Vista - BF2 shutdown with memory error

The last twice I've been playing on vista64 rc2, I've had BF2 freeze after
an hour or two of online play, and found a message box behind the game
saying "BF2 has experienced a memory error". Anyone else getting this,
possibly after applying update patch 1.41 ?

Are you running BF2 as Administrator?


"jacko" <grae605@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:C250A9D2-4391-48A7-B71D-FBE926B8EF39@microsoft.com...
> The last twice I've been playing on vista64 rc2, I've had BF2 freeze after
> an hour or two of online play, and found a message box behind the game
> saying "BF2 has experienced a memory error". Anyone else getting this,
> possibly after applying update patch 1.41 ?

The few times I had BF2142 freeze and crash because of a memory errors, it
was because I had the pagefile too small. With 2GB of ram, I'm able to run
a 512MB pagefile. Under Vista, ince it uses the pagefile alot more, if I
have anything smaller than a 768MB pagefile it will crash.

Check your disk space, and maybe hard code your virtual memory to something
like 1024 if oyu have 2GB of ram, or maybe 2048 if you only have 1GB.


"jacko" <grae605@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:C250A9D2-4391-48A7-B71D-FBE926B8EF39@microsoft.com...
> The last twice I've been playing on vista64 rc2, I've had BF2 freeze after
> an hour or two of online play, and found a message box behind the game
> saying "BF2 has experienced a memory error". Anyone else getting this,
> possibly after applying update patch 1.41 ?

[This followup was posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.games and a
copy was sent to the cited author.]

In article <C250A9D2-4391-48A7-B71D-FBE926B8EF39@microsoft.com>, jacko
says...
> The last twice I've been playing on vista64 rc2, I've had BF2 freeze after
> an hour or two of online play, and found a message box behind the game
> saying "BF2 has experienced a memory error". Anyone else getting this,
> possibly after applying update patch 1.41 ?
>
>
I started getting it after installing the latest Creative Audigy
drivers. Roll back to the BETA ones or use the onboard sound and the
problem disappears.


--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

I've always have over 3Gb for the pagefile. You just can't seem to have too
much virtual memory.


"Dale M. White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
news:n9SdnbcQ_84Xu2nYnZ2dnUVZ_sSmnZ2d@insightbb.com...
> The few times I had BF2142 freeze and crash because of a memory errors, it
> was because I had the pagefile too small. With 2GB of ram, I'm able to
> run a 512MB pagefile. Under Vista, ince it uses the pagefile alot more, if
> I have anything smaller than a 768MB pagefile it will crash.
>
> Check your disk space, and maybe hard code your virtual memory to
> something like 1024 if oyu have 2GB of ram, or maybe 2048 if you only have
> 1GB.
>
>
> "jacko" <grae605@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:C250A9D2-4391-48A7-B71D-FBE926B8EF39@microsoft.com...
>> The last twice I've been playing on vista64 rc2, I've had BF2 freeze
>> after an hour or two of online play, and found a message box behind the
>> game saying "BF2 has experienced a memory error". Anyone else getting
>> this, possibly after applying update patch 1.41 ?
>
>

Well, this is open to debate, but I disagree. If you have over 2GB of ram,
you really don't need VM at all. Under XP, I can run (and normally do) with
no Pagefile whatsoever and be just fine. Vista, deciding to change the way
the game is played, now seems to demand a larger than expected pagefile.

But at least you ruled out the pagefile problem, though I have heard, but
never seen myself, that people with heacy fragmented drives (and thus
pagefiles) fixed some gaming issues, by getting rid of the pagefile,
defragging the HDD and then putting the pagefile back or moving the pagefile
to a seperate disk.


"Simon Berube" <sbberube@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
news:FEE69239-D0C9-4215-B1A1-30D0B44FFFA7@microsoft.com...
> I've always have over 3Gb for the pagefile. You just can't seem to have
> too much virtual memory.
>
>
> "Dale M. White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
> news:n9SdnbcQ_84Xu2nYnZ2dnUVZ_sSmnZ2d@insightbb.com...
>> The few times I had BF2142 freeze and crash because of a memory errors,
>> it was because I had the pagefile too small. With 2GB of ram, I'm able
>> to run a 512MB pagefile. Under Vista, ince it uses the pagefile alot
>> more, if I have anything smaller than a 768MB pagefile it will crash.
>>
>> Check your disk space, and maybe hard code your virtual memory to
>> something like 1024 if oyu have 2GB of ram, or maybe 2048 if you only
>> have 1GB.
>>
>>
>> "jacko" <grae605@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:C250A9D2-4391-48A7-B71D-FBE926B8EF39@microsoft.com...
>>> The last twice I've been playing on vista64 rc2, I've had BF2 freeze
>>> after an hour or two of online play, and found a message box behind the
>>> game saying "BF2 has experienced a memory error". Anyone else getting
>>> this, possibly after applying update patch 1.41 ?
>>
>>
>

on the contrary - the more ram you have, the more pagefile you need (1.5
times the amount of ram to be exact with micrsoft)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314482/en-us

Have you run a check over your physical RAM? It normally is the obvious
things that get overlooked and missed Download a free memory testing
utility that will test each bit to ensure there are no nasties for you
Cheers


"Dale M. White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
news:Ya-dnUx8cY5xBWjYnZ2dnUVZ_uGjnZ2d@insightbb.com...
> Well, this is open to debate, but I disagree. If you have over 2GB of ram,
> you really don't need VM at all. Under XP, I can run (and normally do)
> with no Pagefile whatsoever and be just fine. Vista, deciding to change
> the way the game is played, now seems to demand a larger than expected
> pagefile.
>
> But at least you ruled out the pagefile problem, though I have heard, but
> never seen myself, that people with heacy fragmented drives (and thus
> pagefiles) fixed some gaming issues, by getting rid of the pagefile,
> defragging the HDD and then putting the pagefile back or moving the
> pagefile to a seperate disk.
>
>
> "Simon Berube" <sbberube@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:FEE69239-D0C9-4215-B1A1-30D0B44FFFA7@microsoft.com...
>> I've always have over 3Gb for the pagefile. You just can't seem to have
>> too much virtual memory.
>>
>>
>> "Dale M. White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
>> news:n9SdnbcQ_84Xu2nYnZ2dnUVZ_sSmnZ2d@insightbb.com...
>>> The few times I had BF2142 freeze and crash because of a memory errors,
>>> it was because I had the pagefile too small. With 2GB of ram, I'm able
>>> to run a 512MB pagefile. Under Vista, ince it uses the pagefile alot
>>> more, if I have anything smaller than a 768MB pagefile it will crash.
>>>
>>> Check your disk space, and maybe hard code your virtual memory to
>>> something like 1024 if oyu have 2GB of ram, or maybe 2048 if you only
>>> have 1GB.
>>>
>>>
>>> "jacko" <grae605@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:C250A9D2-4391-48A7-B71D-FBE926B8EF39@microsoft.com...
>>>> The last twice I've been playing on vista64 rc2, I've had BF2 freeze
>>>> after an hour or two of online play, and found a message box behind the
>>>> game saying "BF2 has experienced a memory error". Anyone else getting
>>>> this, possibly after applying update patch 1.41 ?
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

Like I said, it's debatable. I can play BF214, FEAR and a whole slew of
games for hours and hours with no pagefile whatsoever. And as I stated under
XP, I normally don't run a pagefile and haven't for years. I challenge
anyone with 2GB of ram under Windows XP to give it a try and see what
happens. There are a few games that seem to mandate a pagefile, Company of
Heros was one that wanted a 768MB pagefile and that was just at the install
screen.

I don't follow the point of testing every bit on my memory. What does that
have to do with needing a pagefile ?
Plus I don't need a free memory tester, I have Supreme Commander, Load up an
8 player map and play for about an hour and I'm at 95% memory usage

I'm aware that Microsoft suggest 1.5x times memory and for the server side
of the house there is no problem with doing such a thing. And I'm sure there
are certain programs like video editing that will use the pagefile space,
but that really goes back to not having enough physical ram.

I will note that Vista changes this, has it seems to be thrashing away on my
pagefile when only 1GB of ram is in use. It's another reason I don't like
Vista. For me as a gamer, it takes more to do the same thing under Vista,
then it does under XP and so far, Vista doesn't do anything better,in fact,
it does everything slower.


"Nathan Sheppard" <nathan@secureaccess.com.au> wrote in message
news:209D92A1-7B38-4635-B4AA-D8A8624A4EBC@microsoft.com...
> on the contrary - the more ram you have, the more pagefile you need (1.5
> times the amount of ram to be exact with micrsoft)
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314482/en-us
>
> Have you run a check over your physical RAM? It normally is the obvious
> things that get overlooked and missed Download a free memory testing
> utility that will test each bit to ensure there are no nasties for you
> Cheers
>
>
> "Dale M. White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
> news:Ya-dnUx8cY5xBWjYnZ2dnUVZ_uGjnZ2d@insightbb.com...
>> Well, this is open to debate, but I disagree. If you have over 2GB of
>> ram, you really don't need VM at all. Under XP, I can run (and normally
>> do) with no Pagefile whatsoever and be just fine. Vista, deciding to
>> change the way the game is played, now seems to demand a larger than
>> expected pagefile.
>>
>> But at least you ruled out the pagefile problem, though I have heard, but
>> never seen myself, that people with heacy fragmented drives (and thus
>> pagefiles) fixed some gaming issues, by getting rid of the pagefile,
>> defragging the HDD and then putting the pagefile back or moving the
>> pagefile to a seperate disk.
>>
>>
>> "Simon Berube" <sbberube@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:FEE69239-D0C9-4215-B1A1-30D0B44FFFA7@microsoft.com...
>>> I've always have over 3Gb for the pagefile. You just can't seem to have
>>> too much virtual memory.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Dale M. White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
>>> news:n9SdnbcQ_84Xu2nYnZ2dnUVZ_sSmnZ2d@insightbb.com...
>>>> The few times I had BF2142 freeze and crash because of a memory errors,
>>>> it was because I had the pagefile too small. With 2GB of ram, I'm able
>>>> to run a 512MB pagefile. Under Vista, ince it uses the pagefile alot
>>>> more, if I have anything smaller than a 768MB pagefile it will crash.
>>>>
>>>> Check your disk space, and maybe hard code your virtual memory to
>>>> something like 1024 if oyu have 2GB of ram, or maybe 2048 if you only
>>>> have 1GB.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "jacko" <grae605@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:C250A9D2-4391-48A7-B71D-FBE926B8EF39@microsoft.com...
>>>>> The last twice I've been playing on vista64 rc2, I've had BF2 freeze
>>>>> after an hour or two of online play, and found a message box behind
>>>>> the game saying "BF2 has experienced a memory error". Anyone else
>>>>> getting this, possibly after applying update patch 1.41 ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

Got the same memory error- can't be the sound drivers of my terratec 5.1-
upgraded them just a minute ago, but i still get the same error.. I get a
bluescreen when trying to increase the virtual ram from 2gb to any other
number.. (got 2 gigs ram) and would like to get the virtual to 4+.. I've read
some other ppl having the same problem with the bluescreen.. hope, this gonna
be fixed soon!

"Conor" wrote:

> [This followup was posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.games and a
> copy was sent to the cited author.]
>
> In article <C250A9D2-4391-48A7-B71D-FBE926B8EF39@microsoft.com>, jacko
> says...
> > The last twice I've been playing on vista64 rc2, I've had BF2 freeze after
> > an hour or two of online play, and found a message box behind the game
> > saying "BF2 has experienced a memory error". Anyone else getting this,
> > possibly after applying update patch 1.41 ?
> >
> >
> I started getting it after installing the latest Creative Audigy
> drivers. Roll back to the BETA ones or use the onboard sound and the
> problem disappears.
>
>
> --
> Conor
>
> Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
> until you hear them speak.........
>

If you have 2GB of memory, increasing the pagefile isn't going to help you
much. if you're using 4GB of pagefile, then you've gotten else wrong. If
nothing else, try getting rid of the pagefile altogether and run the game a
bit, or if possible move it to another hard drive.

You might need to look at some of the other programs you have running,
Maybe there is some conflict. And then as one fella learned a while back, it
turned out the problem was with him memory.

"Thalandor" <Thalandor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news2F1328B-B67B-4690-B080-9F407B041884@microsoft.com...
> Got the same memory error- can't be the sound drivers of my terratec 5.1-
> upgraded them just a minute ago, but i still get the same error.. I get a
> bluescreen when trying to increase the virtual ram from 2gb to any other
> number.. (got 2 gigs ram) and would like to get the virtual to 4+.. I've
> read
> some other ppl having the same problem with the bluescreen.. hope, this
> gonna
> be fixed soon!
>
> "Conor" wrote:
>
>> [This followup was posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.games and a
>> copy was sent to the cited author.]
>>
>> In article <C250A9D2-4391-48A7-B71D-FBE926B8EF39@microsoft.com>, jacko
>> says...
>> > The last twice I've been playing on vista64 rc2, I've had BF2 freeze
>> > after
>> > an hour or two of online play, and found a message box behind the game
>> > saying "BF2 has experienced a memory error". Anyone else getting this,
>> > possibly after applying update patch 1.41 ?
>> >
>> >
>> I started getting it after installing the latest Creative Audigy
>> drivers. Roll back to the BETA ones or use the onboard sound and the
>> problem disappears.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Conor
>>
>> Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
>> until you hear them speak.........
>>