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Solarblast
Starting Member
United Kingdom
9 Posts |
 Posted - 07 Mar 2003 : 03:27:21
I have an SE/30 with system 7.5.3. When I installed it, I installed everything. SInce then I have turned off the Control Strip and taken out any PPC related extensions. It STILL takes up over 10mb of memory most of the time, and can end up using 12mb after a couple of hours of use.What's going on? In addition, I get an error whenever I try and install 7.5.5. I put in the first disk fine, then the second. On the third it hardly reads the disk at all, asks for the first disk again, and then crashes. Help! Confused of Brixton. Just an SE/30, but I love it. |
danamania
Official 68k Muse
Australia
1193 Posts |
Posted - 07 Mar 2003 : 04:23:12
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I have an SE/30 with system 7.5.3. When I installed it, I installed everything. SInce then I have turned off the Control Strip and taken out any PPC related extensions. It STILL takes up over 10mb of memory most of the time, and can end up using 12mb after a couple of hours of use.What's going on?
You could have problems with being in 24-bit mode, which I think only allows 8mb RAM accessible. (might be slightly different) The net result is you get 8mb to use, for everything, no matter what the amount of RAM in the machine is. if you had 128mb ram in the SE/30 for example, and were running in 24-bit mode, you would ALWAYS see the system taking up 120mb plus whatever it normally uses. ie, perhaps 125Mb, with 3mb free. I have been out of using 7.x for a while, but I think 7.5.x should have the option for 24 or 32 bit addressing in the memory control panel. By default, it's 24. (There may be other tricks with an SE/30, I''m sure others will chime in if there are) dana 
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 07 Mar 2003 : 06:35:28
Another hidden system RAM hog is RAM disk. This will appear on the righthand side of your desktop as an icon. It is controlled by the Memory control panel.But, somehow I fear that your problem is neither due to 24-bit issues or RAM disk. That the memory consumed by the System varies so much (from 10 to 12 MB) suggests that something in software is consuming RAM. Personnally, I suspect a corrupted System Folder. Have you tried booting with Extensions turned off? (hold down the Shift-key during startup). If the System consumes a normal amount of RAM with extensions turned off, then you only need to selectively turn on and turn off extensions until you find the bad one. If the System still hogs RAM with extensions off, then maybe either the System or Finder is corrupted. Regarding the crashing installer: when you boot from the first install disk, how much RAM is that System consuming? Good Luck, G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 07 Mar 2003 : 07:32:16
I'd say you need to install Mode32, to make the system 32 bit compatible. That should clear up this issue. However, make sure to get Mode32 version 7.5, as older versions don't play nicely with System 7.5.x.-------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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System 7.5.3 takes up 12mb of memory!
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