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Low Free Physical Memory
It just happened recently. I'm doing music sequencing on my machine but just this morning until now it keeps crashing whenever i try to load samples, and it said there's low physical memory. I've checked processes but none of them use much memory. However the Free physical memory remains at 16-20 MB even though i have 4gb of ram. It happens even when i've just booted. It starts from about 2000+ and drops gradually until 20. -- evident |
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Low Free Physical Memory
More information needed.
This kind of warning can mean that there are two many background processes running. Do you have a paging file, preferably on a separate hard disk (if you have a desktop)? The main value of a 64 bit OS is that all 4gbs of your ram, rather than 3 gbs, will be available to programs without having resort to command switches. Program compatibility remains a problem for older programs--MS is trying an end run around that issue by bundling a virtualizing program and XP with Win7 Ultimate. |
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Low Free Physical Memory
Probably a bug in the audio software you are using. I would guess that it is
calling into the system to find out if there will be enough memory available *before* actually requesting the memory. Prefetch, which was updated to be a bit more aggressive in Windows Vista, will fill your available physical memory with applications you commonly use so that when you launch the app, it is already in memory. This memory is marked in a way that if something already running requests more memory, the prefetch data is kicked out of memory and the memory given to the app needing it. Try disabling prefetch to see if that solves your problem: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms940847.aspx "evident" wrote in message ... It just happened recently. I'm doing music sequencing on my machine but just this morning until now it keeps crashing whenever i try to load samples, and it said there's low physical memory. I've checked processes but none of them use much memory. However the Free physical memory remains at 16-20 MB even though i have 4gb of ram. It happens even when i've just booted. It starts from about 2000+ and drops gradually until 20. -- evident |