Re: Hardware Monitor found an error

Gee I actually understood what you were saying.. lol thanks I will do
that... and once I do get some high readings I will post back here.. thanks
so much for the information.. Rainy
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:13:58 -0500, "Rainy" <sweetwrapz@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I ran the winxp pagefile usage monitor and here are the results.

5/8/2008 5:11:44 PM

Pagefile Physical Location: C:\pagefile.sys
Current Pagefile Usage: 91 MB
Session Peak Usage: 240 MB
Current Pagefile Size: 1536 MB

I finally was able to do something you experts have asked me to.
Whoopie!!!! lol

I hope this helps you to help me.,. thanks, hugs Rainy



Run it again, and while you are doing your heaviest graphics
processing. Run it for a while, not just a short time, and keep track
of current pagefile usage and session peak usage (don't worry about
the pagefile size). Write down the numbers you see every few minutes,
so you can see how they vary over the course of a day, or several
hours.

The more you use the page file, the more your performance will suffer.
More RAM will decrease your pagefile usage by an equivalent amount. So
if your peak usage doesn't exceed the 240MB reported above, 240MB more
RAM is all you would really need. And if you use that 240MB of
pagefile only seldom, that amount won't do a lot for you, and you
don't really need it.

In fact, assuming that you are more often near the 91MB than the 240,
those numbers show fairly light page file usage.

That's why it's important to monitor page file for a fairly long
period, and while you're doing your most memory-intensive work. You
don't want to fall into the trap of seeing a high peak usage (say 2GB)
and think that you therefore need another 2GB of RAM. If that 2GB of
page file use is only for a minute or two a day, and the rest of the
day it's only 10MB, you shouldn't waste money on any more RAM.


"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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