Please help me with RAM

[Juxhin]

Hello guys im new here.
I am using windows seven for like a week and it looks fine but i has a problem.
When i leave the pc downloading for a long time with a queue in internet download manager when i come back after 4 or 5 hours i find out that the RAM is about 90% used and i dont know why this happens when i reboot my PC the ram is back to normal and this only happens when i leave my PC downloading lor long.
Please somebody help me.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Are you just downloading or are you using a download manager?

Why is a download manager necessary?

 

[Juxhin]

I use internet download manager cause i download from rapidshare large files with premium account when i come back i find out my 2 GB RAM is 90% used and the PC works very slow.
Is there any way i can fix this?

PM. Well i used to have bit defender internet security 2010 installed and it really slowed down my system but i uninstalled and im currently using Eset Smart Security 4 and looks fine exept when i leave my PC downloading for long.

 

[Juxhin]

I reinstalled a clean windows and this RAM problem is not fixed please someone tell me what can i do.
How can i find out if this is the download manager fault or antivirus or something else?

 

[Wishmaster]

Download with out the DL manager and see what happens.

 

[zigzag3143]

I reinstalled a clean windows and this RAM problem is not fixed please someone tell me what can i do.
How can i find out if this is the download manager fault or antivirus or something else?

Hi and welcome

Your only solution is to add ram. 2 gigs is barely enough especially if you are running 64bit. Ram is cheap.

the other thing you can do is to download in smaller chunks. What browser are you using?

Ken J+

 

[chev65]

Your anti virus is causing this problem. It's been an ongoing problem with certain systems and certain AV's, Eset, AVG, Avast, all seem to have their fair share of memory leaking problems but it only seems to occur on certain systems.

I download stuff on my old P4 machines with only 767MB memory and have no memory leak problems at all, never use it all, so I don't think it's a memory limitation.

 

[Juxhin]

I have changed the power plan from maximum performance to power saving and now when i leave my PC downloading it goes to 68% of RAM usage. Anyway 68% with no programs running doesnt look normal.
i dont know what program is eating the RAM.
Here is a screenshot of the running processes if anyone can tell me who is using that much RAM.

And about the antivirus i have never had any RAM problems with eset and its the best antivirus i know.

 

[computersplus]

memory

I agree with chev65 sounds like you have a memory leak

 

[K3VL4R]

I also use ESET SS4 and never had any issues with it. I also use Firefox and know they still have some memory issues so what I would recommend is to close as many tabs as you can before leaving your computer while it is downloading and that should help out quite a bit. Also Is your Firefox up to date and what download manager are you using ? Try downthemall and flashgot with linkifacation plugins for Firefox. As for the RAM issues, I would not be too concerned unless it is slowing down your system. Basically the more RAM you have the more RAM your system will use. I am not saying 90% usage is normal either but you will probably need 4 GB with X64 before you can expect there to be any significant free RAM at any given time.

 

[Juxhin]

Well i uninstalled ESET and installed Microsoft Security Essentials (wich i dont like i didnt know even if it existed) and now looks i dont have anymore memory leaking problems when i leave my PC downloading for long.
Anyway firefox looks like it leaks memory.
I hope i wont get anymore this problem cause im really fed up with it.
Thanks for your help guys i feel better when there are nice people who help me

 

[Fumz]

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Thanks for your help guys i feel better when there are nice people who help me

I guess you missed that part...

 

[chev65]

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Thanks for your help guys i feel better when there are nice people who help me

I guess you missed that part...

The Op made no reference to my post which contained the correct answer. I think giving some credit to the one who actually solved the problem would have been nice.

 

[Fumz]

The Op made no reference to my post which contained the correct answer. I think giving some credit to the one who actually solved the problem would have been nice.

Thanks for your help guys i feel better when there are nice people who help me

It would be nice if everyone who received help said thank you, and yes, to not do so is rude. However, equally rude is to publicly point that out, but really, that's not the case here at all since that the OP did say "thanks". Admonishing him for not naming you specifically, imo, makes us all look bad... and is a bit self-serving.

So, to rectify this: chev65, thank you.