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Suggestion: GPURamDrive uses graphics card VRAM for cache; integration #31

Closed Logic-Elliven closed 1 year ago

Logic-Elliven commented 3 years ago

Hi Zero3K

I'm not a dev. I just want to make you aware of GPURamDrive: It enables one to use the, mostly inactive unless gaming etc, VRAM on a graphics card as a Ram Disk.

As most people's DRAM is otherwise occupied (prefetch, superfetch, etc) using RAM that is sitting idle makes a LOT of sense..!? :)

The software is proof of concept and thus quite slow, but can probably be adapted to ERAM and optimised quite easily..??

Original software Link: https://github.com/prsyahmi/GpuRamDrive But it does NOT work on AMD Graphics Cards. Here is a version that does: https://github.com/brzz/GpuRamDrive/releases

chrischris888 commented 2 years ago

@Zero3k

Hi, Please help me with these questions:

  1. If I install ERAM or DATARAM on my Windows XP, in order to add 1 more GB of RAM, will this solve the blue screen issue after MyPal 68 crashes the windows ?
  2. Shall I wait for a new MyPal upgraded version ?
  3. Does ERAM or DATARAM allow for using the extra ram for browser cache in order to avoid crashing into blue screen ?

I tahnk you verymuch !

Zero3K commented 2 years ago
  1. They do not work that way. They just create a drive that uses RAM. 2 and 3. It is probably something else causing the BSOD.
chrischris888 commented 2 years ago

@Zero3K

Thank you very much ! Already I was very scared when I saw how complex and difficult the DATARAM installation is, by reading almost 100 pages of blogs.

However, I did one thing : I changed in MyComputer > System Properties > Advanced > Performance > and set from "system managed size" to "custom size" of RAM and I made it 5362 MB. I saw some improvement, ... not much but is ok.

And I can add additional 4GB of RAM on the available slots in order to get 8 GB and then set the /PAE in the BOOT.INI file ... and it may or may not be possible to see another slight improvement. Already there have been checked the “Data Execution Prevention” tab for essential windows programs. I did not tried for "all programs except some". Maybe you may advise me. I did not changed the BOOT.INI file yet.

In the past 10 years using this computer I never saw a blue screen until now, when MyPal 68 have been released. But as I recall it is still experimental therefore later updates might solve these issues.

Thank you again !

chrischris888 commented 2 years ago

@Zero3k

Hi, It just happened a new blue screen incident after opening more then 14 tabs on MyPal 68 and I catched it with the bluescreenview_setup.exe and I am attaching the file

================================================== Dump File : Mini050422-01.dmp Crash Time : 04.05.2022 07:33:36 Bug Check String : KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED Bug Check Code : 0x1000008e Parameter 1 : 0xc0000005 Parameter 2 : 0xbf80fa77 Parameter 3 : 0xb06e9b08 Parameter 4 : 0x00000000 Caused By Driver : win32k.sys Caused By Address : win32k.sys+fa77 File Description : Multi-User Win32 Driver Product Name : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Company : Microsoft Corporation File Version : 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) Processor : 32-bit Crash Address : win32k.sys+fa77 Stack Address 1 : win32k.sys+df9e7 Stack Address 2 : win32k.sys+dff87 Stack Address 3 : win32k.sys+c146b Computer Name : Full Path : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini050422-01.dmp Processors Count : 4 Major Version : 15 Minor Version : 2600 Dump File Size : 98.304 Dump File Time : 04.05.2022 07:34:32

Zero3K commented 2 years ago

It is an issue with Windows XP itself. Please try upgrading to Windows 7 if possible.