Memory question

[cloud8521]

does anyone know a good simple way to find out what is taking up so much memory that i dont need and can stop, or somehow make use less memory? i just start my computer its already using 3.4 gigs of ram

 

[brianzion]

hi there
type resmon in the start menu search box and click on the result a window should pop up showing resource monitor (as in my snap shot) you will now be able to see what windows has allocated your ram. please post a screenshot to the thread.

 

[cloud8521]

which one is the one being used at the moment?

 

[brianzion]

now you need to look at the processors to see what is hogging the memory you can use task manager Ctrl/Alt/Del 0n the keyboard then choose task manager go to processors and see what memory is being used by the processors.

 

[brianzion]

which one is the one being used at the moment?

in use

 

[cloud8521]

no... working, commit or private.... im assuming that its working cuz private - shareable = working

also i have 8 gigs ram how much page should i have

 

[brianzion]

how much AVAILABLE does windows show.

 

[brianzion]

if you could post a screen shot of resmon that would help me diagnose for you please.

 

[cloud8521]

funny thing is it fixex itself after going BAT **** INSANE for a minute. not its only useing 2.1 gigs. with nothing running

 

[brianzion]

this is important to check in system configuration you can change the setting for the amount of ram windows is to use

1. windows key + R
2. type msconfig in the search box
3. click ok (system configuration window will pop up)
4. click BOOT tab
5. click ADVANCED OPTIONS
6. make sure the MAXIMUM MEMORY SETTING IS UN-TICKED
7. click OK
8. if windows ask you to reboot then reboot

 

[cloud8521]

no prob there

 

[brianzion]

so how much ram have you got in the machine?

 

[cloud8521]

so how much ram have you got in the machine?

8, its in my sys specs

 

[brianzion]

run this program RAMMON from pasmark LINK :ar: PassMark RAMMon - Identify RAM type, speed & memory timings download the 64BIT version

RAMMon is an easy to use Windows based application that allows users to quickly retrieve the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data from their RAM modules. It will allow users to identify a multitude of attributes, of which, includes the manufacturer, the clockspeed and other data of their DDR2, DDR3, XMP and EPP memory devices and even some older memory types. It uses SysInfo DLL SDK to gather the SPD attributes from RAM devices. This information provides a snapshot of the available data for each RAM module installed on the system

 

[brianzion]

does windows show the 8 GIG of ram? can you not post a screenshot of resmon please? (resource monitor)


How to Upload and Post a Screenshot and File in Seven Forums :ar: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

 

[cloud8521]

there is 8 gigs of ram do not patronize me.

 

[brianzion]

there is 8 gigs of ram do not patronize me.

i am not patronize you i am trying help you if you have 8 GIG how much has windows allocated for you ? is windows using the 8 GIG of ram or is it only assigned a portion that is what resource manager and the rammon program will tell you.

 

[logicearth]

You have 8 GBs or RAM. STOP WORRYING ABOUT IT.
Don't look at it, problem solved.