Curse

drowningfish999 · Jun 18, 2005, 03:44 PM // 15:44

Occasionly while I'm playing, certain areas of the screen will turn completely white, like the radar or spell effects, and the game will crash a few seconds later. I can't remember the exact message, but it said "Out of Memory." I figured it was due to the fact I only had 248 RAM, so I added a 512 and brought it up to 760. However, I just recently got the error while playing. I AM using Intel Extreme Graphics, so is this the problem, or is it something else?

Diplo · Jun 18, 2005, 03:52 PM // 15:52

"Out Of Memory" might not necessarily mean you are out of physical RAM, it could just be an internal game error. When you are writing programs (in C++ etc.) you often allocate small chunks of memory to use as temporary buffers etc. If, for some reason, you try and insert something in the buffer that's too big it could cause a crash. For instance, the game allocates 1MB of RAM for something and tries to stick 2MB of data in it you get a crash. So, this might just be a game problem.

drowningfish999 · Jun 18, 2005, 03:54 PM // 15:54

Oh ok, thanks. As long as it isn't something with my computer, thats ok.

wrightsoncollector · Jun 18, 2005, 09:18 PM // 21:18

When was the last time you wiped your system and clean installed? Windows XP/2000 also stores *.tmp files for various reasons. Over a period of time they can really ad up. I've seen pictures not open or scanners not work because of this also. Check C:\Document And Settings\"Profile Name"\Local Settings\Temp and C:\Windows or Winnt\ Temp and check the amount of *.tmp files. Or do a "search for files and folders" *.tmp and see if there are a lot of them.

Mimu · Jun 19, 2005, 05:28 PM // 17:28

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Originally Posted by wrightsoncollector

When was the last time you wiped your system and clean installed? Windows XP/2000 also stores *.tmp files for various reasons. Over a period of time they can really ad up. I've seen pictures not open or scanners not work because of this also. Check C:\Document And Settings\"Profile Name"\Local Settings\Temp and C:\Windows or Winnt\ Temp and check the amount of *.tmp files. Or do a "search for files and folders" *.tmp and see if there are a lot of them.

You have no idea how much you have just helped me.

This problem was stopping me from questing with my guild if I could avoid it, then I see this..and the problem has just disappeared.

Thank you so much.

Nessa · Jul 18, 2005, 04:43 AM // 04:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrightsoncollector

When was the last time you wiped your system and clean installed? Windows XP/2000 also stores *.tmp files for various reasons. Over a period of time they can really ad up. I've seen pictures not open or scanners not work because of this also. Check C:\Document And Settings\"Profile Name"\Local Settings\Temp and C:\Windows or Winnt\ Temp and check the amount of *.tmp files. Or do a "search for files and folders" *.tmp and see if there are a lot of them.

can you delete these with out doing a cmplete harddrive wipe... i have a bunch but most seem to be aim related....can i unistall aim and reinstall.. or do i have to reformat...?

Cantiare Mensoon · Jul 23, 2005, 05:40 AM // 05:40

yeah i get this error alot and it duse it at the wrong times, what do we do with the temp files?