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toujane
Profile Joined September 2012
9 Posts
September 20 2012 01:39 GMT
#1
does anyone else get this while playing SC2? I google'd it and there were tons of results yet no clear solution. Some were even from this forum but yet no one had a solution. I imagine a fix must hace come by now and Some of you liquidors must have come across this

-Play for 30m-1Hr straight -Will crash guaranteed after that time frame with a "core: out of memmory msg"

How to fix?
romelako
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States373 Posts
September 20 2012 01:42 GMT
#2
On September 20 2012 10:39 toujane wrote:
does anyone else get this while playing SC2? I google'd it and there were tons of results yet no clear solution. Some were even from this forum but yet no one had a solution. I imagine a fix must hace come by now and Some of you liquidors must have come across this

-Play for 30m-1Hr straight -Will crash guaranteed after that time frame with a "core: out of memmory msg"

How to fix?


I think this belongs in the Tech Support forum. I personally haven't had this problem and I leave SC2 on all day.

What are your specs?
toujane
Profile Joined September 2012
9 Posts
September 20 2012 01:45 GMT
#3
windows 7 32 bit
a i5 2520 or smthg cpu its decent
4 gigs of ram
intel HD 3000 gpu (laptop equivalent of like an ati HD 5000~

LorD_AreS
Profile Joined April 2007
Canada208 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-20 01:49:39
September 20 2012 01:48 GMT
#4
Hey,

Not sure but I think that's the GPU memory. Probably your graphic card, either check drivers or try a different card
good luck

Edit: And yes I think this should be in tech support?
toujane
Profile Joined September 2012
9 Posts
September 20 2012 01:51 GMT
#5
sry im new didnt know liq had one lol
NeMeSiS3
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Canada2972 Posts
September 20 2012 01:52 GMT
#6
There is a thread somewhere on here (I think R1CH made it) but yeah this should be tech support
FoTG fighting!
toujane
Profile Joined September 2012
9 Posts
September 20 2012 01:59 GMT
#7
On September 20 2012 10:52 NeMeSiS3 wrote:
There is a thread somewhere on here (I think R1CH made it) but yeah this should be tech support


sry but can u link me? i tried googling and searching cant find.
MidgetHumper
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom280 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-20 02:05:57
September 20 2012 02:05 GMT
#8
On September 20 2012 10:45 toujane wrote:
windows 7 32 bit
a i5 2520 or smthg cpu its decent
4 gigs of ram
intel HD 3000 gpu (laptop equivalent of like an ati HD 5000~



4gb of ram seems a bit low. I play on max settings, usually wathcing a stream on my second screen and playing pandora and this uses around 6gb of ram.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284255#1
toujane
Profile Joined September 2012
9 Posts
September 20 2012 02:08 GMT
#9
i know its a big low MidgetHumper but i literally run on lowest possible settings and close backgrounds apps
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10342 Posts
September 20 2012 02:15 GMT
#10
You probably need 64 bit Windows to be able to use all your RAM properly. Your video card is likely allocating from the system memory leaving SC2 with little to work with. Look in your system properties (Windows + Pause) to see how much usable RAM you have.
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toujane
Profile Joined September 2012
9 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-20 02:42:38
September 20 2012 02:41 GMT
#11
On September 20 2012 11:15 R1CH wrote:
You probably need 64 bit Windows to be able to use all your RAM properly. Your video card is likely allocating from the system memory leaving SC2 with little to work with. Look in your system properties (Windows + Pause) to see how much usable RAM you have.



ty. any actually hard solutions though? and the window + pause doesn't work. im assuming u mean the insert key? (has pause in red text). im on a laptop btw so it might be different
edit: i right click properties'd my my computer icon, it displayers 3.16 available is this good? (im on windows 7)
aike
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1629 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-20 02:43:06
September 20 2012 02:41 GMT
#12
On September 20 2012 11:08 toujane wrote:
i know its a big low MidgetHumper but i literally run on lowest possible settings and close backgrounds apps

SC2 and Windows both use a lot of memory on their own, and you are definitely running other programs and processes on top of that. You have 4GB memory, but you are using integrated graphics, which also uses that same pool of memory. I just tested on my computer (this is on all max settings though so...) SC2 used 2GB RAM from 1 game, bringing my total usage up to 4.46GB, and this is with a dedicated video card that has it's own 1GB memory to use. I think the solution is to just buy more ram ;D Luckily that's pretty cheap on the interwebs.


INstead of windows+pause, just click the start button and right click on Computer and click on properties, it brings you to the same screen.
Wahaha
toujane
Profile Joined September 2012
9 Posts
September 20 2012 02:43 GMT
#13
On September 20 2012 11:41 aike wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2012 11:08 toujane wrote:
i know its a big low MidgetHumper but i literally run on lowest possible settings and close backgrounds apps

SC2 and Windows both use a lot of memory on their own, and you are definitely running other programs and processes on top of that. You have 4GB memory, but you are using integrated graphics, which also uses that same pool of memory. I just tested on my computer (this is on all max settings though so...) SC2 used 2GB RAM from 1 game, bringing my total usage up to 4.46GB, and this is with a dedicated video card that has it's own 1GB memory to use. I think the solution is to just buy more ram ;D Luckily that's pretty cheap on the interwebs.


INstead of windows+pause, just click the start button and right click on Computer and click on properties, it brings you to the same screen.


problem is im on a lappy. isnt there some virtual memory work around
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10342 Posts
September 20 2012 02:45 GMT
#14
32 bit Windows is limiting you to 3.16 GB which isn't much, especially when that has to be shared with your integrated video. Changing to 64 bit Windows and adding more RAM would be the best recommendation. Replacing / adding RAM to a laptop is usually very straighforward, you just unscrew one of the panels on the bottom.
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toujane
Profile Joined September 2012
9 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-20 20:53:47
September 20 2012 20:50 GMT
#15
alright guys i managed to find somewhat of a solution.

the concensus here is that if you're getting the core: out of memory error, you either don't have enough RAM or you're on 32 bit windows and your computer wont recognize more than 4 (probably around 3.2ish will be actually used).

solutions:
-upgrade to 64 bit if you have more than 4 g of ram

for those like me who did not/can not upgrade to 64 bit, i've found a minor (annoying) solution.

-Put everything in game on loweset possible including resolution
-Disable sound from within starcraft, not just speakers
-Disable voice
-Go into your GPU driver control system (if u have ATI catalyst, if u have nVidia GeForce or w/e) and further lower the "3D" graphics settings all the way for performance
-idk if this helped but i did it, right click my computer, properties, advanced system settings, advanced tab, click on settings under performance, advanced tab, click on virtual memory, uncheck automatic and for custom size make ur initial/max 2.5x your memory in mb's (if u have 3 gigs this should be 75000)
-disable ALL your unnecessary programs on task manager.
-Start sc2 and play.
-There is one essential rule, read below


I Managed to play every single game i wanted without crashing disregarding the length/map. What this basically did was lower my total RAM usage (during sc2 peak minutes) from like 90%+ of all mem used, to a stable 55~ during peak at all times. Notice the trend here? SC2 uses a lot of memory to handle all the units, and it crashes when it runs out of memory to use up, in this case, around the 90 pc+ mark. you need to keep it low. I did some testing and this is exacaatly what happens. When you first load up sc2 it'll use a moderate amount of RAM. WHen you enter a game it'll immediately spike up about 20-30 pc (if u have a similar set up to mine, ur total mem being used will jump from 40 percent in menues, to 50 percent in game). If the game is long and 200/200 is reached a lot, the ram will spike up but not much. The most a game for me has ever gotten to is 58pc ram used. Usually it'll stay under 55. Now here's the interesting part. Remeber i said that it was 40 percent at start up?. After you finish a game, the peak memory will REMAIN as high as it was. In my case i'll stay at 55 pc. It does not dump that when u exit the match. Then you join a match and it continues to jump which is why a lot of you crashed within an hour+.

So, The rule is to keep a tab on your total memory usage. If the peak of your first game is close to 60, i recommend restarting the game as this will re dump all that memory. It's annoying, i know, but it's the ONLY way i have found to 100 percent play this game without getting owned by core. You can usually get away with playing two maybe even 3 games in a row, but in aldder i wouldnt risk it. You need a break between matches anyways so g'ahead and restart every game =D.

I would appreciate if you guys bumped some old bnet threads with this issue (there are TONS of them) because i got banned from it a long ass time ago. Spread the word!
jaj22
Profile Joined September 2009
United Kingdom1376 Posts
September 21 2012 00:15 GMT
#16
It's probably not the total system memory usage that's important. SC2, being a 32-bit program, can only allocate 2GB on most 32-bit platforms (3GB on 64-bit platforms). It's an address space limit rather than a physical memory limit. If you watch the memory usage of the SC2 process in task manager, you should find that it crashes near 2GB.

Unless you're running a custom map that simply loads too much stuff, it's probably a bug in the new resource management code.

laLAlA[uC]
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada963 Posts
December 08 2012 22:35 GMT
#17
Bumping because I keep getting this error.


windows 7 64 bitOS
i7 core
8 gigs of ram

I seem to be able to run other game completely fine
I'm an old man now
Hunblebee
Profile Joined March 2012
3 Posts
December 08 2012 23:33 GMT
#18
I had the exact same problem. I changed my virtual memory settings to custom like in the linked
video The error never occured again.
laLAlA[uC]
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada963 Posts
December 09 2012 03:02 GMT
#19
Thanks d:
Seems to work well so far
I'm an old man now
knightwulf
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada174 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-09 03:56:19
December 09 2012 03:55 GMT
#20
This has been so frustrating for me. My Sc2 crashes saying "low paged pool memory". I have to start task manager to unfreeze sc2.

I have i5 3570k (3.9ghz)
GTX 670
8gb ram
MSI Z77A-G43

I have looked around at solutions. I have tried manually setting memory higher like in the video. I have narrowed the problem down to the Physical memory "cached" does not reset, it gets filled and my "free" memory goes to 0. Restarting my computer refills my free physical memory to 6600mb, and my chached is 0, but after using my computer for 3 hours its performance crashes.

My computer when I first got It (august/2012)I could run 2 1080p videos and sc2 on ultra while streaming and my cpu temp wouldn't even raise higher than 50 C. Now if I play a video and Sc2 on medium I get this warning nad my comp Freezes and I have to restart it every 3 hours if i am watching tv or playing video games.

Are there any other solutions?

I have the latest drivers for all my hardware, and my core temps are still the same low temps. I have tried manually setting memory and it still occurs.

Edit: windows 7, 64bit
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