Paged pool memory issues

[Gh0sty]

When playing games via steam I occasionally get a crash followed by the error message.

failed to lock vertex buffer in cmesh dx8

According to the FAQ on steam this is caused by a lack of paged pool memory which is reserved for apps like direct3d.

To get round this issue its recommended that you remove a line form the boot.ini which unlocks the page pool memory. The line is /3GB /Userva=2900

Does anyone know where this line is in windows 7 or how I can unlock the paged pool memory as I'm finding the crashes are starting to interfere with my enjoyment of gaming.

Any help gratefully appreciated.

 

[clifford_cooley]

Interesting article with simular story
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9404-WRDH-5396&l=english

 

[Gh0sty]

Thats the article I used to find the part about removing the line /3GB /Userva=2900

 

[BetaMan]

Try updating your graphics driver. That's often the problem.

 

[Gh0sty]

Already tried various graphics drivers and found the same problem with all of them. I'm running nvidias latest whql certified one currently.