> Nevertheless, it seems to me that you should have more than 3GB of RAM > on a 64 bit system... > Since the width of the binary word is 64 bit in this case, 3GB > correspond to 1.5GB on a 32 bit system... > If you have a 64 bit system you should give it space to work properly. ... and the fact that a reboot seems to fix the problem could also point in that direction.