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Stanislav Rabinovich <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 17 Jul 2001 00:51:39 -0400
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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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Stanislav Rabinovich

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