Need to know what is eating my ram..

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  1. Posts : 210
    Windows 7 Ultimate
       #1

    Need to know what is eating my ram..


    Have 8gb of ram in the system. I'm running no programs, and 3.5gb of it is in use. Now, if that is being used to improve the speed, cool with me.. if not, then I want to know what is eating it.. I downloaded process explorer, and cannot find anything listed to account for the ram usage. I could probably reboot the machine and watch the number drop, but I am interested in knowing where it went.. Any advice welcome!!
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  2. Posts : 4,573
       #2

    Memory caching - SuperFetch.

    Post some screenshots of TaskManager/Processes and TaskManager/Performance to confirm.
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  3. Posts : 210
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Having troubles with my keyboard, and screenshot key. It seems it is not working.. Will up the pics when I get this piece resolved..
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  4. Posts : 4,573
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    musiclover7 said:
    Having troubles with my keyboard, and screenshot key. It seems it is not working.. Will up the pics when I get this piece resolved..
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    It is not necessary to use the old school method.
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  5. Posts : 389
    Windows 7 Professional, Windows XP
       #5

    Windows Sysinternals
    havent try this before, but check this for a start
    Process Explorer v11.33 By Mark Russinovich
    Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
    The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you'll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you'll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.
    The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work.
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  6. Posts : 210
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Thanks for that.. I rebooted last night, and the problem is no longer occurring.. I will wait to see if it happens again, and get some screen shots up..
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  7. Posts : 210
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Will add.. I did try process explorer, and was unable to find any offending program/programs that were using so much ram..
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  8. Posts : 4,573
       #8

    Memory caching - SuperFetch.

    Post some screenshots of TaskManager/Processes and TaskManager/Performance to confirm.

    Memory caching - SuperFetch.

    Post some screenshots of TaskManager/Processes and TaskManager/Performance to confirm.
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  9. Posts : 4,573
       #9

    musiclover7 said:
    Thanks for that.. I rebooted last night, and the problem is no longer occurring.. I will wait to see if it happens again, and get some screen shots up..
    The "problem" will happen again. Only thing is, it's probably not a problem.

    Memory caching - SuperFetch.

    Post some screenshots of TaskManager/Processes and TaskManager/Performance to confirm.
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  10. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Enterprise Build 7600 | Windows XP SP2
       #10

    Ever tried the resource monitor?
    it shows what u want to know..
    start the task manager -> performance tab -> resource monitor
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