Can I have too much ram?

[Graham Bernard]

No, you don’t need Media Manager. I have it installed and use it all the time.

Yes you’ll need QT if you are rendering to QT.

OK, and kinda more relevant, than installing extra RAM, you downloaded a NEWER update to SV11. Would that be Build700 or 701? Did you install-over OR do an uninstall and then install?

Be good to hear from others on the efficacy of a QUAD making use of 4gb of RAM.

I’m also questioning the 630PSU. In adding more RAM=resistance=power you might be getting to the edge of its abilities.

So, plenty for you to checkout.

Grazie

Video Content Creator and Potter
PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
Cameras: Canon XF300 and two elderly XM2s

[Ron Bakker]

Hi Graham
Sorry that computer profile was from my old one. Here is the new one.

Asus P9X79 PRO Motherboard,OCZ Vertex 4 SSD 128GB,Corsair Vengeance CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B 8x4GB DDR3-1600, Intel Core i7-3820 3.6 GHz Socket 2011 Sandy Bridge-E,Gigabyte GV-N660OC-2GD GeForce GTX 660, 2 x Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRX,win7 pro,sv11 pro.
I bought vegas on disk and then just updated it to build 701.

Asus P9X79 PRO Motherboard,OCZ Vertex 4 SSD 128GB,Corsair Vengeance CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B 8x4GB DDR3-1600, Intel Core i7-3820 3.6 GHz Socket 2011 Sandy Bridge-E,Gigabyte GV-N660OC-2GD GeForce GTX 660, 2 x Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRX,win7 pro,sv11 pro.

[Graham Bernard]

[Ron Bakker] “I bought vegas on disk and then just updated it to build 701.”

So, did you install the Disc version and the EITHER “Install-over” OR uninstall and then install?

Have you got GPU acceleration ON? If so, turn it off.

You said you added extra RAM, was that to the same PSU driven PC? What is the Wattage of your PSU now?

Grazie

Video Content Creator and Potter
PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
Cameras: Canon XF300 and two elderly XM2s

[Ron Bakker]

Actually I think when I went to install vegas on this new computer it gave me the option to download the new 701 build before I actually got to installing. So I think I did not actually get the original build on this computer at all.
I have a new PSU, Corsairs 800w. I shall turn off the gpu acceleration as I know it is on at the mo.
I work in .mov but render to .wmv I might try changing back to yesterday’s ram as this is the only change I am aware of. I get back on it tomorrow as it is now my bedtime. Thanks Graham for our time.

Asus P9X79 PRO Motherboard,OCZ Vertex 4 SSD 128GB,Corsair Vengeance CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B 8x4GB DDR3-1600, Intel Core i7-3820 3.6 GHz Socket 2011 Sandy Bridge-E,Gigabyte GV-N660OC-2GD GeForce GTX 660, 2 x Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRX,win7 pro,sv11 pro.

[Mark Barton]

I would suspect bad RAM if it was running fine before. First try re-seating the memory modules in the board again. You also may want to check the virtual memory settings to see if they were updated to match the additional memory you added. Usually that is based on the memory in the system when Windows is installed.

As you see mine is set to 12GB based on the total RAM I have. If that does not work, try running a memory test overnight to verify that the RAM is good.

[Jeff Schroeder]

also, take out half your RAM and put your computer to some hard work. If it fails you have a RAM Problem. If not, swap in the RAM you removed and try it again. If any of your RAM is bad it will fail faster with half of it installed. But only the half containing the bad module will fail.

Jeff

2-Xeon X5680 @ 3.33, EVGA SR-2 Mobo, 48GB DDR3, GTX 580 3072MB, 16TB Attached Storage, Win7, Vegas 11 x64

[John Rofrano]

If you installed new RAM and did not run MEMTEST86 overnight to burn it in and test it then that’s your next step. You could very easily have a bad RAM module.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Ron Bakker]

Hi Again
Yesterday I started a fresh with just one stick of ram installed, it went alright for a while, a bit jumpy in preview as for gigs is a bit to lean. Then I swapped out the ram for a different one. This made no difference. Then I went for two sticks, behaved itself for a bit longer. Then I went up to 16gig. And no real change. I used the “mem check” function each time so the bios can adjust each time for the changed ram. And made sure it was in the right slot each time. I installed quicktime just to make sure it was not that.
I’m not bugging for more clues, just letting you know I am taking your advice onboard.
Cheers

Asus P9X79 PRO Motherboard,OCZ Vertex 4 SSD 128GB,Corsair Vengeance CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B 8x4GB DDR3-1600, Intel Core i7-3820 3.6 GHz Socket 2011 Sandy Bridge-E,Gigabyte GV-N660OC-2GD GeForce GTX 660, 2 x Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRX,win7 pro,sv11 pro.

[Scott Francis]

If the ram is an issue, try using an eraser on the connection ends. Sometime a little flux can remain on them from production and this will help remove any. I have had this work well in the past…

Good Luck!

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions

[John Rofrano]

Make sure that the RAM timings are correct in the BIOS. The motherboard doesn’t always guess correctly. I had to manually adjust my timings on my G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series memory with my ASUS P9X79 PRO motherboard because it didn’t get them correct.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com