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https://www.patreon.com/ulillillia --- Published on Feb 14, 2014

Now that I have a 64-bit operating system (Windows 7 64-bit), I can finally make use of RAM beyond 4 GB. Although I've generally been doing quite well with 4 GB, I have encountered cases where I need more than 4 GB, mainly with video editing of HD video from my camcorder. Because my main need of RAM is with GIMP and GIMP is a 32-bit program with a 1.8 GB limit, I don't get any further benefit there. Still, I can at least now combine GIMP and video editing without running out of RAM and using the very slow swapfile (I've actually had that happen twice from this combination but only this combination).

Thanks to one of my fans, I got an 8 GB memory module, a single memory module. This triples the amount of RAM I have from 4 GB to 12 GB. I also moved my sound card over to another slot, the PCI-express x4 slot (forgetting and not realizing that a metallic cover was there). I wasn't aware that PCI-e x1 hardware could run in a PCI-e slot that isn't x1 but higher. I moved the sound card so I had more space from the video card for better air circulation with it. Since it appears I don't have actual mounting screws, I had to use screws that would at least secure the hardware in place better than I had before. The screws I have aren't the type I actually need. I need a fine thread #8 screw as far as I can tell.

After the sound card was moved, I went at installing the RAM. It just so happened that the RAM was in one of those frustrating packages that are a nightmare to open. The edges of it appeared to be melted so I had to use scissors to cut it open. I think that those types of packages should be illegal because of the fact I've been injured by them several times. They are unsafe. Once opened, the installation of the RAM was very quick.

With everything done, I put everything back together again then, as I usually do when I make changes to hardware, I check the BIOS. Because my display flashes on and off repeatedly, the only option I had for getting rid of this was to export the original for audo extraction, blend the frames together to remove the flashing, and cut the frame rate in half. From there, I needed to duplicate each frame so I had the same frame rate throughout so I append that segment to the rest. This is why that part of the video seems to be running at 14.985 fps instead of 29.97 (actually 15,000/1001 instead of 30,000/1001). It's also why the view seems to fade in and out. Cameras are not designed to properly capture the light from a display and CRTs draw their images through the use of flashes. Yes, CRT. I (and surely no one else) doesn't have $700 to shell out to get a display that matches or exceeds my CRT's resolution of 1920x1440 (1920x1080 is less and the next higher that's also reasonably close in price is 2560x1440 - I hate widescreen for this as you lose a lot on the vertical and both axes are important to me).