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John Mitchell · June 30th, 2008, 07:38 PM

I pressed hard to keep the existing icons because that is what is on an Avid keyboard (not because I couldn't adapt). Unfortunately it fell on deaf ears.

BTW using the 3GB.bat file on a machine with only 2gig of Ram is pointless. Setting the virtual memory would have been fine. That batch file actually allows programs to access 2.7G of RAM (physical memory, not virtual memory) so if the machine doesn't have more than 2.7G it's pointless. It's an XP hack set by the operating system during the start up sequence. It may even cause Avid to swap out memory to disk at the wrong time, like during a digital cut.

My advice - put 4Gig in the laptop otherwise problems may arise.

June 30th, 2008, 07:38 PM	#10
John Mitchell Contributor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 539	I pressed hard to keep the existing icons because that is what is on an Avid keyboard (not because I couldn't adapt). Unfortunately it fell on deaf ears. BTW using the 3GB.bat file on a machine with only 2gig of Ram is pointless. Setting the virtual memory would have been fine. That batch file actually allows programs to access 2.7G of RAM (physical memory, not virtual memory) so if the machine doesn't have more than 2.7G it's pointless. It's an XP hack set by the operating system during the start up sequence. It may even cause Avid to swap out memory to disk at the wrong time, like during a digital cut. My advice - put 4Gig in the laptop otherwise problems may arise.