Need Advice !! PS7 locks my computer!!

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Dale
Feb 16, 2004
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I am using Photoshop 7 on a Pent.3 450 mhz.(overclocked to 558) with 512 Ram.
My computer will lock up, freeze, etc. when I am performing functions like adjusting, Images/adjustments/hue/saturation, or level adjustments with several layers open.
If I added more ram would this help, or is it mainly because of my cpu speed.
I have lots of virtual (paging ) memory assigned on another hard drive and have experimented with this and nothing seems to help. Besides getting a faster cpu is there another way to work around this freeze problem?
Thanks in advance !!
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Eric Gill
Feb 16, 2004
Dale wrote in news:oBbYb.532347$X%:

I am using Photoshop 7 on a Pent.3 450 mhz.(overclocked to 558) with 512 Ram.

Not using an ASUS MB by any chance, are you?
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Rowley
Feb 17, 2004
I’ve had similar problems with PS7 on pretty much the same hardware running NT4 – never did figure out what the problem was. Tried the same thing with playing with the virtual memory.

Martin

Dale wrote:

I am using Photoshop 7 on a Pent.3 450 mhz.(overclocked to 558) with 512 Ram.
My computer will lock up, freeze, etc. when I am performing functions like adjusting, Images/adjustments/hue/saturation, or level adjustments with several layers open.
If I added more ram would this help, or is it mainly because of my cpu speed.
I have lots of virtual (paging ) memory assigned on another hard drive and have experimented with this and nothing seems to help. Besides getting a faster cpu is there another way to work around this freeze problem?
Thanks in advance !!
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Dale
Feb 17, 2004
Yes as a matter of fact I am using a Asus P3B motherboard. Is there an issue with photoshop and Asus??

Eric Gill wrote:
Dale wrote in news:oBbYb.532347$X%:

I am using Photoshop 7 on a Pent.3 450 mhz.(overclocked to 558) with 512 Ram.

Not using an ASUS MB by any chance, are you?
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Deco_time
Feb 17, 2004
Dale wrote:
Yes as a matter of fact I am using a Asus P3B motherboard. Is there an issue with photoshop and Asus??
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/2256a.htm
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Eric Gill
Feb 17, 2004
Dale wrote in news:ONiYb.538345$:

Eric Gill wrote:
Dale wrote in news:oBbYb.532347$X%:

I am using Photoshop 7 on a Pent.3 450 mhz.(overclocked to 558) with 512 Ram.

Not using an ASUS MB by any chance, are you?

Yes as a matter of fact I am using a Asus P3B motherboard. Is there an issue with photoshop and Asus??

There is an issue with certain older Asus PIII boards and a number of programs that lean heavily on memory access. (Thanks, Deco_Time, I’d lost that link). Fault on the board.

Looks like a great time to upgrade.

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