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| Thread ID: 12864 | 2001-11-13 09:11:00 | Return of the NIC Lockout | Guest (0) | Press F1 |
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| 24387 | 2001-11-13 09:11:00 | Hi Recapping, Computer is a P166 with 192MB Ram and A-Trend motherboard. I use a Nokia router running Jetstream via a Palm Hub to a DSE Realtek 8139 10/100 Ethernet Card. Other computers running through the hub enjoy uninterrupted internet access. The affected connection stops communicating after several hours, typically late afternoon after starting at 8:30 am but it can stop sooner. Computer is very well ventilated and runs stone cold. Rebooting the computer restores service every time. I checked with SuperMon and think I must have a memory leak somewhere because I have only 30-40MB free after working for a while. After booting I have 117MB free which drops to 96MB with IE open. Typing this into Press F1 sees me down to 88MB. When it gets down to 40MB closing all the programs doesn't take me back to anywhere near the 117MB I should have. I don't know if this has anything to do with my NIC problem but I'd sure like to find out. How do I find what is hogging and holding my memory? Thanks Peter |
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| 24388 | 2001-11-13 09:44:00 | It will be your disk cache thats using your memory. You can see its size in System Monitor by going to Edit-Add Item-Memory Manager-Disk Cache Size. Mine is currently at 202MB (out of 256MB RAM), it seems heaps but nothing else is using it (only winamp, k-meleon and seti). IE will also be caching webpages in memory as well. |
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| 24389 | 2001-11-13 20:47:00 | b m Disk cache is stable at 51.5MB and opening IE etc doesn't change the cache size. I guess this is nothing to do with my NIC lockouts but I am starting to clutch at straws. I'd probably be better off to buy a better quality NIC but I was trying to see if it was something stupid that I could correct. Is there any monitoring facility within Win98 or available via freeware or demoware that can tell me what is going on when the connection fails? I'd like to know whether the NIC stops talking or whether there is something external to it but within my computer that is gagging it before I go spending more money. Setting to 10Mbps/half duplex didn't help so it is back on auto now. The time taken to lock up suggests a heat-related card fault but since rebooting always clears it, I am still left wondering! Thanks Jim |
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