I agree, more ram is clearly in order for my situation. I did use the
task manager to pare down what was running, but it really didn't
amount to a lot.
Best,
Alan
On 7/15/05, Michael Blasnik <[email protected]> wrote:
> I only think the hotfix helps if you are trying to allocate more than about
> 800 or 900m. I just installed it and my max mem allocation went from 900m
> to 1400m -- which is the same as I could get under Stata 8. I think your
> problem is different and may be best solved by either tuning for system to
> avoid loading lots of apps and processes that you don't need (auto starting
> items) or just adding more ram (given how cheap it has become).
>
> Michael Blasnik
> [email protected]
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Neustadtl" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 11:48 AM
> Subject: Re: st: Reply for "stata9 vs stata8 memory issues"
>
>
> >I just upgraded from V8 Intercooled to V9 SE and was hoping to have
> > better control with datasets with a large number of variables. But,
> > because I moved in two directions (V8->v9 and intercooled->SE) it is
> > hard to be specific about the nature of my problem. My computer has
> > 1g memory and the dataset is about 500m (if I can read it and comptess
> > it should end up around 250m). I can't allocate enough memory to read
> > the original dataset. After the hotfix I am unable to allocate as
> > much as before. I use WinXP and set a restore point so I was able to
> > rollback the system.
> >
> > My solution was to break the dataset into three smaller datasets,
> > compress each one, and then append them.
> >
> > Regardless, after spending lots of $s to upgrade to SE and about 1.5
> > hours on the phone with MS, I was not thrilled.
> >
> > Best,
> > Alan
> >
>
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