Questions tagged [memory]
RAM (random access memory), either RAM hardware or software and operating system use of RAM.
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my pc has become slow, it just gotten slower on its own
These are my computer's specs:
Intel core i5 3570
GT 710 DDR3
8GB ram
It may not be powerful by modern standards, but it can play some games , like Minecraft, kinda good. My pc can run it over ...
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How can I use up all my CPU/RAM for testing purposes?
I want to bring up my CPU and memory usage all the way up to 100% for testing purposes. How can I do this effectively?
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Ram Installation and Cable Management
So I just upgraded my laptop’s RAM spec from 4gb ddr3 to 16gb ddr3(max). Everything went smoothly there’s just a slight issue…
Speaker cable ON RAM
This cable that connects the speakers, has been ...
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What is the max Ram for nitro 5 AN515-57, and MHz speed to match i5 2688mhz processor
What is the maximum Ram allowed for Acer nitro 5 AN515-57. I've been told 64 and 32gb. But need to be certain. And what MHz speed is best to match i5 2688mhz processor. Any help would be appreciated. ...
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RAM upgrade issues on Kali machine
I have a dell Inspiron 1470 that I installed Kali Linux on. I purchased compatible RAM sticks to upgrade this computer's memory, but when I installed them my computer doesn't turn on.
I have tried ...
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Detect the origin for my computer's problems, probably hardware-related
In the past couple of weeks my computer shows more and more problems. I think it might be a hardware problem, since most of my setup is 13 years old and it worked before with the same OS. However, I ...
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Chromebook RW_Legacy enabled Jammy 22.04 install
With Development enabled and enabling Legacy settings for RW_Legacy, I installed a minimal from a live Ubuntu Jammy X86_64 image installed from usb.
I get a clean boot and have updated with libraries ...
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Have I bought the wrong RAM for my old Dell WorkStation?
[EDIT - made it clear Dell specifies "Both ECC and Non-ECC")
I bought some used RAM for my Dell Precision WorkStation T3500, but at power up I get an error beep sequence which the manual ...
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Why does dmidecode return a higher number of banks than the number of memory channels supported by the CPU?
According to the wiki, a bank refers to the secondary structure of a DRAM chip, which is different from the bank mentioned in the dmidecode command. I am wondering what the relationship is between ...
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GRUB: Windows Memory Diagnostic
I've been trying to add the "Windows Memory Diagnostic" utility to my GRUB bootloader. I have not had any luck, though. Every script I've tried writing has resulted in an error message, with ...
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100% of RAM used despite little usage in Windows 11
I have am running Windows 11 on a cleanly-installed computer with 32GB RAM. Both Resource Monitor and Task Manager report that 100% of my memory is used, although if you sum the memory committed by ...
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Unknown Memory Hog in Windows 11
I have an HP Omen gaming laptop that recently struggles with memory use hitting close to 100% when playing. Tried restarting to get a fresh picture, checked TaskManager and RamMap and there's lots of ...
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Added memory to Supermicro server but manufacturer/part number not showing as expected
I have a 12-year-old Supermicro server that I just added memory to upgrade from 16 GB to 32 GB system memory.
[root@ares ~]# dmidecode --type 1
# dmidecode 3.5
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2....
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Can we mix 32GB CL20 with 16GB CL22?
I have a laptop with AMD 5800H and RTX 3060, I have a 16GB CL22 3200Hz stick, and I have another 32GB CL20 3200Hz stick. Can I use this configuration?
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part of ram used by hidden processes in Windows
after some time some hidden processes are using my ram. They are not shown nor in process hacker, nor in system informer.
On attached screenshot on bottom right it shows that 25GB is used in total, ...
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Computer is "locking up" both off and online
First, I'm not at all conversant on the subject of computers, but here it goes. HP Pavillion 500 desktop is "locking up" when I click to open/start a program or click to access a website or ...
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Can someone please help me interpret this info?
I ran a test and this was the info that showed up.
pCPU 14
Pass 0
Test 8
Failing Address 0018e61ac718 (99.5GB)
Expected 0a2f35eeda2270f3
Found 4a2f35eeda2270f3
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DDR5 ECC ram compatibility with ASRock motherboard
I'm going to build an home server to host games and services and I'm looking into the new AMD EPYC 4004 series processors.
The motherboard I need to use is the AM5D4ID-2T/BCM which is the only mini-...
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What is the maximum RAM for Dell Vostro 220s? (4 or 8 GB?)
I've seen both 4GB and 8GB indicated on various sites. Could not find anything on Dell.
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My Chrome tab memory usage increases with every tab reload going up to 2GB per tab
(My device is an intel based Mac Pro 2019)
On chrome every time a tab is reloaded, the memory usage of that tab increases. A tab with a website starting with 100MB of memory usage goes over 500MB ...
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Software on Windows crashing/OOMing with RAM well below 100%
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (4th gen, 2016), and lately while working I've been noticing Chrome and PyCharm intermittently crashing.
Usually it seems like like a CPU spike or something causes ...
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can I get the approximately memory size in x86 without memory map
I know that in 32-bit protected mode in x86 the memory model is segmentation, so can I set GDT at base and at limit 4G, then accessing for example byte for first 1M then 2G or something like this, if ...
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Memory management BSOD after installing new ssd
I've been using my laptop for a while now with no issues and a one terabyte HDD. Last week I replaced the HDD with a one terabyte SSD and installed windows 11 onto it.
In the week since the purchase, ...
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How to get the right amount of paging on Windows? [duplicate]
I have VMware instance always working
I open lots of Chrome tabs
I have 32GB of RAM
I have an NVMe
I have 5000MBs - 9000MB paging (chosen from Windows Settings) (just used this after having
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Upper limit of the number of tabs that Onetabs supports
Windows 11
Chrome Version 124.0.6367.202 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Onetab Version 1.84
Currently at 9471 tabs
What determines the upper limit of tabs that Onetab supports before creating problems (...
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What does kind of pc-xxxx labels on RAM means?
I start work with testing PCs and there is a lot RAMs with only mark kind of pc800 and another. Is there a table with all similar marks and their explanation? (sorry for my bad english)
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Local and Cloud syncing between drives in Windows
So I read computer organization book. It said there is chapter about Memory Hierarchy. As the capacity larger and cheaper, the Read and Write speed became slower, and vice versa.
So, I have my laptop ...
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Windows 10 High RAM usage with no process used until a BSOD
Similar to the issue here, I'm facing a very high RAM usage in Windows 10 after a recent update (it's been over 30 days so I can't rollback).
My memory constantly sits at 80%
Some people have said ...
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RAM errors with good RAM
My computer shuts down several times a day with the error windows (blue screen):
MEMORY MANAGEMENT
driver irql not less or equal
system thread exception not handled
I decided to check the RAM. And I ...
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LPDDR3 or DDR3L? And which SSD?
I have an old laptop, and I would like to upgrade its hardware. After some hours checking the manual, forums, and also contacting the laptop company. Discovered that the upgrades of easiest support ...
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Unexpected Findings: Laptop Memory Details Indicate DIMM Slots – Is This Correct?
I'm planning to upgrade the RAM in my laptop and wanted to ensure I get the right memory type. I've read that laptops typically use SODIMM memory, while desktops use DIMM memory.
However, when I used ...
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Memory erros on Asrock N100M
I'm planning to build a new homeserver for nextcloud, paperless and so on. Therefore i bought/used the following hardware:
ASRock N100M mainboard
G.Skill AEGIS 16gb PC4-25600 F4-3200C16S-16GIS
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Can I replace the duo of 4GB DDR3 (1333MHz) cards with 8GB DDR3 cards in my ACER 5750G?
So, I have an old ACER Aspire 5750G-9821 laptop that I use for recording with my Digital Audio Workstation. It's all I use it for, as I have another laptop for my other work.
From the back panel, it ...
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How to calculate GUI used memory widget value?
OS: Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS x86_64
to display above:
neofetch --stdout |grep 'OS:'
GUI = Graphical User Interface
GUI used memory = see widget image below.
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2nd method to display used memeory = 2211 MB =...
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wrong number of memory devices. 8 RAM slots [duplicate]
My Thinkpad P14s laptop is showing 8 RAM slots on Task Manager. while in reality, it is only 1 slot soldered onboard + 1 slot user-upgradable! ThinkPad p14s showing 8 slots of RAM! I tried to do a ...
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Is it normal for RAM clock/timing/command rate to keep switching?
Bought RAM upgrade for my Dell laptop. Original configuration was 1x8gb with stable clock/timing.
Upgraded to 2x8gb (matching pack) and it constantly switches between 1T and 2T, clock speed, timing ...
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Ffmpeg out of memory issues with filter_complex_script
I’m trying to do a "moving crop" on a video with ffmpeg, following this question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78314831/ffmpeg-dynamic-cropping-using-sendcmd-correct-syntax
I’m ...
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How to prevent my computer from freezing after overnight training runs
In my spare time I train ML models on my computer overnight. I typically do this by just preventing the computer from going to sleep and turning off the screens before I go to bed. In the morning I'll ...
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Acer ES1-512 Laptop Won't Even Turn On After RAM Replacement [duplicate]
I have an Acer ES1-512-C88M Laptop that I am trying to upgrade it's RAM. The first time I put the new RAM in there, it worked for a 2 or 3 restarts, but after leaving it on sleep mode for about 2 ...
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RAM suddendly stopped working
While the solution seems clear (throw away RAM and buy new one) I would like to understand what happened here:
I have a PC with a ~1 month old B650M motherboard with a AMD Ryzen 9 7900.
RAM (4x32Gb) ...
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extending ram of a PC gives memory failure
I have a PC with an i9-10900X CPU and the mainboard is link.
Currently, I have 2 32GB RAM modules installed, running at 3200MHz DDR4 (1.35v) each. I want to add more RAM, but I can't find the same ...
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How to identify a driver causing every exited process to become a zombie, polluting page table and active unused memory?
I have a pretty new Windows 11 Pro installation, it has about a week. I noticed that my RAM usage is constantly going up. It was concerned because procexp readouts did not match the total used RAM ...
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Windows 11 Pro not releasing memory of closed program
Problem: Windows 11 Pro takes up complete memory (27 to 32GB) within 2-3 days of working
Memory Diagnostic Found no issues
Most tweaks done as suggested online in many different websites.
Reinstalled ...
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Processes memory don't add up in top
I'm having hard time understanding memory usage reported by top. The memory summary section lists the following. All numbers in MiB.
MiB Mem : 31884.1 total, 13562.7 free, 7881.9 used, 10439.4 ...
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How can I use 'mklink' to link 'read/write' game files to an existing directory with additional game data in it?
I recently downloaded Halo: The Master Chief Collection through PC Xbox Game Pass. The game is a collection of 6 or so games, so it's a whopping 116 GB large. Because of this, I've installed the game ...
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ECC RAM prevents POST
I have an Asus M4A79XTD EVO. The manual says it supports 4x4GB unbuffered ECC. However, it won't POST (not even a beep) with any of the 4 sticks I've tried (works fine with non-ECC). The RAM I'm ...
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High "System" CPU usage; unaccounted for Memory usage
I fresh reinstalled Windows 11 a couple months back, and for a while now it seems like there's some sort of memory leak (?) that causes high CPU usage by the "System" process, high memory ...
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Notebook BIOS cannot use some RAM sticks after hardware failure
I have an Asus M515DA-EJ502T; Ryzen 3500u. Never made alterations in the system aside from dual-booting Linux.
Recently my the notebook motherboard was repaired due to a short circuit in a capacitor. ...
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What is the "Memory SPD Information" in Memtest86+ and why is it different from what I expect?
I have this 32GB memory kit that I just ran against Memtest86+. See screenshot here
The part that says IMC: DDR5-5600 / CAS 36-36-36-76 is accurate. But why does the "Memory SPD Information"...
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How to prevent windows from using all RAM when running the system for an extended period of time?
I own two up to date computers with windows 10, with fairly different hardware, on both of them, windows fills the ram (99-100%) over time, usually after a month of run time.
The first uses a hard ...
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