Advise me on computer memory

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by birdman, Aug 19, 2020.

  1. I am using dual monitors without having to install any extra drivers. I am running on Debian. Get the out of the box version of Debian. Ubuntu is not as stable and too bloaty for me.

    https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/
     
    #11     Aug 19, 2020
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  2. birdman

    birdman

    Task Manager shows TOS ranging from 890,000 K to 918,000 K
    Chrome uses about 350,000 K

    I have adjusted TOS memory setting. My troubles only started after my first adjustment, increasing setting. I then lowered back to original. Today i lowered below that to next to lowest setting. Will see if that effects it.

    I ran this computer with TOS without incident for 2 plus years. That time i ran 1 minute charts, afterwards switched to tick charts (not sure that effected it). Back to 1 minute charts before upgrading memory.
     
    #12     Aug 19, 2020
  3. birdman

    birdman

    Moments ago computer pop up message saying I'm low on memory - close TOS. I then run task manager again and it then shows Chrome using as much as TOS, each using around 650,000 K
     
    #13     Aug 19, 2020
  4. Turveyd

    Turveyd

    Win 7 32 or 64 Bit ??

    Cause if you've got 32bit that's your issue, no matter how much Ram you throw at it, you've only got 3.7GB's, I get that message at times on my 7-32bit setup, have to restart or it keeps annoying me, not on TOS just in general even closing MT4 at times.
     
    #14     Aug 19, 2020
  5. xandman

    xandman

    Your page file could be corrupted. Reset it by doing the following:

    1) set it to "No Paging File". Click OK and Reboot.
    2) Go back to memory settings. Set it to System Managed. Click OK and Reboot.

    upload_2020-8-19_14-7-27.png

    Also, check your Task Manager for an application running too many instances of itself. Browsers do it this normally and shouldn't be a concern.
     
    #15     Aug 19, 2020
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  6. Bad_Badness

    Bad_Badness

    Perhaps what changed was the version of TOS? Did you track your versions? Tick should be more intensive, all things being equal.
     
    #16     Aug 19, 2020
  7. birdman

    birdman

    Big Thanks to all!

    No knowledge of various TOS versions.

    @ Xandman - i think you pointed me in the right direction. I maxed out Virtual Memory setting to nearly double what it was, with zero problems afterwards. It's a bit too early to be certain, but looks promising - none of the frequent alerts since.
     
    #17     Aug 19, 2020
  8. comagnum

    comagnum

    I have the same computer specs as yours. Here is how I have TOS configured, it runs well but is more of a memory hog than the other platforms I trade from.

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    To free up more memory for TOS: From TOS go to 'help' click on 'collect garbage'.

    This will purge your TOS cache.


    1. Right click on the thinkorswim icon
    2. Left-click on PROPERTIES
    3. Left-click on OPEN FILE LOCATION
    4. In the resulting window, right-click on the USERGUI folder
    5. Left-click on DELETE
    6. Restart thinkorswim.
     
    #18     Aug 19, 2020
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  9. birdman

    birdman

    Thanks Comagnum - i did not know :)
     
    #19     Aug 19, 2020
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  10. What's this TOS? It's new thing for me
     
    #20     Aug 19, 2020