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Hi Joel M. Blackman! At 05:49 PM 7/16/01 -0700 you wrote:
>Try getting a program like Memturbo II. Either you can recover or scrub the
>RAM every hour or so, or you can do a restart. Video capture is a real RAM
>hog, and it looks like your system or the software is not releasing the RAM.
>Last time I checked Memturbo was about $20. When I leave my machine running
>24X7 I use Memturbo to clean the RAM once or twice a day. I have 256 Mb of
>PC-133, and have seen that go down to 4 Mb free. In a about 20-30 seconds
>Memturbo will bring that up to 190+ Mb without a restart. Thing is that if
>your software and/or system are not releasing RAM, you'll fill up all 512 Mb
>and have the same problem, it just might take a little longer. If you want
>512 Mb you should still get Memturbo or prepare to an occasional restart.
>Instead of hogging all your RAM in an hour, it will take an hour and a half
>with 512 Mb. Last question is does your mobo support PC-133.
Why not if BIOS has adjustable frequency 66-155 MHz?
The combination of (64-100)+(64-100)+(128-133) worked with 142 MHz
during 6 months without problems.
>If not you'll
>need to replace the Kingston module with one that is either PC-100 or
>PC100/133. Memturbo is cheaper, and an occasional restart is the cheapest.
Thanks, it is interesting in any case and I'll try that.
Does it work well with w98?
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