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Thread ID: 92033	2008-07-26 16:09:00	>4Gig RAM For XP?	SurferJoe46 (51)	Press F1

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692436	2008-07-26 16:09:00	I have an expansion card that takes up to 8 sticks of RAM . I also have a full maxed-out compliment of 4Gig in the MOBO slots . Can I install 8Gig worth of RAM on that card and use it as a paging file area? I know the processor and XP will try to bottle neck it and deny the extra Gig, but is there a work-around to get it to crunch vid files like a SSD? Right now the crunch-rip time for vids is getting longer and longer . . . paging, writing, reading, dumping, paging, writing, reading, dumping, paging, writing, reading, dumping, etc . Would like to lower the electron use and the heat factors, not to mention the spinning and head searches . I have dedicated just one 40G hdd for the paging area (10,000RPM Ultra) but it doesn't seem to help . I have also moved the Windows OPSYS and paging area to the same dedicated hdd to get closer to the <root> and that seemed to help a little . I am keeping everything but the UPDATES and HotFixes outta that <root> hdd . . . but that isn't really what I want to do .	SurferJoe46 (51)
692437	2008-07-26 20:49:00	I doubt it . It'd probably be better if you had a mobo that supports up to 16 GB . And a x64 version of Windows . Or some OS that supports that amount of ram Then you wouldnt have to use the extra 8 GB (I dont think you can anyway), as a paging file . Since there's no option for it	Speedy Gonzales (78)
692438	2008-07-26 21:20:00	This is an article from MS on how to get 4gb working on XP 32 bit systems. Don't know whether it well work for you. www.microsoft.com:80 :)	Trev (427)
692439	2008-07-26 21:55:00	I'm not even sure that RAM will help, most video stuff is limited by processor or drive speed.	PaulD (232)
692440	2008-07-26 22:08:00	You might investigate using a RAM disk for the paging file. Remember RAM is volatile and will not hold the contents if you lose power.	Sweep (90)
692441	2008-07-26 22:20:00	Are you sure the expansion card actually gives you more RAM for your motherboard, or just a high-speed "disk drive" like this: www.gigabyte.com.tw	somebody (208)
692442	2008-07-26 22:38:00	I am not being a smarta..e here. But I wish I knew what you guys are talking about ! PJ	Poppa John (284)
692443	2008-07-27 03:03:00	I am not being a smarta..e here. But I wish I knew what you guys are talking about ! PJ What SJ has is more RAM (8GB) than a 32bit XP system can see and use (3.5-4GB). So what he would like to do is allocate the extra 4GB of RAM that he has and use it as a very very high speed HDD (not going to happen) so that when he processes videos etc, it becomes a lot faster (not really, since what he needs is a faster processor)	beeswax34 (63)
692444	2008-07-27 06:15:00	What SJ has is more RAM (8GB) than a 32bit XP system can see and use (3 . 5-4GB) . So what he would like to do is allocate the extra 4GB of RAM that he has and use it as a very very high speed HDD (not going to happen) so that when he processes videos etc, it becomes a lot faster (not really, since what he needs is a faster processor) OK . . . I get the point . . youse guys and your gamer stuff! Sheesh! I figger that since it USED to work well . . but now it has slowed down a LOT . . . . . . well . . I think it was a good idea anyway! So there! Really . . . DVD Shrink has seemed to lose a lot of steam recently . . say in the last 4 or 5 months . What used to take minutes now takes a full hour or two . Maybe it's better encryption . . . I donnow . Hey . . . maybe I can do this with a handful of SD cards! Huh? Anyone got an expansion card that'll hold 200 2G SD cards?	SurferJoe46 (51)
692445	2008-07-27 06:25:00	Well with SD cards most of them probably dont like NTFS . Which is probably what you need . Otherwise, you'll have to cut your ripped whatever in 1/2 so they'll fit on one SD card .	Speedy Gonzales (78)
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