Ludicrous (?) Number of Page Faults ?

[(PeteCresswell)]

I am looking at somebody's Vista PC with only 2 gigs of RAM installed.

SP-2, AMD Athlon LE-1620 @2.4 ghz.

They are having intermittent issues with the thing seeming to freeze up.

When I put Process Lasso on it I see what seem like a *lot* of
PageFaults. viz:
https://picasaweb.google.com/108149798664924808733/Misc02#6221493998639175570

I also note that CPU use is pretty much pegged at 100%. Viz:
https://picasaweb.google.com/108149798664924808733/Misc02#6221495849375798146

The high Fault numbers come and go moment-to-moment.

Without trying to dope out the "Hard" vs "Soft" faults, can I assume
this is a case for adding a couple gigs of memory?

Or is that processor just tapped out performance-capability-wise ?

[VanguardLH]

Post by (PeteCresswell)
I am looking at somebody's Vista PC with only 2 gigs of RAM installed.
They are having intermittent issues with the thing seeming to freeze up.
When I put Process Lasso on it I see what seem like a *lot* of
https://picasaweb.google.com/108149798664924808733/Misc02#6221493998639175570
https://picasaweb.google.com/108149798664924808733/Misc02#6221495849375798146

What happens when starting Windows in its safe mode? Clear the event
viewer logs (right-click on each category and Clear), reboot, and hit F8
to get the boot menu to select safe mode for Windows. Then monitor for
the high page fault problem for whatever seems long enough (the old log
should indicate about when the problem reoccurs).

Have you used a bootable disc to run memtest86?

[(PeteCresswell)]

Post by VanguardLH
What happens when starting Windows in its safe mode? Clear the event
viewer logs (right-click on each category and Clear), reboot, and hit F8
to get the boot menu to select safe mode for Windows. Then monitor for
the high page fault problem for whatever seems long enough (the old log
should indicate about when the problem reoccurs).
Have you used a bootable disc to run memtest86?

The machine in question is about 100 miles away.... So I'll try all that
if/when I can get to it in person. Those people are coming to visit
next Sunday and maybe I can get them to bring the PC with them.

What do you think about kicking the memory up to 4 gigs ?

Or would that be wasted given 32-bit Vista ?

[Micky]

Post by (PeteCresswell)
I am looking at somebody's Vista PC with only 2 gigs of RAM installed.
They are having intermittent issues with the thing seeming to freeze up.
When I put Process Lasso on it I see what seem like a *lot* of

Pete, I saw you use Process Lasso. I never heard of it but if you
like it, it's good enough for me.

It wants to put the log in
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\ProcessLasso\logs
I'll admit I never look at logs, but if they write one, maybe I
should. But I'm the only user of this computer. So why would I
want it so deep in the directories in a place whose name I'll never
remember, and which may change with win7, 8, 10, or what follows?

And certainly won't be called that if I get my XP partition working
again.

Why not C:\data\ProcessLasso\logs ?

It wants to put the ini file in
C:\ProgramData\ProcessLasso\prolasso.ini
That's not so bad, but why is ProgramData better than Data, if it is?

Post by (PeteCresswell)
https://picasaweb.google.com/108149798664924808733/Misc02#6221493998639175570
https://picasaweb.google.com/108149798664924808733/Misc02#6221495849375798146
The high Fault numbers come and go moment-to-moment.
Without trying to dope out the "Hard" vs "Soft" faults, can I assume
this is a case for adding a couple gigs of memory?
Or is that processor just tapped out performance-capability-wise ?

My Vista only has 2 gig, because it's Vista Business and was meant for
an office where they were only going to be running 1, 2, maybe 3
office programs, and not surfing the web. This probably doens't
apply to you, and my cpu is entirely different. I wish I had more
RAM but it's cheaper to move to a box I have with 4g RAM and no OS.