Ram Usage

Hi, i have 6 gig of DDr2 Ram, i am running Windows 7, the problem is that i am using 4 gig of that 6 gig whilst i only have a few folders open and Firefox with a few tabs. Any ideas.

Hit alt cntrl delte at the same time and bring up task manager. Look at the process that are running. What is using your ram?
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Have a look into Resource Monitor > Memory tab. The colored bar will tell you the story.

Part of me felt like reinstalling windows 7, that would be stupid huh.

here are 2 great free programs to check ram

1. rammon by passmark PassMark RAMMon - Identify RAM type, speed & memory timings
2. RAMMap v1.1 RAMMap

**quote from Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell**

**Use RAMMap to gain understanding of the way Windows manages memory, to analyze application memory usage, or to answer specific questions about how RAM is being allocated. RAMMap’s refresh feature enables you to update the display and it includes support for saving and loading memory snapshots.**

also worth checking out
Sysinternals Suite http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb842062.aspx

Could Paging have anything to with it, can that cause high mem usage????

no not really have you had a look of what windows has allocated your ram to?

rmw020 said:

Part of me felt like reinstalling windows 7, that would be stupid huh.

Stupid? No. A little too soon? Yes.

As was recommended, open task manager (alt+shift+esc), go to the Processes tab and click Show processes from all users. Click the word Memory once to show the processes using the most memory in decending order. This will reveal what is using all of your memory. Feel free to ask any questions about any items.

this is a good in-depth program from sysinternals suite Process Explorer v12.04
Process Explorer

I had to restart windows, and it has went back to normal, it has happened to me 2 times, if it happens again i shall be sure to check out every process etc.