Failed to allocate specified amount of memory
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Aug 25, 2007, 01:07 AM
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Mike Boreham Senior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 104 |
After updating to 5120 I put the memory to 1700 on my MacPro and straight away got "the unable to allocate" message. BUT I restarted as suggested and it has been OK for several starts since then. |
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Aug 27, 2007, 04:28 PM
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hEADcRASH Junior Member Join: Jul 2007 Posts: 5 |
<insert sound of toilet flushing here> Hello Glenn, Thank you for your email. Parallels offers an 30 day money back. Refunding the product depends on how your originally purchased it. Where and how did you purchase the product? For the record: I purchased the original (crippled: can you say intermittent kernel panics on a Quad Pro?) version last year (along with 3 other copies for friends). From here on out my recommendations will only be VMware. Version 5060 is a Beta version if this is the version that you are using. Parallels is under no obligation to provide technical support under the terms of this license, and provides no assurance that any specific errors or discrepancies in the Software will be corrected. (emphasis mine) We appreciate your email and thank you for supporting Parallels. Obviously I wish they had read my email and the link to the thread I included. Have a great day! WTF? Customer Support Services Parallels, Inc www.parallels.com |
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Aug 30, 2007, 12:32 AM
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chrishch Junior Member Join: Mar 2007 Posts: 6 |
I bought two pieces of 1GB Mushkin Memory for my MacBook (Core2 2.0GHz) and they were defective. I had been running my Parallels Windows XP VM at 1024MB before, and it was fine, but constantly getting BSODs. After sending the memory back, I adjusted my VM to use 512MB. Then, today, I finally got my replacement memory, and cranked up the Memory back to 1024MB. I had always used 1024MB before, but now, I get the "failed to allocate" error. Nothing has changed, as I have always had Parallels 3 build 4128. I did a search and found this thread. I then tried changing the memory size of my VM from 864 all the way up to 1004 and it won't allow for anything more 1004MB, and my video memory is set at only 4MB. I'm not sure if upgrading to build 4560 will help, as I had other problems with it before, probably due to bad memory, but since reading this thread, it looks like it won't be fixed until the next build (or beyond). Can anyone help? Thanks. |
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Sep 8, 2007, 02:00 PM
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 Relan Parallels Team Join: May 2007 Posts: 125 |
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Sep 8, 2007, 04:11 PM
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Eru Ithildur Senior Member Join: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,046 |
The key with rebooting is to do it DIRECTLY after the install, not after you try and it fails. Try un-installing. Reboot. Install. Reboot. Now try to get in. |
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Sep 9, 2007, 01:17 PM
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stevegr1102 Junior Member Join: Jun 2007 Posts: 2 |
Same problem here - frustrating - and I have a wrinkles. Running Build 4560 (just checked for updates - Parallels says I am up to date). Brand new MacBook Pro 15" 2 GB RAM. Windows XP Home. 2 users on the computer with separate logins (in Mac-Land and in PC Land). Initially installed Parallels under one user (me). Fixed that (well, sort of - it feels like a hack, but was working - I'll do a separate post on that one). When I try to boot Parallels from MY Mac login, I get the error described. It just started happening. Only think that changed was a Mac update of iTunes and one other thing - automatic stuff. I have tried the suggested fix re: automatically allocating memory - nada. HOWEVER - when I log into the Mac as my wife, Parallels lanuches (so far) with no trouble. I am not sure whether we are actually launching the same VM or not - I am thinking we are NOT, though I think we ARE using the same Windows partition. This was a PARALLELS install - I am not using a Bootcamp partition or XP installation. Anyway - I sense that the error message is telling me something about Parallels, not XP...it does not seem to get that far. Parallels team - this appears to have been going on for several months from the thread. By when - what promises ARE you willing to make regarding a fix. If none - I should probably go to VMWare as I depend on being able to run Windows from time to time on this machine. The software is unusable as delivered as it will not even load. This is NOT a minor issue. This is a show stopper. Please be specific regarding what promises you can make. To do less is to hide behind the technical terms of your license, but does no pass the test of reasonableness (especially given that this has been going on for some time). Thank you |
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Sep 9, 2007, 01:59 PM
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brkirch Senior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 422 |
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Sep 12, 2007, 08:29 PM
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skeedatl Junior Member Join: Sep 2007 Posts: 26 |
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http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=16225 |
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Sep 18, 2007, 06:35 PM
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zero Junior Member Join: Sep 2007 Posts: 2 |
Useless I'm just a few days into my trial, and getting the "failed to allocate" error. I tried all the memory preferences. I tried uninstalling, reboot, reinstall, reboot. My VM is a useless blot on my HD. If this isn't fixed SOON, I'll go with VMWare Fusion. At least it WORKS. MacBook 10.4.9 |
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Sep 18, 2007, 07:39 PM
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BenInBlack Senior Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 374 |
i should have stayed at 4560, but never had issues till now, not the same as these, but crashing and lockups since 5160. What I am stuck with is question because of never having to do this before. How do i downgrade? to 4560 |
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Sep 19, 2007, 01:25 AM
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BenInBlack Senior Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 374 |
Well the nice thing is the key was remembered when i uninstalled 5160 and installed build 4560. I had a backup of the VM prior to update so i just uninstalled, brought in backup, reinstalled and walla, back to stable build 4560. thx |
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Jul 1, 2009, 11:43 PM
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RonnieR Junior Member Join: Jul 2009 Posts: 1 |
This problem had me scared there for a minute! Ok, I figured out the problem. Well...for me anyway. I got the same error when I booted my Parallels "parallesls desktop failed to allocate the specidied amount of memory." SOLUTION: Your low on hard drive space on the Host machine. It's that simple. You don't have to change the Parallels Desktop >>> Preferences >>> Memory >>> Enable Virtual Memory Allocation, check box. Well at least I didn't. Just free up some space, you pack rat! J/K :) Hope this helps!!! |
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