RAM Not Released
RAM Not Released
(OP)
I have been working ona project and with everything opened my laptop reports that SolidWorks 2008 is using approx. 800MB of RAM (system has 2GB). I close out all my files, leaving SolidWorks open, and my RAM for SolidWorks is still up around 800MB. After closing SolidWorks, the task manager drops the SolidWorks application off the list (of course). I open SolidWorks and the task manager now reports that SolidWorks is using 150 MB of RAM.
Why is SolidWorks holding on to the RAM when I close my files?
Why is SolidWorks holding on to the RAM when I close my files?






RE: RAM Not Released
I use the /3GB switch with 4GB of RAM and yesterday had my RAM usage shoot up to 2GB of usage--nice! Stable, no crashes in that high-usage zone. If you're not hitting the ceiling currently, you're probably just fine and don't need to worry about it (right?). If you are, enable the /3GB switch (and check with your graphics card specs when doing this--just in case you need to also add USERVA=2900 or some strange noise to the boot file as well). This switch works on systems with well-less than 4GB of RAM and will extend how much RAM you can use to your own desires (such as for SolidWorks) regardless of how much you actually have.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
What did you dream? It's all right--we told you what to dream.
--Pink Floyd, Welcome to the Machine
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How do you add this switch?
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Good luck, and don't hose your system (be careful).
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
What did you dream? It's all right--we told you what to dream.
--Pink Floyd, Welcome to the Machine
RE: RAM Not Released
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
What did you dream? It's all right--we told you what to dream.
--Pink Floyd, Welcome to the Machine
RE: RAM Not Released
Joe
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