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To: Logain Ablar who wrote (73508)	12/31/2010 4:11:29 PM
From: Sexton O Blake	Respond to of 110654

Well 4GB RAM is probably more than enough. Mind you with XP (32bit) that is 4GB LESS the video card memory. (what is that? 512MB or 1GB?) Bad MOBO? Yeah that too could be a problem. No question when they freeze it is like smelling coolant in the car cabin - you know there is more pain coming. Cheers!

To: Logain Ablar who wrote (73508)	12/31/2010 4:20:27 PM
From: Ian@SI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110654

Tim, Assuming that the increased VM was a key part of the solution, over time various programs increase their memory use - especially IE8 or newer. Running something like FF or other browsers may give you better performance from a VM perspective. In my experience, 4GB on XP should be more than enough RAM for almost all uses of a PC. Unless you're real low on HD free space, I'd strongly consider increasing the VM to at least 8GB. The additional software to support your new hardware probably pushed you over the edge. Hope your system continues to perform well. Happy new year to you and all on this board, Ian