Re: Hardware Monitor found an error

Just wanted to clear up something.. My computer was built by this same
tech.. and he was pretty knowledgeable... Some are better than others
though. :) I have had techs come to the house.. putter around doing
nothing.. and after an hour or longer tell me it needed to be formatted.. I
could have saved myself the expense.. at that time I knew how to format. My
computer is about 8 years old.. I have swapped out hard drives and a sound
card, and my ethernet adaptor failed, and had to buy a new one.. although
now I am not sure it did fail.. Windows update seems to be able to detect it
and has offered the driver for it.. anyway that's another thread.. Rainy
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:05:43 -0500, "Rainy" <sweetwrapz@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

thank you Ken for jumping in here..


You're welcome. Glad to help.


I use Paint Shop pro and use graphics
continually.. so I am pretty sure I can benefit from more ram..


If you do a lot of graphics work, yes, then more RAM may well benefit
you. Still, I wouldn't simply assume it. Run the pagefile monitor
program I mentioned below while you're doing your graphics work. Even
if it confirms that you need more RAM, it will be a help by telling
you how much you need.



The tech
that installed my 1 GB said "you will never use it".. I don't think he
realized just how many graphics I am dealting with all the time..


I don't know your tech, of course, but in my experience, most
so-called techs who work in large stores know next to nothing and are
useless or worse.



I will make every effort to follow the directions from the text file that
came with the vbs files that I just downloaded, but no promises.. :)

thanks, Rainy


"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:13:43 -0500, "Rainy" <sweetwrapz@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Thank you for responding.. you have given me a lot of information..
correcting my misinformation so I know how to proceed, it has been my
intention to buy more ram.. so I will do this..


Before you buy more RAM, realize that very few people need more than
1GB with Windows XP. Even that amount is more than most people need.
Read the following:

How much RAM you need for good performance is *not* a
one-size-fits-all situation. You get good performance if the amount of
RAM you have keeps you from using the page file, and that depends on
what apps you run. Most people running a typical range of business
applications find that somewhere around 256-384MB works well, others
need 512MB. Almost anyone will see poor performance with less than
256MB. Some people, particularly those doing things like editing large
photographic images, can see a performance boost by adding even more
than 512MB--sometimes much more.

If you are currently using the page file significantly, more memory
will decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your performance.
If you are not using the page file significantly, more memory will do
nothing for you. Go to
http://billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/winxp%5Ftweaks/ and download
WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your pagefile usage. That should
give you a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how
much more.



and if I have enough money
after the move, I can have a tech look at it and see where the problems
lie.., My son is pretty good with hard ware, but not with windows XP ..
I
have fixed his computer before. thanks to this group.. :)

I know what a power supply is but up til now had never heard of a power
supply "system".. so I will check into that.. thanks for the technical
input.. it's appreciated. thanks, Rainy

w_tom" <w_tom1@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Apr 7, 7:44 pm, "Rainy" <sweetwr...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm thinking there is another reason why my computer was frozen. It
could
have been an out of resources situation. or one of the other things
that
have been listed in this thread.. I have tendency to open a lot of
windows
at the same time.. I have a gig of ram, but I am a graphics hog.. and
probably need more ram, I also need a larger drive, a couple of them..
..:)

1 gbyte memory is constantly too small. When the computer needs
more memory, it simply transfers code out to disk - virtual memory.
If virtual memory is too small, then an OS announces the problem,
enlarges virtual memory (on the disk) and keeps working. At no time
will insufficient resources crash an OS. Reliability even in 1960
mainframes demanded that an OS always keep working. If computer
cannot provide the resources, then the OS stops or removes that
program - and keeps working.

Hardware reasons for freezing were listed previously. Niether
insufficient memory nor a disk drive is on that list. Defective
memory (in limited locations) can crash a computer. Insufficient
resources could crash unreliable OSes such as Windows 9x/ME. But
insufficient resources must never crash a true pre-emptive
multitasking OS such as Windows NT based OSes.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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