Java XMS Memory in XP 1

[dglienna]

I have a friend who is using XP to display radiology images that are quite large. He has 4g of memory, but XP only sees 3gb.

The problem is that he has an app that needs lots of XMS memory. On my machine, I typed this to the java settings:

-Xms 512m

I have a gig on my laptop, but when I tried to load a page that contained JAVA, it wouldn't work, because JAVA had crashed!

You can set the console to display automatically, so you can track memory usage (m) or run garbage collection (g) manually.

I change it back, and restart the browser. The console says that it's using 5,000K.

My buddy wants to get at least 1.2g of memory, but he can't. Using Internet Explorer, the console uses 500mb, Firefox uses 800mb.

He can't use any more than that!

He's tried different brands of memory, as well as 4x1m and 2x2m to get 4mb. Flashed the BIOS to Asus' Latest as well.

Any ideas?


-David
2006 & 2007 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
2006 Dell Certified System Professional (CSP)

 

[linney]

Absolutely no idea here.

Is there anything in these?

How to use all available memory?

http://groups.google.com/group/comp...Java+XMS+Memory+in+XP&rnum=8#bb475db0c3b9c8b1

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Java XMS Memory in XP&rls=com.microsoft:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Java+XMS+Memory+in+XP&rls=com.microsoft:

 

[dglienna]

I saw those before I posted. They seem to be specific to Windows 98 OS or IBM Java.

Thanks for trying. I thought some games would know.

We didn't want to use XP 64-bit or Vista quite yet.

-David
2006 & 2007 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
2006 Dell Certified System Professional (CSP)

 

[linney]

Third-party programs that require lots of memory do not run in Windows XP Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894472/en-us#appliesto

Available switch options for the Windows XP and the Windows Server 2003 Boot.ini files

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;833721#appliesto

 

[dglienna]

Wow! That looks like it hit the nail on the head. Have a star (in advance)

I'll talk to him Monday. I can remote in and apply both solutions!

Saving this thread for future reference.

-David
2006 & 2007 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
2006 Dell Certified System Professional (CSP)

 

[dglienna]

Oh,Oh.

No change. Turns out that it is a browser app after all.
He doesn't want to have to upgrade the system, but needs the bigger images.

Any more clues?

-David
2006 & 2007 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
2006 Dell Certified System Professional (CSP)

 

[linney]

What image size is he handling, is it for example 10000x 10000 or larger? Do they have to be opened in a browser or can they be processed in a photo editor?

 

[dglienna]

Not sure. It's medical imaging software that is running in more than one location. He needs 1gb of Java memory, but can only get 500-800mb, depending on which browser he opens.

I couldn't set my xms to 512m, even though I have 1gb on my xp pro laptop.

-David
2006 & 2007 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
2006 Dell Certified System Professional (CSP)

 

[linney]

Here's the bottom of my barrel as far as ideas go, not much help I'm afraid.

http://www.google.com/search?q=medical+imaging+software++1gb+java+memory&rls=com.microsoft:

http://groups.google.com/groups/sea...al+imaging+software"++java+memory&qt_s=Search