BG Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 I had my power supply replaced last week as it fried out on me. Luckily, it didn't harm anything on here. Everything still works, but the guy at the place where it was fixed changed my page file to "let windows choose my page file." I have XP a 1.7ghz athlon and 512mb of RAM. Before it was changed, the computer never locked up ran sluggish or gave me any sort of problems. Now it has some program hang ups and other foul ups. Last night it crashed a program in which I had been working several hours on. I wasn't able to save before it crashed, thus making me do everything all over again. Anyone know what I can change the page file back to? I have a 40GB hard drive too.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMonkey Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 You can take the size that windows suggests which should be in the range of 768mb-800mb, or you can set your own variable...just take your installed ram amount 512mb and times it by 1.5 which should give you 768mb. I wouldn't reccommend going over 800mb cause that could actually slow your pc down. Also check to see if your hard drive is fragmented Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG Posted October 21, 2003 Author Share Posted October 21, 2003 Originally posted by Mad Monkey You can take the size that windows suggests which should be in the range of 768mb-800mb, or you can set your own variable...just take your installed ram amount 512mb and times it by 1.5 which should give you 768mb. I wouldn't reccommend going over 800mb cause that could actually slow your pc down. Also check to see if your hard drive is fragmented Thanks man. Does this make sense though? My HD isn't fragmented. I de-frag regularly. In theory he should have benn right and performence should be better but it clearly isn't...... I'll give a try and post back after seeing how it works. Thanks again man.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMonkey Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Glad to help...what are the current settings by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor The Invincible Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 What kind of PS are you running off of now? And what did you replace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG Posted October 22, 2003 Author Share Posted October 22, 2003 Changed to 768-797. No probs so far....... No clue what the PS was and what the new one is. Pretty sure their the same specs.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Coool Who needs techtv's call for help when there is skins tailgate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor The Invincible Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 If the PS isn't proving enough wattage, it could lead to the problems you're having. There should be a sticker on the side of the PS letting you know how many watts it is providing. but it seems like you have the problems solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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