make your computer run loads faster. you might want to start looking into building a new pc your system is getting a lil old.


Matt

 

[King X13]

virtual memory does not act like ram. it does not take the place of ram, and you can run 8 gigs of ram and still have an error of low virtual memory.