Sudden loss of Chip and Fast RAM

Epo · 04 September 2018, 13:10

Yesterday night all was OK but today I was surprised with huge Chip and Fast memory consumption. I don't recall changing anything. Anyone had something similar and solved it?

I booted it w/o s-s and all the mem is there. But after I loadwb part of the memory disappears. Disabled all the content of WBStartup - no change:

Nibbler · 04 September 2018, 13:31

Hi. Do you use WinUAE or real hardware.
You could use something like Sysinfo to look into that
OR
edit youre startup-sequence..edit the entry LOADWB into ;Loadwb ... type AVAIL to see how many memory is there, and start SNOOPDOS to see what happends when you typer LOADWB.

OR, maybe .. you choose a Picture in the WBPatterns prefs programm, that eat up so much memory and wont show up right (just a guess).

hmmm, hope that helps. You have to try. Anyway ,with the snoopdos methode you know exactly what happends...

Epo · 04 September 2018, 14:13

It's WinUAE. I start it without startup-sequence (I put a note about it in my prev post) so nothing from it. I have no pattern/picture bgnd. What's more, I started the same HDF file with a new configuration and no problems with memory! So it's not the Workbench configuration but WinUAE's. I must have set an option that 'steals' that memory but have no idea what it could be. If I'm not mistaken I had it once before but it's like in a fog...

Nibbler · 04 September 2018, 16:08

Yeah, i had also some strange things happend to WinUAE sometimes...
With Driver/Windows updates n stuff like that.

You could (just a suggestion) download the newest version of WinUAE (if you dont already have it) and start fresh. (or keep youre configs if they are important to you)

Like i said, just a suggestion. Toni Willen would be the guy to ask. He knows all about WinUAE n stuff. (sorry i could not help)

Good luck Epo

Epo · 04 September 2018, 16:12

Thanks, we'll see if someone else responds. I'm working on a different config file and all seems to be alright. Btw, I have the latest WinUAE.

Toni Wilen · 04 September 2018, 16:18

Almost surely AmigaOS side problem. Bad program that randomly corrupts RAM etc..

Epo · 04 September 2018, 19:29

I got it! Now I remember that I had exactly the same behavior once before. The culprit is low RAM availability on WINDOWS side! I stretch my system to the maximum possible running different programming IDEs, two net browsers, graphics programs (between others). My 8GB RAM is definitely too low for my needs but it's max for my laptop so I have to deal with it. Well, if anyone faces this problem in the future then this is the answer.

Toni Wilen · 04 September 2018, 19:38

Hmm.. But your screenshot shows exact same total values.

04 September 2018, 13:10	#1
Epo Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Country Posts: 38	Sudden loss of Chip and Fast RAM Yesterday night all was OK but today I was surprised with huge Chip and Fast memory consumption. I don't recall changing anything. Anyone had something similar and solved it? I booted it w/o s-s and all the mem is there. But after I loadwb part of the memory disappears. Disabled all the content of WBStartup - no change:

04 September 2018, 16:08	#4
Nibbler namm namm AMIGA Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Austria Age: 44 Posts: 734	Yeah, i had also some strange things happend to WinUAE sometimes... With Driver/Windows updates n stuff like that. You could (just a suggestion) download the newest version of WinUAE (if you dont already have it) and start fresh. (or keep youre configs if they are important to you) Like i said, just a suggestion. Toni Willen would be the guy to ask. He knows all about WinUAE n stuff. (sorry i could not help) Good luck Epo Last edited by Nibbler; 04 September 2018 at 18:12. Reason: typo - like usual

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
A600 multi-upgrade (Chip RAM + Fast RAM + ROM + IDE2CF)	Astrofra	Hardware pics	15	18 February 2014 21:27
A600 w/ 1MB Chip + 4MB Fast Ram = WHDLoad success rate?	Kenan	support.Hardware	7	08 May 2013 18:14
[SAS/C] Making malloc() allocate in fast RAM instead of chip RAM?	8bitbubsy	Coders. General	3	07 August 2011 07:06
Allocating Fast RAM as Chip?	Fingerlickin_B	support.Hardware	22	20 November 2008 22:15
Set Chip and Fast RAM in WinUAE	nineoc	New to Emulation or Amiga scene	17	20 September 2006 09:25

04 September 2018, 13:31	#2
Nibbler namm namm AMIGA Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Austria Age: 44 Posts: 734	Hi. Do you use WinUAE or real hardware. You could use something like Sysinfo to look into that OR edit youre startup-sequence..edit the entry LOADWB into ;Loadwb ... type AVAIL to see how many memory is there, and start SNOOPDOS to see what happends when you typer LOADWB. OR, maybe .. you choose a Picture in the WBPatterns prefs programm, that eat up so much memory and wont show up right (just a guess). hmmm, hope that helps. You have to try. Anyway ,with the snoopdos methode you know exactly what happends...

04 September 2018, 14:13	#3
Epo Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Country Posts: 38	It's WinUAE. I start it without startup-sequence (I put a note about it in my prev post) so nothing from it. I have no pattern/picture bgnd. What's more, I started the same HDF file with a new configuration and no problems with memory! So it's not the Workbench configuration but WinUAE's. I must have set an option that 'steals' that memory but have no idea what it could be. If I'm not mistaken I had it once before but it's like in a fog...

04 September 2018, 16:12	#5
Epo Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Country Posts: 38	Thanks, we'll see if someone else responds. I'm working on a different config file and all seems to be alright. Btw, I have the latest WinUAE.

04 September 2018, 16:18	#6
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,505	Almost surely AmigaOS side problem. Bad program that randomly corrupts RAM etc..

04 September 2018, 19:29	#7
Epo Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Country Posts: 38	I got it! Now I remember that I had exactly the same behavior once before. The culprit is low RAM availability on WINDOWS side! I stretch my system to the maximum possible running different programming IDEs, two net browsers, graphics programs (between others). My 8GB RAM is definitely too low for my needs but it's max for my laptop so I have to deal with it. Well, if anyone faces this problem in the future then this is the answer.

04 September 2018, 19:38	#8
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,505	Hmm.. But your screenshot shows exact same total values.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)