crono_logical
Bird Eater
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- 13 Mar 2004
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Is it possible to give WinXP too much RAM so it becomes unstable? I tried to give it 1.5 GB (all sticks brand new), and I keep getting blue stop screens, usually stop codes 8E or 0A, but somtimes other, after only a few minutes of uptime. I've taken one stick out now and currently have 1 GB installed, and it's been as stable as it used to be when I only had the old 256 MB stick in on it's own.
Also, could I disable the page file safely and let Windows run completely run off the RAM? I tried that when I had the 1.5 GB installed, but since it was so unstable anyway, I couldn't really conclude anything (other than corrupting my windows partition beyond repair and requiring a full reinstall -_-). i know someone who's managed it with 320 MB and had no problems.
And is there some setting I need to change so it'll be fine with 1.5 GB installed again?
Thanks
Also, could I disable the page file safely and let Windows run completely run off the RAM? I tried that when I had the 1.5 GB installed, but since it was so unstable anyway, I couldn't really conclude anything (other than corrupting my windows partition beyond repair and requiring a full reinstall -_-). i know someone who's managed it with 320 MB and had no problems.
And is there some setting I need to change so it'll be fine with 1.5 GB installed again?
Thanks