Increase the amount of shared video dell gx280

and old DELL, GX280.
why post lacking what kind and size memory now? 1GB? 2GB?
or if replacing it all so it all matches.?
buy it on crucial.com> they know what it holds.
but you never told full name of PC>
first off it is and old OptiPlex. came with windows 2000 ,omg./
some sold 2005 year so is 14 years old,. today.
Any 3020 is far newer and better,.$50 cash easy .....
why mess with any 2005 PC?
this PC came in 3 sizes,
SFF, , small desktop and full desktop . what might yours be?
the motherboards are NOT THE SAME>
DDR2 memory it is.
400 & 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

when pC was new only 1GB sticks were max size.

4GB max but the SFF is 2GB max, see?
4 slots of DDR but 2 only on SFF
SFF = small form factor PC. dinky do case. ok>?tiny

what works can be hard, on old PCs
old PCs have very tricky memory density limits per stick.
ok?>
That is why buy from only a place that allows fast , simple
exchanges or refunds. ok?

RTM

https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/optiplex-gx280/manuals

Laptops have the video chip built-in on the motherboard and uses shared RAM (part of the main RAM).
You can increase the video RAM in the BIOS setting Video RAM but it will reduce the main RAM by the corresponding amount of memory.
If this is a problem then install more RAM in your laptop.

Most laptops have built-in video chip on the motherboard and they use shared RAM ie part of the main RAM.
To increase the video RAM go into the BIOS setting and then to video RAM to increase the amount of video RAM, this will also redusr the main RAM by the same amount.
You may wish to install more RAM in your laptop to give then laptop more memory.

Go into the Power Option in the Control Panel and increase the sleep or hibernate settings or set them to NEVER.

Click Start/Control Panel/Power Options and change the sleep or hibernate settings.

This is a graphics card issue. I suggest you try say an Nvidia GTS250 card. If you are pushing up the resolution too high you will get this mesage. Short-term fix, try lowering the resolution in the settings of your current graphics card. This should help.

A BIOS firmware upgrade may allow the video RAM to be increased from 256Mb of RAM. Check the motherboard manufacturer's WEB site to see if this is possible.

What will not load up? The OS?

Many times upgrading the ram amount will correct this problem. You may also upgrade you Video card for one that has a lot more memory chips(Total Ram) on it, since you have a desk top type computer. I have included a link in case you have misplaced you manual to see the original specifications. Ram and Video cards are available on line for such places as : Newegg.com               or            Tiger.com              to name two.


http://supportapj.dell.com/support/topics/topic.aspx/ap/shared/support/en/product_support_central?c=sg&l=en&s=gen&SystemID=PLX_PNT_CEL_GX270

Fiend your solution direct from mercury. Here is your solution.....

http://www.mercury.com/motherboard/prob676ijt65/solution

aamknr-22

Hi icr
You better try to increase the virtual memory of your system as seems you would nt be able to increase the pre allocated video memory to your video device.
The virtual thing you can do by going to the my computer's properties and then in advanced tab you find performance options .Here you can tweak your virtual memory accg to your systtem memory

Waiting for your appreciation