Low Physical Memory

[Yoshimitsu739]

I recently booted up my laptop only to find out that the computer was slow and the free memory was really low. usually its at least at 1000
also its windows 7 professional 64bit OS

i have 8gb of RAM, two 4 gb. i did have to switch out one about a year ago, and it was working fine. i unplugged both and re-plugged them in. i used malware bytes, i ran the bios memory test as well. i hope someone can help. i also have these pictures that show the pocesses going on. im also curious on why there are so many chrome processes. i also checked on msconfig but i might of missed something. thanks for your help in advance.

 

[Layback Bear]

You have so many Chrome process because that is just the way Chrome works.

Try using Firefox and see if it helps. Then reboot.
You could also check in msconfig/Startup and Non Microsoft Services and see what is running in the background that doesn't need to be.

You also have a lot of paged files (617)

Examples from my system.






Jack

 

[Yoshimitsu739]

so i did try what you asked and it make it back to what it was \ but now my available memory changed. so in the bios it says that i have 8192 mb of ram and so before it was at 8072 and now its down to about 6600. also my free memory now falls below 100

 

[Layback Bear]

Please post a picture of Resource Monitor.


Example:



Jack

 

[Yoshimitsu739]

here you go i feel like it might be one file or exe that may be causing this, but idk.

 

[Layback Bear]

Your ram usage doesn't look bad to me. The hardware reserve is high. We will get to that later.
My system is using 2283 of ram and I'm just online.

Reboot and take another snap shot like the one in post #5

Jack

 

[Yoshimitsu739]

here you go. i did two screencaps. 1st one is about a minute after rebooting. the second is about another minute after taking the 1st screencap.

 

[Layback Bear]

I also need pictures like in my post #2

Jack

 

[Yoshimitsu739]

here are all the startups and services.

 

[Layback Bear]

Well that shows that Startup and Services is not to bad.
You are using under 3 GB of ram which is fine. Don't worry about Standby ram it will very.

Now your hardware reserve is next.
Normally when hardware reserve is big the problem is caused by ram problems.
Wrong ram installed.
Ram installed incorrectly.
Mismatched ram modules.

The system in my (My System Specs) only has 61mb of hardware reserve. Your hardware reserve is 1520 mb.
That is about 25 times more than mine.


Please post a web site with the exact ram you are using.

I also noticed that you have Mc Afee and Avast installed.
It's not a good idea to have two anti virus programs installed at the same time.

I suggest removing McAfee using their own uninstaller that can be found online.

Jack

 

[Yoshimitsu739]

so here are the links to the ram that i have. the samsung one was origianally istalled when i bought the laptop and it had 2 of them, since my laptop can handle 8 gb of ram. its a hp probook 4540s.

one of the original ram
Samsung original 4GB, 204-pin SODIMM, DDR3 PC3L-12800, ram memory module for laptop ( M471B5173EB0-YK0 ) at Amazon.com


replacement ram
PNY MN4GSD31600-Z 4GB DDR3-1600 PC3-12800 CL11 Notebook Memory Module MN4GSD31600-Z - Micro Center

 

[Layback Bear]

Just as I thought.
You have mismatched ram modules.

You need to get a 2 module matched set.

Jack

 

[LMiller7]

In theory any compatible RAM modules should work together but things don't always work that way in the real world. Any difference in specs, size, or even manufacturer can cause problems. OEM computers such as laptops tend to be more picky about the RAM modules that will work. The only real solution is to use matched modules.

I believe the installed RAM size comes from a simple identification of the RAM modules. This doesn't imply the memory is usable or even fully compatible, merely that it can be identified. The value for total memory comes from a test of what is actually usable. The difference is labeled as hardware reserved. It will never be zero is usually quite small in a 64 bit OS.

Don't be concerned about a low value for free memory. It should be low, zero being the optimum value. Windows was designed to work this way. The important number is available memory and you have quite a bit of that, and there will be more when the RAM problem is corrected.