F94 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Hey guys, now this isn't necceseraly only FM related, but when I am playing FM is often get a message coming up saying that Windows is low on Virtual Memory. Can anyone explain what this means and what I need to do in order to irradicate the problem? Thanks fellas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmufcwafc Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I think it means that you don't have enough RAM to run FM. How much RAM do you have on your PC currently? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimland Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 When you run out of RAM your computer uses a part of the harddrive like it was RAM. It is not as fast as RAM, but if your low on RAM it is what keeps the computer going. You can change the amount of space the computer uses for virtual memory, but it might be adviceable to add some RAM to your system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F94 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 Hmm well I thought that could be it, but I spoke to my friend today and he reckoned that it was down to my Hard Drive/Hard Disk space? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimland Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 What os you running? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F94 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 Ah okay thanks mimland. How do I increase the amount used for Virtual Memory? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmufcwafc Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Hmm well I thought that could be it, but I spoke to my friend today and he reckoned that it was down to my Hard Drive/Hard Disk space? Its more down to RAM than hard disk space as far as I know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F94 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 Medion laptop, Intel Celeron M, 502 MB of RAM... :s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimland Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 windows xp? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F94 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 Yup. 101010 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimland Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Open up your control panel from there open up system. Click on the advanced tab and you should have 3 buttons with settings, the top one should be where you find the virtual memory. Click it and then chose advanced at the bottom of the box you should have your virtual memory setting, click change and set your own values. There it depends on how much you can give it, there is a recommended setting, but if that is the one used you might want to add to it. Without knowing what kind of space you got on your harddrive and what the settings are now it is difficult to say what you should chang it for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfidfi Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Alway running dangerously low on memory and will now quit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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