Ran out of 8 GB of ram during a new Windows 7 64 bit install


  1. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 64bit Professional
       #1

    Ran out of 8 GB of ram during a new Windows 7 64 bit install


    Can anybody explain this screenshot?



    All I was doing was installing updates and then I start getting messages about closing programs because I am running out of ram (!??). This is a 64 bit install on an 8 GB machine with nothing else running in the background besides maybe a browser.

    Only thing I could think of is that I think I was using an outdated ISO image because I had to install more updates than usual.
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  2. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #2

    Download and run a full scan with Malwarebytes free
    Make a full scan with your anti virus
    If both are negative
    Test each stick of ram for 8 passes
    Test each memory slot for 8 passes
    Test them all for 8 passes with Mem test
    RAM - Test with Memtest86+
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  3. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 64bit Professional
    Thread Starter
       #3

    how could there be a virus if it was after I just formatted the computer? I have checked the ram before using memtest and Linpack and it passed.
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  4. Posts : 6,330
    Multi-Boot W7_Pro_x64 W8.1_Pro_x64 W10_Pro_x64 +Linux_VMs +Chromium_VM
       #4

    Click on Resource Monitor in the Task Manager Performance tab.
    Look at the Memory tab in Resource Monitor.
    See if you can find what process(s) are using a large amount of RAM.
    You can click on column headings to sort the data.
    Post a screen print of the Memory tab if needed.
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  5. Posts : 199
    Windows 7 Pro x64 sp1
       #5

    Yeah I got something similar on a recent build (4770K 8GB) using sp1 iso then doing all the updates at once I didn't get a warning, but RAM was getting near max. I think maybe Windows needs a bit of RAM for several years worth of patches. Could explain why my 8GB builds take less time than others with 2GB (swapping ?). I don't think this RAM thing is a problem - my build was OK.
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