Hi Matthias
I bought myself another 2 gb of ram for the main VSL machine in order
to try and utilize the /3GB switch.
I setup the switch in boot.ini - but alas not a single byte more available
to application - the roof is still 2 gb. The OS reports 4 gb of physical memory allright (In the computer management tool), but the application space is still only 2 gb - and it says only 2 gb in the computer properties
I tried to push the VI's memory consumption in order to see if it was just the memory indication not taking the extra ram into account - but no it hit the ceiling right away and stalled the machine.


Have you been working with the switch yet?
My setup is Win XP sp2 and 4 gb ram. Asus mobo and AMD X2.

best regards
Bjarne

@Sapkiller said:

Hi Matthias
I bought myself another 2 gb of ram for the main VSL machine in order
to try and utilize the /3GB switch.
I setup the switch in boot.ini - but alas not a single byte more available
to application - the roof is still 2 gb. The OS reports 4 gb of physical memory allright (In the computer management tool), but the application space is still only 2 gb - and it says only 2 gb in the computer properties
I tried to push the VI's memory consumption in order to see if it was just the memory indication not taking the extra ram into account - but no it hit the ceiling right away and stalled the machine.


Have you been working with the switch yet?
My setup is Win XP sp2 and 4 gb ram. Asus mobo and AMD X2.

best regards
Bjarne

What host are you using?

DG

Hi DG
I'm using Sonar 5 - but I think its WinXp itself still counting just 2 Gb
of application space ( says 2 Gb in properties of My Computer - but
4 gb physical memory in admin tools )

What are your results with the switch?
I might have made an error in the setup, though it seems straight forward.

@Sapkiller said:

Hi DG
I'm using Sonar 5 - but I think its WinXp itself still counting just 2 Gb
of application space ( says 2 Gb in properties of My Computer - but
4 gb physical memory in admin tools )

What are your results with the switch?
I might have made an error in the setup, though it seems straight forward.

Have a look at the thread that I posted this morning [H]

DG

Hey Guys.. Been looking into this myself.

My main concerns..will the 3GB switch work on XP home as well..? Some say only XP Pro.
Also will the editbin hack work on with a host that uses the WIBU CM stick i.e Samplitude/Sequioa. Some say as soon as you tampler with the Samp.exe to dongle will not work.. and Samp will not start...

Anyone try any test like this?

Best , Rich

@Rich Pell said:

Hey Guys.. Been looking into this myself.

My main concerns..will the 3GB switch work on XP home as well..? Some say only XP Pro.
Also will the editbin hack work on with a host that uses the WIBU CM stick i.e Samplitude/Sequioa. Some say as soon as you tampler with the Samp.exe to dongle will not work.. and Samp will not start...

Anyone try any test like this?

Best , Rich

AFAIK /3Gig switch should work with both flavours of XP. I don't know about Samplitude, but why not try it? As long as everything is backed up and you save a copy of the exe file elsewhere you can always replace it.

D

What DG said. Unfortunately I don't have Samp myself so I can't test it. I have tested a couple of other hosts and haven't seen any problems though. I really doubt it would affect the dongle connection as you're just changing a single bit in the file header...

If you haven't used editbin before you might want to get my small Windows-based utility I wrote just some weeks ago which does the same thing with some additional features for LAA status checking. I'm currently updating my web site with information about it, but I haven't finished yet so it's not online... If you want it let me know and I'll send it to you.

/Mattias

Thanks for the replies guys ! The main reason i havent checked it is cause i dont really want to shell out for the 2 extra gigs if it doesnt work [:D]
Yea, i dont really want to use edit.bin as im not comepletly tweek savy either, but maybe i should try your util Mattias when i get the down time to experiment on my system (should be soon).. my email is vertigosound@sympatico.ca [:)]

Thanks again..Best , Rich

@Rich Pell said:

Thanks for the replies guys ! The main reason i havent checked it is cause i dont really want to shell out for the 2 extra gigs if it doesnt work [:D]
Yea, i dont really want to use edit.bin as im not comepletly tweek savy either, but maybe i should try your util Mattias when i get the down time to experiment on my system (should be soon).. my email is vertigosound@sympatico.ca [:)]

Thanks again..Best , Rich

Rich please be aware that it might not be an extra 2 gigs. In order to run 3gigs I had to replace 2 sticks and to run 4 gigs I had to replace all 4, so I now have loads of 512Mb RAM sticks hanging around waiting for a good home!!

DG

Hi DG,

Hmm. well it should be o.k here i think.. using the GA-K8NS ultra 939. Which can take 4 -1 gb sticks. Right now i have 2- 1 GB sticks Corsair DDR-400 twinX. Do they all have to be matching pairs or something?

Rich

@Rich Pell said:

Hi DG,

Hmm. well it should be o.k here i think.. using the GA-K8NS ultra 939. Which can take 4 -1 gb sticks. Right now i have 2- 1 GB sticks Corsair DDR-400 twinX. Do they all have to be matching pairs or something?

Rich

It depends on various things. You should be OK with your set-up, but only time will tell!!

DG

In my case .. 'various ' meaning what ? [[;)]] Prepare me for the worst !! [:P] Rich

@Rich Pell said:

In my case .. 'various ' meaning what ? [[;)]] Prepare me for the worst !! [:P] Rich

Chipset, BIOS, drivers, weather, whatever... [:)] As one example my MSI Neo2 Ultra (also 939) refuse to work with 4 equal 1GB TwinMos sticks. 2 TwinMos and 2 Selectra works great though, go figure.

/Mattias

@Rich Pell said:

In my case .. 'various ' meaning what ? [[;)]] Prepare me for the worst !! [:P] Rich

Chipset, BIOS, drivers, weather, whatever... [:)] As one example my MSI Neo2 Ultra (also 939) refuse to work with 4 equal 1GB TwinMos sticks. 2 TwinMos and 2 Selectra works great though, go figure.

/Mattias

Hmm. sounds like it may be one of those quirky.."I mayget it to work one day senerios" !
Thanks Alot for the "Util" Mattias ! I just got it...i may have some questions come tweeking time..Thanks alot guys.. Best, Rich

@Rich Pell said:

In my case .. 'various ' meaning what ? [[;)]] Prepare me for the worst !! [:P] Rich

Chipset, BIOS, drivers, weather, whatever... [:)] As one example my MSI Neo2 Ultra (also 939) refuse to work with 4 equal 1GB TwinMos sticks. 2 TwinMos and 2 Selectra works great though, go figure.

/Mattias

Hmm. sounds like it may be one of those quirky.."I mayget it to work one day senerios" !
Thanks Alot for the "Util" Mattias ! I just got it...i may have some questions come tweeking time..Thanks alot guys.. Best, Rich
One last thought. If you get your RAM from a dealer such a Crucial you might be able to return it within a certain period of time if it turns out not to be suitable.

DG

Thanks DG ! Well , all this may be a moot if i cant make Samplitude LAA with Mattias`s Util. I`ll let you know soon. I have a feeling it wont work since even 1 character change in Samps.exe will render the CM stick protection useless apparently..damb dongle.. [:(] Talk soon , Rich

Hi... Anyone tried this on a 3 or 3,5 GB system? Any significant difference in what can be loaded?

@Christian Marcussen said:

Hi... Anyone tried this on a 3 or 3,5 GB system? Any significant difference in what can be loaded?

I haven't tried 3.5GB, but I guess that it would be the same as 4GB. Between 3 and 4GB there is approximately a difference of 100MB when it comes to sample loading.

DG

Sweet... becuase most of my slaves have 4x512mb. If I can do with 3,5GB taking out one 512 and a single 2GB ram peice would be enough.

@Christian Marcussen said:

Sweet... becuase most of my slaves have 4x512mb. If I can do with 3,5GB taking out one 512 and a single 2GB ram peice would be enough.

If........................! My slaves work with paired memory, so that I can only get 3 or 4GB; not 3.5. They also have to fill all slots.[:(]

DG