Re: Virtual Memory in use at 100%

Hi Cris,
I just had a Hardware Malfunction again. I had to restart the server so I
removed the new RAM and set the pagefile.sys to 1.5 GB again but I checked
the performance monitor and I am getting 100% on Committed Bytes anyway. I
called DELL and they suggested to start the server in safe mode and check the
performance monitor if the virtual mem is OK they said that it is not a
hardware problem but a software memory leak and they told me that the best
way to fix this is to reinstall the OS is that true? If the memory is 100% in
safe mode they said that it is a hardware problem and that they can exchange
the memory.
They also suggested to update the drivers of my chipset, network and RAID
controller.
What do you think?
Regards,

--
Oswaldo Cortes


"Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

> RAM compatibility, etc, can be the torture of anyone doing hardware/OS support.
>
> My guess is that they sent you memtest86 which is an excellent program.
>
> Easy test. Remove the new RAM, set vm back to where it was...leave for 24 hours. Everything ok?? we know where to problem is
>
> --
> Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]
> -------------------------------------------------
> Please do not email me directly for assistance. Reply only in the Newsgroups for the benefit of everyone
> "Oswaldo" <Oswaldo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:91DDFF7E-37F1-4954-A881-7BB80746C937@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Maybe that is the problem. I forgot to tell you that the first time that the
> server crashed I got a blue screen telling me: Hardware Malfunction Contact
> your vendor. The only hardware that I added was the memory so I call DELL and
> they send me a program to test the memory and it said that the memory was OK
> but after that during the night the server was freezing I just was able to
> see a black screen and I had to push the switch to turn it off after that it
> was running ok but that happened 3 times last week. Bad RAM could be the
> cause of the virtual memory at 100%? Even thought that it appears ok on my
> computer because I can see the 2GB installed.
> Thanks a lot for your help
> --
> Oswaldo Cortes
>
>
> "Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
>
> > I'm thinking bad RAM
> > Have you tried removing the RAM...changing the pagefile back and see if situation calms down??
> >
> > --
> > Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > Please do not email me directly for assistance. Reply only in the Newsgroups for the benefit of everyone
> > "Oswaldo" <Oswaldo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:319501BD-9826-475E-B28E-36A0D1CFF17D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > No, I added the memory 3 weeks ago and my server started to crash last week
> > so yesterday I changed the pagefile.sys from 1.5 GB to 3GB min and 4 GB max.
> > I also moved the pagefile from c: drive to d: drive (same hard disk) because
> > c: was almost full it is 12GB and now I have 2.8 GB free. Right now it has
> > the 3 GB pagefile.sys and the committed bytes are 100%
> >
> > --
> > Oswaldo Cortes
> >
> >
> > "Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
> >
> > > when you added the additional memory did you change your pagefile setting??
> > >
> > > --
> > > Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]
> > > -------------------------------------------------
> > > Please do not email me directly for assistance. Reply only in the Newsgroups for the benefit of everyone
> > > "Oswaldo" <Oswaldo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:45701B54-564A-4611-ABE5-11E1C29BF35D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Hi,
> > > I just added 1 GB of memory to my SBS 2003 premium edition server so now I
> > > have 2 GB but my virtual memory is in use at 100%. When I check the
> > > performance monitor I can see that the commited bytes are always at 100% and
> > > maybe this is making my server crash. How can I trace the memory leak?
> > > Thank you very much.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Oswaldo Cortes
.

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