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Why can't my computer speed up again after closing large applications?
My computer is running Windows XP and only has 1GB of RAM.
After launching some massive applications (like Eclipse and SQL Developer) the computer slows down considerably. The obvious symptom of this ...
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Just when would I need more than 4 GB of RAM and why? [closed]
In what cases would it really be necessary to have more than 4 GB of RAM? I'm talking about Ubuntu running Cinelerra and doing some video editing there.
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Is There A Way To Calculate Data In Task Manager?
Something takes a lot of RAM and i want to know what. I have list of running processes and need to know the sum of all of them because "In Use" does not help me to determine what takes most RAM:
I ...
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Uses for old server ram? (FBDIMM)
Am I correct in thinking that the motherboard and ram slots have to support FBDIMM? That they cannot be used in regular pc's? Are there any uses for the ram besides finding an old server that ...
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Slow performance when watching YouTube videos – related to ReadyBoost?
I got 2GB of RAM and a ReadyBoost SD card that's a 16bg SDHC card. Maximum ReadyBoost is 4GB, and I never remove it.
My virtual memory is now 4GB and it's staying at that – is that good? When I'm on ...
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is it important to pair RAM by manufacturer? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Are there any benefits to using identical memory modules?
I have a pair of mismatched RAM sticks in my laptop (slots 3 & 4 in the following image):
I have a ...
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CPU-Z says my PC3-10600 1333MHz RAM is actually PC3-10700 667MHz. Do I have 1333 or 667 MHz RAM?
CPU-Z says this:
DDR3
4096 MBytes
PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
I am supposed to have PC3-10600 1333MHz.
What am I not understanding?
Or, is my RAM only half of what the label and seller claims it to be?
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Getting values off CPU Usage History plot in Windows Task Manager
I am choosing a new computer that will run a certain program, and I need to know how much memory the program uses so that I can spec the memory that the new computer will need.
When I run the program ...
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Why I can't put DDR2 my ram side by side?
I have been trying to put my rams side by side but my pc wont boot...
I put the ram only using slot A and my pc suddenly shutdown after 24 hours give or take...
I also try put the ram only on slot B ...
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My graphic card memory is higher than my RAM memory
So,I got this HD4650 which is got 1gb memory, but my ram is only 512mb, another 512mb is on shipment, so will there be any problem? I'm running on the 1gb graphic and 512mb ram right now. will this ...
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Can I upgrade the RAM for MacBook Pro Intel Core Duo 2.16 GHz Version 10.6.8
Can I upgrade my MacBook Pro 2.16 Ghz Intel Core Duo Version 10.6.8 from 2GB RAM to 4GB?
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Do applications get removed from RAM when they are closed?
I've noticed that when you open a program, close it, then open it again, it seems to open a lot quicker the second time around.
Is this because the second time it's already in RAM?
Put another way, ...
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Can I upgrade my motherboard to 32gb of RAM? [closed]
I bought an HP Pavilion P6553w a number of months ago and it maxes out at 16gb of RAM. I have maxed it out with 4 x 4gb DDR3. I now see that 8GB chips are out and wonder if it can goto 32gb of RAM.
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Why is my RAM is not fully used in Windows? [closed]
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4 GB of Ram installed but only 2.97GB usable. What gives?
I got a Dell laptop with Windows 7 Professional. Initially it had 3GB of RAM. Then I upgraded my laptop ...
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Does plugging and un-plugging hot-swappable hardware use an exorbitant amount of memory?
I recently bought a KVM switch to switch between a single-monitor tower setup and a laptop + extra monitor setup (meaning the laptop and tower share one monitor.) I've started experiencing BSOD's on ...
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How can I determine the fastest RAM I can put in my laptop ?
I would like to add some RAM to my laptop but I have one small problem: I would like to know what is the fastest speed I can put inside it.
I know from CPU-Z that I use DDR3 RAM:
One piece of RAM ...
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ECC registered vs ECC unbuffered
I would like to build a storage server (based on GNU/Linux or FreeBSD) which will be on all the time.
To prevent data corruption (which is unlikely to happen as I never had such a problem, but better ...
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Can I mix different RAM modules in PC?
I have 4 RAM slots on the motherboard P5K. At the moment I have two 1GB RAM modules and two 2GB RAM modules. Everything is working fine.
Can I buy one 4GB module and put it instead of the 1GB ...
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Constant Adobe Flash, browser and laptop crashes - reason?
Since two days I have constant problems with my browser and laptop, as both crash pretty fast (every 30-45 minutes) and regularly, consistently. Now I don't think it is a browser issue, even though I ...
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Motherboard LED is lit (constant green) but turns off immediately when I press the power button (No fans, no POST)
I'm not sure where to begin; I've been trying to get the thing working again for a couple of weeks (waiting on shipping is a pain). There are no trustworthy local shops (speaking from experience) so ...
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DDR3 memory: is PC3-10666 compatible with PC3-12800?
OK I have a motherboard which supports DDR3 memory. Currently I have 2 * PC3-10666 2GB in it (4GB total). I plan to remove them and replace them with 4 * PC3-12800 2GB (8GB total).
My motherboard ...
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Tracking down memory issues affecting a website [migrated]
I've got a website (Wordpress based) that became unresponsive. I SSH'd into the server and saw that we were out of memory. Errors in my apache log files indicated the same... things failing to be ...
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Linux got really slow
Recently my machine has become very slow and I don't know why? I've re-installed my Linux ( Ubuntu, Xubuntu ) several times. But everytime, after using a few times. It becomes slow again. I means ...
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Laptop is incredibly slow after RAM upgrade
I just upgraded my Windows 7 64 bit laptop to 8 GB of RAM (2x4GB). After installing the RAM it runs outrageously slow. It takes roughly 20 minutes to boot up and is completely unusable after it ...
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Lots of DDR2 and older CPUs or small amount of DDR3 and a newer CPU?
Building a new desktop PC, for some gaming and lots of Virtualization, I have come across a nice old machine I can use. It has two CPU slots populated by dual core AMD Opterons, and 16Gb of DDR2 RAM ...
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OS X “Swap used”
I'm a bit confused here, I'm trying to open a tab in Chrome and sometimes it takes few seconds while freezing my computer significantly so that I can't use even to bring Dock menu...
I even closed ...
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How can I tell if my mac needs more memory?
In windows xp it was obvious: if the memory used regularly exceeded the physical memory, it was time to put some more in
What's the deal with the mac?
I read this and am none the wiser
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egrep: CPU and memory usage
My Linux machine has 16 processors and free memory of 70 GB but when I run an egrep command, the command is using (checked through the top command) 100% of CPU and 0.5 of memory:
22391 aime 25 ...
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How can I limit Safari's RAM use?
Safari uses a lot of RAM. Especially when you add Safari's use to WebProcess's use: it comes to about 1.5 GB of memory (for me, anyway). How can I limit the amount of RAM Safari and WebProcess use?
I ...
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Reduce MySQL memory usage on a development box
On my mac, after a fresh restart with zero connections, MySQL is currently using 40MB of memory, 188MB of virtual memory (on-disk database paged in?), and has 16 threads.
Since there's only ever one ...
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Why are there RAM chips with bus speed of 1600Mhz since there aren't CPUs that support more than 1333?
It is not my profession but I think my question isn't that stupid :)
Intel i7-2600 supports RAM: DDR3 1066/1333 non ECC
Same for Xeon, Amd A4 & A6 and so forth..
Why are there RAM chips with ...
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Are there any benefits to using identical memory modules?
Are there any benefits from running eg. two identical 1G rams over two different, but same-clocked? The motherboard doesn’t support dual-channel operation.
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Motherboard rated ram is 1333 and 2000(O.C.)?
I have a RAM question...This is my mobo...
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/M4A89GTD_PROUSB3/
And it says it is rated for DDR 1333, and DDR 2000 O.C.
First of all, I would have to assume ...
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Eclipse using huge amount of System Memory
I have a sophisticated workspace set up with many eclipse projects in my workspace directory. In total the size of workspace directory is just over a gig, with the .svn directory from subversion a ...
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dmidecode --type memory showing wrong DDR type?
A few weeks ago I decided to upgrade my laptop memory. In order to determine which type I need I used the following command on my Linux box (Ubuntu 10.04, not inside VM):
sudo dmidecode --type memory
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How does Motherboard and CPU affect RAM choice?
I am seeking advice on which memory to use with my motherboard and CPU. Below are my components and some relevant information extracted from their official websites.
NOTE: Although this is a very ...
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What is the “secret” behind the non-volatile effect of the Flash memories?
As wikipedia and other sources say:
"Flash memory is a non-volatile computer storage chip that can be
electrically erased and reprogrammed. It was developed from EEPROM
(electrically erasable ...
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Which Firefox plugin is eating all my memory? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Determine which Firefox Add-ons are Using the Most Memory
after 24 hours my Firefox uses nearly 2 GB RAM.
So I have to restart Firefox once a day.
How can I find ...
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System hangs once in 2-3 days after installing DDR2 667Mhz RAM with a 533Mhz RAM
My Compaq Presario desktop with Windows7 professional installed becomes completely unresponsive once in 2-3 days, since I added an extra 2GB 667Mhz DDR2 ram to it. As told on the official hp site, my ...
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Graphics become choppy when game assets are loading in the background
My computer has a strange issue when playing games that load assets on the fly. Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong places, but I seem to be unable to find anyone with a similar issue.
In case it's not ...
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HP G60-552NR Memory
This is a two part question.
how much memory can I install in this computer, not how much is recommended. Can you go beyond 8G
How much faster is the PC 6400 to PC 5300 chip?
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Monitoring video card memory temperature
I've recently installed a new cooler in my video card, and i want to see if the memory heatsinks it included, are installed correctly and are doing their job.
I've already tried Riva Tuner, GPU-Z, ...
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How do I know which ram timings are correct?
I bought this RAM for one of my systems. The BIOS (latest version for this mobo) has automatically set the timings for 9-9-9-24 1T. This passes memtest86+ fine (10 passes overnight.
Earlier versions ...
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Reserve RAM for cache and buffer
I usually run many programs and virtual machines on my desktop. The CPU isn't the bottleneck but the memory. (Buying more memory isn't a solution because it's not my own computer.)
I started ...
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mobo supports 16GB; only 4x4GB or also 2x8GB?
My motherboard (gigabyte ga-ma790xt-ud4p) supports 16GB of DDR3 RAM. Does this mean that it supports only 4x4GB or also other distributions, like 2x8GB or 1x16GB?
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What to put on RAMDisk on Windows?
I got a lot of RAM installed in my PC recently and I looked into this RAMDisk thing.
There are two things I've found from my investigation:
You should not mess with Windows native pagefile/memory ...
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Determine what component of my PC is broken
I was playing Skyrim and suddenly the PC froze. I had to reset it by pushing the button. On reboot the display is very weird and I can't figure out what's wrong. My guess would be the graphic card ...
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Prevent important OS X process being swapped out, without code change?
I want hotkey-based utilities like Quicksilver or Zooom to respond immediately. But if they have been idle for a while, they (I guess) get swapped out, and respond slowly, sometimes not even ...
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Is the Win7 32-bit kernel still able to use 2 GB with a Large Address Aware program running?
I'm currently running Windows 7 Professional 32-bit with 6 GB of RAM.
I use a PAE patch to enable use of more than 3.5 GB of RAM in 32-bit Windows. A similar discussion took place here:
How can I ...
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Windows 7 x64 with RAM volume 4GB hangs on when file upload in Java servlet is started
It is actually not the coding but mostly configuration question. I have :
Windows 7 x64
ASUS P5KC motherboard
GeForce 6800 GT
RAM 4GB
Previously i had 2 slots of RAM memory by 1GB and all worked ...
