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I wanted to know, so:
Apparently I don't have enough programs on my rig.
But serious, what happens when I max out my RAM? like for realz 100% maxed out?
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2010 Dec 6 at 15:38 PST
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Rockbomb
Dog fucker (but in a good way now)
2009 Nov 13 • 2045
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You run out of RAM to use. That is all.
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2010 Dec 6 at 15:46 PST
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Down Rodeo
Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse
2007 Oct 19 • 5486
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If you allocate more memory than RAM then large amounts of data start getting written to and read from your HDD. This actually happens all the time, however, mostly these "pages" are swapped around without the user noticing because the OS moves them invisibly, and ideally when data is needed it will be in RAM. There'll be more about this on Wikipedia.
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2010 Dec 6 at 16:49 PST
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aaronjer
*****'n Admin
2005 Mar 21 • 4940
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When my computer theoretically runs out of RAM (it has a LOT) then absolutely nothing special happens. This is because my HDD is also RAM.
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2010 Dec 6 at 17:00 PST
— Ed. 2010 Dec 6 at 17:00 PST
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What if I run out of RAM *AND* my drives are full? Virtualize THAT page, mutha!
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2010 Dec 6 at 17:16 PST
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Down Rodeo
Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse
2007 Oct 19 • 5486
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At that stage, Windows says "HOLY SHIT LOW MEMORY", the damn thing nearly stops working and then starts killing programs, I think. Or asks you to do some. I dunno. I assume if you somehow managed to fill up lots of memory *really quickly* then it'd just lock up.
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2010 Dec 6 at 17:24 PST
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SRAW
Rocket Man
2007 Nov 6 • 2525
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Actually I think windows just shuts down if you're out of ram!!@121212121212212121212 
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2010 Dec 6 at 17:55 PST
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make a program that loops constentley?
idk...
I drink to forget but I always remember.
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2010 Dec 6 at 20:24 PST
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Rockbomb
Dog fucker (but in a good way now)
2009 Nov 13 • 2045
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#include stdlib.h
int main()
{
while(1)
{
cout << "lolnoram";
}
}
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2010 Dec 6 at 20:29 PST
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SRAW
Rocket Man
2007 Nov 6 • 2525
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If doing that uses your ram then just make a batch file like
:lol
echo SPLEEN PROPERLY CLOUD SYSTEM
goto lol
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2010 Dec 6 at 20:35 PST
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Rockbomb
Dog fucker (but in a good way now)
2009 Nov 13 • 2045
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Wait I just realized the program I wrote won't use up all your ram, it'll use up all your cpu.............. my bad 
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2010 Dec 6 at 20:37 PST
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I just want to pick up your post and sling it..not because you messed up but because your sig..makes me wanna grab it.
Make awkward sexual advances, not war. Down Rodeo said: Dammit, this was the one place that didn't have this, but noooooo, molkman pisses all over that 
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2010 Dec 6 at 21:14 PST
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Rockbomb
Dog fucker (but in a good way now)
2009 Nov 13 • 2045
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I know, its kinda annoying me. I keep wanting to grab stuff and stick it in there. 
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2010 Dec 6 at 21:15 PST
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aaronjer
*****'n Admin
2005 Mar 21 • 4940
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I'll bet you say that to all the girls.
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2010 Dec 7 at 03:57 PST
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Rockbomb
Dog fucker (but in a good way now)
2009 Nov 13 • 2045
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aaronjer said: I'll bet you say that to all the girls. >Implying I've ever seen a real live girl.
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2010 Dec 7 at 07:10 PST
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Rockbomb said: aaronjer said: I'll bet you say that to all the girls. >Implying I've ever seen a real live girl. What about movie chick?
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2010 Dec 7 at 11:23 PST
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Rockbomb
Dog fucker (but in a good way now)
2009 Nov 13 • 2045
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sprinkles said: Rockbomb said: aaronjer said: I'll bet you say that to all the girls. >Implying I've ever seen a real live girl. What about movie chick? Probably a man in disguise.
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2010 Dec 7 at 11:25 PST
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Down Rodeo said: At that stage, Windows says "HOLY SHIT LOW MEMORY", the damn thing nearly stops working and then starts killing programs, I think. Or asks you to do some. I dunno. I assume if you somehow managed to fill up lots of memory *really quickly* then it'd just lock up.
I don't miss 9x at all. AT. ALL.
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Down Rodeo
Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse
2007 Oct 19 • 5486
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phoenix_r said: Down Rodeo said: At that stage, Windows says "HOLY SHIT LOW MEMORY", the damn thing nearly stops working and then starts killing programs, I think. Or asks you to do some. I dunno. I assume if you somehow managed to fill up lots of memory *really quickly* then it'd just lock up.
I don't miss 9x at all. AT. ALL. Ah, so someone got the reference. Microsoft Word + Windows Media Player + IE = low memory at some point, I think.
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2010 Dec 7 at 15:02 PST
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Yeah.I seem to remember a "things got hot and heavy pretty quick and now it's three days later and I was just fished out of the bay by commercial fisherman with a permanent smile and some new Italian loafers" message except it wasn't a run-on sentence, it just said that you were out of memory and Windows, like God, was dead.
Also there are these: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253912
You know what I miss? The last version of windows defrag, with the miles of colored boxes. I could watch that thing for hours! I think moving to the tiny lines instead of boxfest is just another sign of these Tough Economic Times.
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aaronjer
*****'n Admin
2005 Mar 21 • 4940
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I miss the boxes too. Those were some sweet boxes.
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Down Rodeo
Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse
2007 Oct 19 • 5486
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That's not the last version, there have been two since. Which show NOTHING. But I really miss the boxes.
FUN FACT: I stopped Windows 98 defragging midway through and it never worked ever after that. Further attempts to defrag failed.
What an OS.
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eDan Co.
Mighty Typist
2007 Sep 24 • 2921
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Down Rodeo said: FUN FACT: I stopped Windows 98 defragging midway through and it never worked ever after that. Further attempts to defrag failed.
What an OS.
LIKE
May contain traces of invisible text.
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2010 Dec 7 at 19:06 PST
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Down Rodeo
Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse
2007 Oct 19 • 5486
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When I say never worked, I mean never worked properly. I did it to try to speed the fucker up but it was taking so long (yes, a long time to defrag a 5.98 GB HDD, I carry more storage in my pocket) I cancelled it, thinking nothing would happen.
In fact, in my pocket there is a device many many times more powerful than that PC that is an order of magnitude smaller than it. Excuse me while I go be creeped out.
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2010 Dec 7 at 19:11 PST
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Running out of RAM might not cause any problems if you have swap space available and thrashing does not occur.
On the other hand, if thrashing does occur (when your computer is spending more time swapping memory than actually doing anything) your computer will become amazingly slow and unusable.
If you run out of RAM and swap, get ready for lots of crashing. Most programs shit themselves when they can't get more memory on demand.
I know on Linux there's the OOM (out-of-memory) process killer, which kills a random process when memory runs out. So that could cause who-knows-what problems, but it might be better than just having no memory.
I'm not sure if Windows does anything special, or just starts saying "NO!" when programs ask for more memory.
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