Weird RAM usage

[Anak]

And astanar it would help if you could fill out your System Spec's. It does help.
We are talking 'bout your Internet experience, and we don't know what browser your using

If your unsure of what's inside the Box you can use these to find out:

Belarc Advisor - Free Personal PC Audit

Speccy - System Information - Free Download

 

[astanar]

hm yes that would be good idea

phenom II x4 955
4gig dual channel DDR3 7 7 7 20
M4A79XTD EVO motherboard
ati 4870 1gig
500gig raid 0
sb x-fi extreme audio

 

[Anak]

Not here in a post. Do this.....

• Click on your name in the upper left corner of the post
• Click on "View public profile"
• To the far right of "Visitor messages"
• Click on System Specs
• Click on the pencil to edit

You've done it before, and we still don't know your browser.

 

[Anak]

astanar I must apologize for my lack of manners, you being new here an all.
So let me set that straight!

Hi! astanar, welcome to W7F

You aren’t the only one having problems:
memory leak on specific websites - Google Chrome Help

Can you check to see what version of Chrome you are running?
Is it 4.x. (beta), try upgrading to the newer 4.0.249.89 (38071)

This site reports his never upgraded automatically:
http://www.1stbyte.com/2010/02/11/google-chrome-slow-and-laggy/

Make sure Chrome is completely gone from your system before you upgrade or re-install your present version.

Watch your add-ons. Don't let them sit there, if you arn't using 'em get rid of 'em.

Disable user statistics.

Oh.....And thanks for fillin' out your system specs....

 

[astanar]

hey, thanks for the info on chrome! I have chrome 5.0.375.99. Also I have no add-ons at all.

 

[Petey7]

I'll agree that chrome does have a mem leak issue from time to time, including the 5.0 versions, but you can still see the memory being used by it in task manager. I didn't think about this til now, but sometimes RAM is given to the memory card and other devices. I wonder is this is where some of it is going. I still don't think it should be 95% though. I must admit defeat on this one. I have no clue what could be causing your issue.

 

[astanar]

When it shows 95% and I try to move windows around it is slow and sometimes will have lag. And if it was a chrome memory leak it would show on the chrome proccess no?

 

[Anak]

I'll agree that chrome does have a mem leak issue from time to time, including the 5.0 versions, but you can still see the memory being used by it in task manager. I didn't think about this til now, but sometimes RAM is given to the memory card and other devices. I wonder is this is where some of it is going. I still don't think it should be 95% though. I must admit defeat on this one. I have no clue what could be causing your issue.

Thank you Petey7 for giving me a different approach.

When it shows 95% and I try to move windows around it is slow and sometimes will have lag. And if it was a chrome memory leak it would show on the chrome process no?

Yes. Memory leak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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As I have been reserching I keep running into references that point to outdated drivers as a cause for the slowdowns (no matter what browser).

This link is, but one example: Windows 7 High ram usage after some time Any program that is poorly written can leak.

Have you ever used the Reliability Monitor? This link explains it in more detail. The part that stood out for me was when he described his slowdowns, and how it helped him figure out that his flash player needed updating. It will also show you how to use event viewer.
http://windowssecrets.com/comp/100304/

There is also a link here at W7F:
http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/1989-whats-your-reliability-index-score.html

Some other thought's..........

Do you keep your PC on continuously? If you do your not refreshing the memory sticks.

I hesitate to show this link because my web of trust shows a blue question mark. I did not get any red flags, but it does offer a work around:
Memory Hog Chrome Gets Slower and Slower: A Workaround

I'm using Clear mem (A MicroSoft product) on my XP machine It does a good job there, it's supposed to be good for all flavors of windows, but you can't find at their download center any more.
I do have a link though, for it, but I would hesitate to use it because everything is so different now.

Which brings me to paging file, and cache.
How do you have them set?

Do you periodically clean out your Temp files?

Now....I think I'm coming close to how Petey7 felt.........Later.......