how to turn off virtual memory

[lordjohn]

I put 4x8gb ram on a h67 board. windows map 48gb of my hdd as virtual memory. I try to set it to 10gb, but nothing happened. so I set windows to no virtual memory,it worked, but my gf560 cannot be recongized. so I set it back to 10gb and nothing happened again. finally I have to set it back to "control by windows". and my gf560 can be recongized.

how do I free some space of my hdd from virtual memory.

thanks in advance

[newtekie1]

Control Panel --> System --> Advanced System Settings --> Settings... Button under Performance Section --> Advanced Tab --> Change... Button --> Select Custom Size --> Set Initial Size and Maximum Size to what you want --> Press Set Button --> Ok --> Exit all Windows --> Done

You might need to reboot after doing this, and Initial size has to be smaller or exactly the same as Maximum Size.

[lordjohn]

Originally Posted by newtekie1

Control Panel --> System --> Advanced System Settings --> Settings... Button under Performance Section --> Advanced Tab --> Change... Button --> Select Custom Size --> Set Initial Size and Maximum Size to what you want --> Press Set Button --> Ok --> Exit all Windows --> Done

You might need to reboot after doing this, and Initial size has to be smaller or exactly the same as Maximum Size.

I did that, and reboot, nothing happen, so I had to set no virtual memory and reboot, but lost video card.

[Tatty_One]

Very strange, are you clicking "apply" rather than just OK at the end of the process and what figures are you putting in the custom size boxes (inital & maximum)?

[Aquinus]

Originally Posted by lordjohn

I did that, and reboot, nothing happen, so I had to set no virtual memory and reboot, but lost video card.

Was it still set to no page file? Additionally does a device still show up in the device manager or is the video card completely missing from the device manager?

[lordjohn]

Originally Posted by Tatty_One

Very strange, are you clicking "apply" rather than just OK at the end of the process and what figures are you putting in the custom size boxes (inital & maximum)?

sorry for late reply, i cannot login, had to reset password. I clicked apply, I put 50 for inital and 1000 for maximum

[lordjohn]

Originally Posted by Aquinus

Was it still set to no page file? Additionally does a device still show up in the device manager or is the video card completely missing from the device manager?

sorry for late reply, can not login, had to reset password.

when there is no page file, a device show in device manager(vga) but not recongized as gf560, and can not reinstall nvidia driver.

[Tatty_One]

Originally Posted by lordjohn

sorry for late reply, i cannot login, had to reset password. I clicked apply, I put 50 for inital and 1000 for maximum

That may be the answer then, I think 1gb is the minimum so you would need to set accordingly, perhaps thats why it isn't saving.

[Jetster]

1000 is fine. Set it as min and max. Should work. Somtimes you have to set it and reboot a couple of times for it to stay. Thats what I do with ssd and it works every time. 1 Gb,

Just read it carfully. There is a "set" option

[lordjohn]

Originally Posted by Jetster

1000 is fine. Set it as min and max. Should work. Somtimes you have to set it and reboot a couple of times for it to stay. Thats what I do with ssd and it works every time. 1 Gb,

Just read it carfully. There is a "set" option

i will try, but for my notebook ssd, i set 50 for both min and max, it was fine and no problem. just wonder why lost my vedio card once have no page file

[lordjohn]

Originally Posted by Tatty_One

That may be the answer then, I think 1gb is the minimum so you would need to set accordingly, perhaps thats why it isn't saving.

Originally Posted by Jetster

1000 is fine. Set it as min and max. Should work. Somtimes you have to set it and reboot a couple of times for it to stay. Thats what I do with ssd and it works every time. 1 Gb,

Just read it carfully. There is a "set" option

tested, still not working, so it is either set to handle by windows or no pagefile. this is win7 64. how can I get some free space from this super large pagefile.

[MrSeanKon]

Unfortunately my PC runs XP, so I have no ideas but check these pages link 1 link 2 hope they help
Disable, delete, recreate paging file in Windows 7 => link 3

[lordjohn]

Originally Posted by MrSeanKon

Unfortunately my PC runs XP, so I have no ideas but check these pages link 1 link 2 hope they help
Disable, delete, recreate paging file in Windows 7 => link 3

Originally Posted by Jetster

1000 is fine. Set it as min and max. Should work. Somtimes you have to set it and reboot a couple of times for it to stay. Thats what I do with ssd and it works every time. 1 Gb,

Just read it carfully. There is a "set" option

Originally Posted by Tatty_One

That may be the answer then, I think 1gb is the minimum so you would need to set accordingly, perhaps thats why it isn't saving.

thanks, finally got it working, I removed hibernating, and then did the set page file min 10g max 10g, and it worked.

[MrSeanKon]

Originally Posted by lordjohn

I removed hibernating,

Ι also disable hibernate in XP!

Originally Posted by lordjohn

set page file min 10g max 10g, and it worked.

It's a good idea to set the same minimum and maximum size for pagefile. If it is variable (and size changes) it is being fragmanted. If it is fixed size forget fragmantetion.
Thus you should defrag the page file partition!