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Sufficient memory?
01-08-2011 11:32 AM
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This morning I took a look at the memory usage and found it was 98% !!
I have a 2x1MB memory setup installed.
I have also tried to improve the speed by eliminating a few programmes from the setup and also did a complete defrag.
Do you techies believe that perhaps I need some more memory or what about eliminating the background runners...trouble with that is not knowing which to eliminate
and I would not want to eliminate the important ones.
any ideas please?
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01-08-2011 11:34 AM
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If it helped click the thumb
If it fixed it click 'This fixed my problem'
Re: Sufficient memory?
01-08-2011 11:48 AM
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But I would agree about 4GB being recommended
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01-08-2011 11:52 AM
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I might risk 2GB on a lightly-used 32-bit W7 system.....
What antivirus are you using?
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01-08-2011 12:08 PM
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The task manager dialog box should pop up.
Click on the Processes tab
and then click on the view option in the taskmgr menu bar.
Select the Select Columns and another panel will pop up,
click the check box for Memory Working set and press ok
You should see a list of the running processes, one column will be headed "Working Set (Memory)"; click on the heading and it should sort the processes in order of memory demands.
Finally click on the "Show processes for all users" checkbox at the foot of the processes panel.
This will give you an idea of what is using your computer's memory. Sometimes programs go wrong and consume excessive memory and you might be able to stop that process. You have to work out which are essential system process (that you shouldn't stop) and those which are optional and you can stop. Stopping the wrong process might freeze your PC requiring a reboot. You may also choose to avoid running other programs to save memory.
Having said all of that, the easiest solution usually is just to upgrade your memory. I use a company called http://www.crucial.com/uk but there are others.
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01-08-2011 12:12 PM
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01-08-2011 12:52 PM
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Re: Sufficient memory?
01-08-2011 1:12 PM
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I am writing this on a Windows 7 - 64.computer with 4 GB or RAM currently using 1.41 GB.
If you are using 98% of the RAM then adding more RAM should improve performance but that might just serve to mask the fundamental problem of something running on your computer that is hogging the memory.
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01-08-2011 2:10 PM
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01-08-2011 2:48 PM
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i have win7 x64 + 8 gig duel channel mem , but 50% is wasted most of the time max required is 4 gig , but i do a lot of gaming online
samsung 850evo 250gig , WD black 2 TB . Asus Phoebus sound ,
16 gig Avexir ram 2400 , water cooling Corsair H100i gtx ,
Corsair 750HXI Psu , Phanteks Enthoo pro case .
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01-08-2011 2:55 PM
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01-08-2011 5:54 PM
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samsung 850evo 250gig , WD black 2 TB . Asus Phoebus sound ,
16 gig Avexir ram 2400 , water cooling Corsair H100i gtx ,
Corsair 750HXI Psu , Phanteks Enthoo pro case .
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01-08-2011 5:59 PM
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I have taken a couple of suggested mods already .....I took away ALL of the desktop shorts and also the Startup ones and have seen some improvement in pickup speed.
Unfortunately, a contact with Crucial's site and their test of my motherboard says that it will only accept up to 2GB memory!
I find this strange, although the Foxconn motherboard I have is about 4 years old.
I also found under processes, that there were many apps for svchost.exe and the one which took quite lot of MB was the "Network" one, which I disabled.
This together with the scvhost.exe for "Local" and "System" take up to 100MB !
I also removed my AVAST app.
I have emailed back to Crucial (who replied to my initial technical enquiry within a couple of hours.......good service.) I have asked them if I can perhaps take out one of my 1GB cards and replace it with at least another 2GB...........
Information awaited.
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01-08-2011 7:48 PM
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.... and of course I must say this before the Geeks arrive - you could run Ubuntu (or other) desktop LINUX.... will make your PC fast without upgrading the memory, but your old applications won't work
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01-08-2011 10:56 PM
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Quote from: community I have a single 2GB memory card installed.
Quote from: community I have asked them if I can perhaps take out one of my 1GB cards
Not if your first statement is true, you can't.
Crucial makes their money by selling memory at rather high prices to people who cannot work out what motherboard they have and then read the manual. I'll do it for you if you like, it really isn't difficult. What is the model number of your Foxconn motherboard?
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