3Gb switch in Windows 7

[akinlolugboji]

Is there anything like a 3GB switch in windows 7 for 32bit OS and in the pervious OS? If yes, how is this done?

[bev.lynn]

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=9583842&linkID=9240697

[akinlolugboji]

Thanks followed the instructions but kept getting the following error, The system cannot find the path specified.

[akinlolugboji]

Ah, finally got it right. Should not have include the " "

[AJLynn]

If you start getting errors related to drivers not being able to load, you've taken away too much memory from the system map and you'll need to be less aggressive with the USERVA value. I've found that USERVA=2700 is a good compromise.

[akinlolugboji]

The problem now is on my Win Xp machine. When I boot to the 3GB OS the vga goes bad (4 colours at 640 by 480) all drivers loaded include the graphic driver, just will not accept the changes even if I do it manually. On the Win 7 machine no problem.

[AJLynn]

Yeah, you have the problem I described. On an XP box, I'm assuming you're put /3gb in the appropriate line of boot.ini? Replace the /3gb with /USERVA=2700 (and if it persists, lower that number until it stops)

 

I'm embarrassed to say it took me an entire week of frustration and thinking my video card was broken to figure that one out.

[akinlolugboji]

Thanks works like a dream on my XP box.