Hi Sue If you can get away with it, turn OFF virtual memory. VM is using your hard drive's empty space in place of actual RAM. It accesses that space much slower than RAM. Is your HD anywhere near full? If so, do some cleaning and toss stuff you don't need to free up space. Running a disk utility and then defragging your drive with Norton's Speed Disk or similar utility could help. Looking under the Apple in the Finder with "About this computer" will give you an idea of how much memory you are using when you have your apps open. If you have enough RAM to cover it, then turn off VM and restart. If you need more, set it in the Memory Control panel for MORE (not less). If you are running an older OS, there's a little guy called "Mac OS Purge" that could help, it clears system memory, good to run before you launch something. My advice, turn off VM and do some basic maintenance: toss out old unnecessary files, defrag hard drive, rebuild desktop. George
Monograms Plus wrote: > Hi Starmax Users > I am getting messages that says I have low system memory. I have 168 RAM so > no it's not a physical RAM problem. I have virtual memory set to 161. What > should my virtual memory be? > The low system memory usually happens when I am surfing using Internet > Explorer and have maybe one other application open at the same time. This > happened before and was causing freezes. Then it cleared up for a while but > now it is back. Is there somewhere to clear system memory? Any suggestions > would be greatly appreciated. > > Specs, > 4400 w/ Vimax G3 I think 230 Mhz > 10 Gig HD > 2 MB video card > 160 RAM > > Thanks, Sue -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:starmax@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:starmax-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:starmax-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
