MPG1770 April 19, 2012 Share MPG1770 GC Server Admin April 19, 2012 Only at night/early morning (midnight - UK time) I get this message, then the inevitable happens - steam crashes. Have looked at their possible solutions, but to no avail and besides, Valve/Steam I find are so convoluted with their answers, that anything they suggest never really sorts this problem out. Besides telling me not to play during this time, any hints you could offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie April 19, 2012 Share mookie GC Alumni April 19, 2012 Uninstall the spam bot that is sending out millions of emails in the middle of the night. Seriously though what is your memory situation? This sounds like a system problem; either it is or Valv is just trying to blame it on Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPG1770 April 19, 2012 Author Share MPG1770 GC Server Admin April 19, 2012 8GB RAM - which is more than adequate for the game - as you mentioned mookie, I have heard that valve use this as an excuse to disguise their incompetence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie April 19, 2012 Share mookie GC Alumni April 19, 2012 I'm not that familiar with NT6 but someone can probably tell/show you how to see what your memory usage is. The error means you're low on free memory, so a lot of it is being used somewhere. There are numbers on the Performance tab of the task manager, but I don't see the Commit Charge section that would show you your memory in use vs. total memory (RAM + page file). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flitterkill April 19, 2012 Share Flitterkill GC Board Member April 19, 2012 A screen cap/photo of everything running in task manager would be a start too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPG1770 April 19, 2012 Author Share MPG1770 GC Server Admin April 19, 2012 Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie April 19, 2012 Share mookie GC Alumni April 19, 2012 Is that XP or Vista? I see the number under commit charge is only 6.5GB. You may want to check the system properties to see how much RAM Windows thinks it has. Take another screenshot if you can while L4D2 is running at a time you think this problem is likely to pop up (run in a window or alt-tab out) and/or a screenshot immediately after L4D2 crashes out with a low memory error. Check your AVG settings to make sure it's not trying to do something at that time, and keep an eye on vprot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirTony April 19, 2012 Share SirTony Member April 19, 2012 http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1225168 https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5034-EIPV-6426 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPG1770 April 19, 2012 Author Share MPG1770 GC Server Admin April 19, 2012 Thanks mookie - btw, it's xp and comp is only using 3.75GB RAM. Have heard that Valve/steam don't get on too well with AVG, so may have to find another AV program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai nightling April 19, 2012 Share samurai nightling Member April 19, 2012 Microsoft Security Essentials is a perfectly good and FREE antivirus put out by Microsoft now. I see no use for any other programs with it, as I have had zero problems with it, and a friend of mine has had it already catch trojans and/or viruses on his computer. I havent had any problems since getting rid of McAfee for it. And your system says it has 6.5GB of RAM but you say it only has 3.75GB? Thats......odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie April 19, 2012 Share mookie GC Alumni April 19, 2012 6.5 GB = 3.5 GB RAM + 3 GB pagefile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPG1770 April 19, 2012 Author Share MPG1770 GC Server Admin April 19, 2012 Here's scrn shot - just b4 crash was kicking in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie April 20, 2012 Share mookie GC Alumni April 20, 2012 What is your heap size for L4D2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPG1770 April 20, 2012 Author Share MPG1770 GC Server Admin April 20, 2012 Sry mookie, haven't got a clue - heap size, never heard of it. We all should learn something new everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPG1770 April 25, 2012 Author Share MPG1770 GC Server Admin April 25, 2012 Took the plunge and followed steps given in the 'blackviper' site - no problems today, thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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