Solved Ram Usage

[YTBOY83]

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.

 

[richc46]

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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[whs]

Have a look into Resource Monitor > Memory tab. The colored bar will tell you the story.

 

[YTBOY83]

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

 

[brianzion]

here are 2 great free programs to check ram:ar:

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:ar:
Sysinternals Suite http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx

 

[YTBOY83]

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

 

[brianzion]

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

 

[Petey7]

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.

 

[brianzion]

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

 

[YTBOY83]

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.

 

[Barman58]

The memory usage here does not seem overly excessive it is a little higher than the norm but Win7 is leaving you 2GB for instant use plus if needed it will free any of the RAM cached for it's own use.

The amount of RAM used will vary dependent on how your system is configured but as long as you are not suffering slowdowns or other issues this should not be classed as an issue.

Win7 uses a completely different model for memory usage to all previous windows versions, and of course unused memory is wasted memory. The system will use free memory to pre load modules that it calculates are likely to be used in the near future as this will improve system response over loading the same modules from disk.