Hi everyone!

I'm not a computer newbie, but I am new to this issue and could use some
assistance.

I just upgraded my computer's memory (PC 3200 DDR 400). I now have 1.5 gigs
or so, as in 1 x 512 mg no name and 1 x 1 GB Kingmax brand in a Pentium 4 @
3 GHz running XP SP2

Everything seems to be running fine in that the system recognizes the memory
and performance is good.

Odd thing is when I run a nifty program I have called Check It Diagnostics,
specifically the memory test portion of it... I get the following error
message in the report:

"Memory Test
Optimizing Test Memory Size...
----> Memory Allocation Failed!
----> Test Failed

Found Error(s)"

Anyone have any idea what they're going on about?

Also does anyone have insights on that whole Virtual Memory thing? How
should it be set in a system like mine (80 GB hard drive with a 200 GB drive
on USB)

Thanks again for any input!

Carmen

Hi Carmen,

Here's a site that describes virtual memory pretty well, maybe it'll
give you some insites:
http://aumha.org/a/xpvm.htm

Re: your CheckIt message--hard to say. Can you get any extended
information from the program? (I'm not familiar with the program.)
>From the way it's worded, it could either be a memory problem, or an
inability of the program to test the memory (internal error, perhaps).
So, two things come to mind:
1) CheckIt is having problems doing the test [too much
memory to test?]
2) you've got faulty memory sticks

You might try testing the sticks one-by-one to see if that makes any
difference. I.e., pull one out, start computer, run CheckIt. Repeat
with other stick. If *no* errors come up, then it's probably a problem
with CheckIt itself. If you get an with one or the other stick, but
not both, then you've found the trouble. If *both* fail, then your
back at square one.

Hope this helps for a start,

Walter Gildersleeve
Freiburg, Germany

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With pc 3200 memory,or any memory on newer boards,you should have
both memory sticks the same size,if diffrent sizes-mb are used then configure
two in slot 1 and 3,and other in 2 and 4,if diffrent are to be used.Some
boards
wont even run if the 2 are diffrent.However,to test memory,test it in
DOS,if it
works as the test results display,quit worrying about it.To test download
tester
at:http:www.oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

"Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell" wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm not a computer newbie, but I am new to this issue and could use some
> assistance.
>
> I just upgraded my computer's memory (PC 3200 DDR 400). I now have 1.5 gigs
> or so, as in 1 x 512 mg no name and 1 x 1 GB Kingmax brand in a Pentium 4 @
> 3 GHz running XP SP2
>
> Everything seems to be running fine in that the system recognizes the memory
> and performance is good.
>
> Odd thing is when I run a nifty program I have called Check It Diagnostics,
> specifically the memory test portion of it... I get the following error
> message in the report:
>
> "Memory Test
> Optimizing Test Memory Size...
> ----> Memory Allocation Failed!
> ----> Test Failed
>
> Found Error(s)"
>
> Anyone have any idea what they're going on about?
>
> Also does anyone have insights on that whole Virtual Memory thing? How
> should it be set in a system like mine (80 GB hard drive with a 200 GB drive
> on USB)
>
> Thanks again for any input!
>
> Carmen
>
>
>
>

Hey Walter!

> Here's a site that describes virtual memory pretty well, maybe it'll
> give you some insites:
> http://aumha.org/a/xpvm.htm

Thanks I'll go have a read...

> You might try testing the sticks one-by-one to see if that makes any
> difference. I.e., pull one out, start computer, run CheckIt. Repeat
> with other stick. If *no* errors come up, then it's probably a problem
> with CheckIt itself. If you get an with one or the other stick, but
> not both, then you've found the trouble. If *both* fail, then your
> back at square one.

Ewwwww... you mean I'll have to do what I figured I'd have to do (but
thought I could skip if one of the luminaries in this newsgroup knew the
answer)?! How very *inconvenient*! :-)

Thanks for the advice. I'll try this out today and see what happens...

C.

Thanks Andrew! I'll go download the program and see what happens...

C.

"Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
news:5BDB6F2D-1C7E-4F38-9902-F75200BBF0C8@microsoft.com...
> With pc 3200 memory,or any memory on newer boards,you should have
> both memory sticks the same size,if diffrent sizes-mb are used then
> configure
> two in slot 1 and 3,and other in 2 and 4,if diffrent are to be used.Some
> boards
> wont even run if the 2 are diffrent.However,to test memory,test it in
> DOS,if it
> works as the test results display,quit worrying about it.To test download
> tester
> at:http:www.oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
>
> "Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell" wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> I'm not a computer newbie, but I am new to this issue and could use some
>> assistance.
>>
>> I just upgraded my computer's memory (PC 3200 DDR 400). I now have 1.5
>> gigs
>> or so, as in 1 x 512 mg no name and 1 x 1 GB Kingmax brand in a Pentium 4
>> @
>> 3 GHz running XP SP2
>>
>> Everything seems to be running fine in that the system recognizes the
>> memory
>> and performance is good.
>>
>> Odd thing is when I run a nifty program I have called Check It
>> Diagnostics,
>> specifically the memory test portion of it... I get the following error
>> message in the report:
>>
>> "Memory Test
>> Optimizing Test Memory Size...
>> ----> Memory Allocation Failed!
>> ----> Test Failed
>>
>> Found Error(s)"
>>
>> Anyone have any idea what they're going on about?
>>
>> Also does anyone have insights on that whole Virtual Memory thing? How
>> should it be set in a system like mine (80 GB hard drive with a 200 GB
>> drive
>> on USB)
>>
>> Thanks again for any input!
>>
>> Carmen
>>
>>
>>
>>

Wed, 4 Jan 2006 23:58:29 -0500 from Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell <seegod1
@cogeco.ca>:
> Odd thing is when I run a nifty program I have called Check It Diagnostics,
> specifically the memory test portion of it... I get the following error
> message in the report:
>
> "Memory Test
> Optimizing Test Memory Size...
> ----> Memory Allocation Failed!
> ----> Test Failed
>
> Found Error(s)"
>
> Anyone have any idea what they're going on about?

It sounds to me like a program error. The easy way to test that
diagnosis is just to try a different program. The one that saved my
bacon is from www.memtest.org -- download a bootable image and burn
to a bootable CD or floppy, then boot your computer and let it run.
If there are memory problems they'll show up within the first half
hour or so.

> Also does anyone have insights on that whole Virtual Memory thing? How
> should it be set in a system like mine (80 GB hard drive with a 200 GB drive
> on USB)

I asked this question when I got my XP system about a year ago, and
the best answer I got was "don't monkey with it; XP manages virtual
memory on its own much better than Win 9x." For explanations, see
<http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm>.

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