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On 10 Apr 98 at 10:46, John G. Cakars wrote:
> Packard Bell POS P75, Win95a, 56RAM
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> I didn't get a response from my posting the other day. But I'm
> DEsparate.!!
> POST shows that I have 0057344k RAM Passed. System Properties shows
> 56RAM.
56*1024 = 57344. Your POST and system properties are seeing the
same thing, but reporting it a little differently.
56MB is a rather odd amount to see on a Pentium. I'm guessing that
that might be 8MB soldered on the motherboard, and 2x16MB and 2x8MB
SIMMs installed.
> My computer is configured as a network server.
I believe this is supposed to encourage applications to use RAM
rather than swap file space, so it could be relevant. [Note that the
original Win95 had the actual settings for that item reversed; if you
don't have OSR2, you should make sure that the correct values have
been saved in the registry.
> Real Help, a Quarterdeck utility, shows that I have 23108K of
> 56764K Physical Memory available. It also shows that I have
> 1100096K of 1100096K of Virtual Memory available. This is when I
> finally get to Desktop.
These are pretty reasonable.
> If I open Netscape, Physical Memory drops to 0.
When I launch Netscape, free physical memory drops to nearly 0.
Swap file in use also goes up.
After a minute or two, swapfile in use goes up a bit, and so does
free memory. Navigating to a new page reduces free memory, but not
very much.
I believe that what we're seeing is Win95's virtual memory
management, doing its job.
> I did not have any Memory problems until this week. It like my computer
> suffered a gash and is bleeding dry.
Do you see some other symptoms besides the report in Real Help? If
not, I wouldn't say you have memory problems now. Real Help is
offering you a peak "under the hood", and you're surprised at what
you see. That's not quite enough to declare it "broken".
> So I need a clue as to what to do. Are my SIMMS going bad?
This is a purely software symptom; there's no reason to believe it
is caused by the hardware.
David G
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