Re: Too much memory

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From: TSC Support (support_at_thesoftwarecorner.com)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 19:48:49 -0500

On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 21:42 -0800, drbob wrote:
> Has anyone gotten Virtual PC 7 to work on a G5 with a lot of memory?
>
> I have a 2GHz dual processor G5, with 2.5 GB of RAM. I tried installing
> Virtual PC 7 (including the 7.01 update) at least 30 times. Each time I
> would get to some point in the Windows start up and it would crash.
> Sometimes it would crash when I tried to update the 7.01 additions. If
> I did not install them, it woud crash at other times. When it crashed,
> it would damage the virtual hard drive and on reboot it would start
> repairing all sorts of files. Eventually, the problem would get so bad
> Virtual PC would get hung up into a look of crashing and restarting and
> crashing and restarting.
>
> Finally with some assistance I managed to install VPC and get it
> working by REMOVING all the extra memory chips from the machine and
> installing with limiteds RAM. However, when we put the RAM back,
> initally it seemed OK. But when I tried to increase the virtual video
> RAM and increase the screen size, and then tried to access shared
> folders, the stupid crashing and rebooting and destroying the hard
> drive cycle started again!
>
> I don't think VPC can handle the extra memory, even with the 7.01
> update!
>
> I again pulled the chips out and reinstalled VPC and it is working. Is
> there any way to keep it STABLE?? I use the Mac for graphics and I need
> as much RAM as I can get. But I need VPC to run some specific Windows -
> only applications. It is getting very tedious to reinstall this every
> day - I have been doing it for over a month.
>
> How can I get Virtual PC to work on a dual G5 Mac with a lot of memory?
> 7.01 has NOT fixed this problem!

I would first suggest removing all files related to Virtual PC by
running the Uninstaller on the first CD (its in Manuals and tools)

Then install Virtual PC 7 and do not start it up, then immediately apply
the 7.01 update.

If you still cannot install Windows or even Virtual PC it could be
faulty CDs 

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