Analysing RAM Usage on the device [DevHealth] - How to Change PagePool size ?

[chandanbs]

-DevHealth.exe
To get a summary of where the RAM is going on the device, you can use the comprehensive DevHealth application to create a snapshot of the memory usage on the device at any point. DevHealth.exe is available in the Windows Mobile 6 Adaptation Kit and you can run it several ways.

To run DevHealth using SD/MMC card (recommended method)
Create a folder named "2577" on an SD/MMC card.

Rename DevHealth.exe to autorun.exe and copy it to "2577" folder.

Insert the SD/MMC card into the device. This automatically runs autorun.exe from the card, which is really the DevHealth application.

To run DevHealth using ActiveSync or another method
Copy DevHealth.exe to \Windows\Start Menu folder on the device.

Run DevHealth from Start menu.

The device displays a wait cursor while DevHealth.exe is running. At the end of the process, you will have a log file named mem_N.txt, where N is the run number starting with 1 and the highest N is the latest run. The log is saved on the SD\MMC card if it is present, otherwise the log file is saved in the "\" directory of the device.


Now guys, with this tool, we can view the available Page Pool for RAM. On my vox it is 6 MB. How to change this value to say 10 MB ??

Any ideas??

Regards,
Chandan

[mayhemxl]

I'd like to know how to change the pagepool, too.
On my wizard the larger pagepool made my device far more responsive.

[prajith]

pagepool of 10MB will not make any changes in performance.
it will just waste your ROM space.
6 MB is more than enough for Vox. Many people have found 4MB to be giving similar performance. So 6MB is a safe bet.
If you do increase it to 10MB you will be wasting 4MB of ROM.

[chandanbs]

PagePool uses RAM space and not ROM space. Yes, 6 MB is the sweet spot as suggested by Microsoft.

[mayhemxl]

So can i conclude from your comments that this has been tried?

Again, on my wizard i used a 16(!) mb pagepool with a very minimal rom. This gave me a far more responsive device. In fact, my wizard is a lot more responsive then most "high performance" wm devices such as kaisers.

Since the vox has a similar (or actually the same) processor, i was expecting similar performance.

If there was a tool to change the pagepool, as there is for the wizard, i'd be happy to find out for myself and of course post the results to this forum.

Thank you for your answers so far.