memory issues (please help!)

[laboboy]

i have a mac g4 400 os9

before i only had 2 64 memory cards installed and in my system apple profile it said i had 128 built in memory but in my memory control panel it says i only have 90 built in memory. why is it different? whenever i open adobe illustrator it says i dont have enough memory to run. i already allocated alot of memory to illustrator beforehand as well.

so then i bought a 128 memory card and i still have the same problem.


i have a 128, 64, and 64 memory card in my mac. and in my system profile it says i have 256 built in memory but in my memory control panel it says i have 221 built in memory. again why is it different. there is an asterisk by one of the 64 saying this is a slower dimm. anyway wouldnt 256 ram be enuff to open just illustrator.

in both cases i have to turn on virtual memory and put it to its max (available for use on diskwhich is 996) for it to work. is this aproblem cuz i know u suppose to put it one higher than your built in memory but when i do that it doesnt work either. opening illustarttor that is. the error i get when opening illustartor is "i dont have enough memory. try changing the partition of illstaror by getting info or ..." could this be that i allocated too much memory to illustrator but then again i got this msg before i aloocated memory as well.

i dont think buying more memory would help. 256 should be more tha enough to just open illustrator because my other mac has 321 and i have so many programs at once without a peoblem. anyway please help if you can. it would be much appreciated. thank you sorry if this is so long hehe

[edX]

are you just trying to open illustrator by itself or are you opening a document at the same time. you should be able to open illustrator alone easily unless you have really allocated excessive memory to it. but huge docs often require the extra virtual memory to work with.

[Cheryl]

Check the Memory Control panel and make sure RAM disk is off. that will take away your available memory in the Control Panel.