Questions tagged [memory]
RAM (random access memory), either RAM hardware or software and operating system use of RAM.
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Should I buy 16GB ram as additional slot for my 8GB ram laptop? or an 8GB?
I got a laptop with 8GB ram(ddr4) and a free slot. What would be better?
one more 8GB Ram or a 16GB Ram?
8 + 8 GB = 16GB (dual-channel config)
8 + 16GB = 24GB (not sure about it)
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Can not allocate memory on archlinux
I have a C program that uses lots of memory.
I also have AchLinux box with 32 GB RAM.
My program fail to allocate more than ~12 GB RAM, even I start it as root.
I checked ulimit but I did not found ...
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How to restrict CPU, Memory usage to its 80% of total allocation in windows operating system?
we have multiple application servers, which utilizes 100% of CPU and Memory, is there anyways we can control this usage at OS level, so that it will never go above 80% of its total allocation. Issues ...
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System won't boot up with new RAM sticks, nor with the old ones
I bought new RAM sticks and put them in the proper slots. I cleaned the dust off the surface of the video card with a dry tissue and while at it attempted to vacuum the dust off the motherboard.
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Windows 10 use less RAM to allow multiple virtual machines
I recently upgraded my laptop from 12GB RAM to 24GB RAM (Win10). One of the reasons is to run two virtual machines (both 8GB RAM, both Linux using VMware Player) at once. After the Upgrade, though, ...
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Different RAM models, same brand
i'm trying to upgrade my laptop RAM capacity.
I use an 2 years old ACER ASPIRE VX15 with a 8GB RAM module KINGSTON ACR24D4S7S8MB-8 (8GB DDR4 PC4-19200 2400MHz 1rx8 1.2v NON-ECC 260-pin SO-DIMM).
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How do you track down high PHP-FPM usage on a dedicated WHM server?
This is on a unmanaged dedicated webserver used to run
Opencart 2.3.0.2
PHP 7.1
Server specs:
Xenon 2.13Ghz 8 Core 32GB RAM
CentOS 7.8
WHM v86.0.18
The traffic looks like I am being ...
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RAM upgrade, laptop won't boot after restart. Works on initial boot
I'm getting a weird issue with a RAM upgrade. I'm trying to upgrade to 32GB (2x16GB, previously 2x8).
With 2x16 combo, the first boot works well. I get a BIOS notification that RAM settings have ...
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Laptop memory always almost full when idle
I got a Acer E 14 laptop with 4gb of ram and an i3 5005U processor. I was wondering why it is lagging so much. Even if I only open sublime (I switched to sublime since vs code cause so much more lag) ...
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Page faults not available in process explorer
In this answer (sencond part/process explorer):
https://superuser.com/a/1270689/1160187
it's suggested that page faults can be viewed per process in process explorer. But in my case, I don't have ...
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Restrict RAM usage of Chrome or executables in general?
I need a way to enforce hard limits on RAM usage for specific EXEs, since Chrome is leaking memory all the time and crashing my system.
Is it possible to simply disable the Large Address Aware flag of ...
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Displays randomly stopped working, will not come back after multiple reboots and trying tons of tests
I've been at it for the last three hours trying to figure this out.
This is my PC I got it back in early December.
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU
ASUS PRIME B450M-A MB
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CT8G4DFS824A compatible with CT8G4DFS832A?
I currently have installed "Crucial 8GB DDR4-2400 UDIMM" (CT8G4DFS824A) in my PC but I want to install a second one.
Is there any negative effect if I would install a "Crucial 8GB DDR4-3200 UDIMM" (...
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Slower boot speed after problematic RAM upgrade / DRAM LED stays longer
I've updated my 8GB RAM to 12 GB and now I have a slower boot time plus long DRAM LED light duration (apx 5 seconds.) when turning on the device which makes the boot time even longer. I'd appreciate ...
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Computer won't boot, possible causes? Motherboard or CPU [duplicate]
I have a old setup that I haven't used in a while. When I plug it in and turn it on, I see it light up for a second before dying.
So far I have tested the paperclip method with the psu and it works ...
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Are there performance differences between DDR3 single-rank and dual-rank memory modules on Intel X58 with Core i7-960?
I have an approximately 10 year old Intel X58 chipset with a Core i7-960 processor, and I would like to upgrade the system from 12 GB to 24 GB of memory to support computationally- and memory-...
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Are there any downsides to using ReadyBoost in Windows?
When ReadyBoost first came out for Windows it was a big deal, but it's rarely mentioned or discussed these days.
Even though the average Windows computer now likely comes with 8GB of RAM, the size of ...
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All programs crashing (Windows 10)
Ok, here is my issue: I get on my PC, and realize any game I try, will close to the desktop. Computer does not shut down or experience slowness. Some programs will give no error message and some will ...
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Windows overusing RAM and task manager percentage does not match the values
I've been trying to fix my RAM overusage by the system, because it has about 80 to 90 percent at idle and starts crashing after an hour of using just Skype and three Chrome tabs simultaneously while ...
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Can't get to BIOS after first boot of new build
Not long ago I decided to make my first build for a desktop and ordered these components:
mobo: Asus Prime X570-P ATX
graphics card: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Ventus 8G
SSD: M.2 2280 Western Digital ...
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DDR 3 RAM - Can I use two different brands of RAM on one motherboard?
I have a zebronics motherboard and I want to ask: I have two different DDR3 RAMs with two different names. Below are the details
My questions are:
Can I use both RAMs with 1600 MHz?
And can I run ...
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Why is my laptop not working after switching memory sticks?
Just for curiosity, I tried to switch ram sticks position to see if the laptop would still work but it does not.
What I did:
My laptop has exactly 2 mem slots. I removed the memory sticks and re-...
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Windows 10 unexplained high memory usage
My Windows 10 PC with 8GB RAM is experiencing high memory usage (>80%), but when I looked into the Task Manager I can't see any processes with high memory usage.
When I just started my PC, the memory ...
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BIOS says 16gb of ram, windows says 12gb
bios and cpu-z both say 16gb of ram installed windows and task manager both say 12gb installed and control panel has only 60mb reserved and also ram slot 3 and 4 dont work i have to go to asus bios ...
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How do you read DIMM Socket Support in Memory QVL?
There is a similar question here, but still I am not sure that DIMM Socket Support means the number of sockets NEEDED or SUPPORTED?
For example, take a look at the supported Corsair RAM for Taichi ...
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How do 16bit RAM chips arrange for ECC memory?
So there are some DIMM with 16bit chips, which only need 4 chips for a normal 64 bit bank, but ECC bank should have 72bit width, it's not a problem with 8 or 4 bit chips, however with 16bit chips, how ...
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"Speed" vs "Configured Memory Speed" in dmidecode
Does the information below from dmidecode indicate that my memory runs twice as fast (overclocked) as nominal or at half speed? (My WWW searches yielded confusing information corroborating both.) And ...
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15.8 GB of 18 GB ram is "system reserved" leaving me with only 2.2 GB. Cross-Computer issue
So I have 16gb of ram in my computer, but 15.8 gb is system reserved according to task manager. Windows (10) detects 16gb, just all system reserved aside 2.2gb. By "cross-computer" I mean it happens ...
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Windows 10 PC not using all 16 GB
I was looking into the specs of my computer and I noticed that Windows was only recognizing 8 GB of RAM even though I have 16 GB installed. I tried putting one stick at a time and each showed 8 GB ...
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Diagnosing high CPU usage and strange issues
Totally stumped with an issue that seems to persist across machines.
Symptoms are
High CPU usage (100% or close to)
Device manager hangs when opening - it may open after 5-10 minutes
HP Audio ...
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Does ram speed affect ram usage? [closed]
I worked from home recently and noticed that I only ever hit 10gb/16gb memory usage doing much the same things that I would normally do at work, but with probably quadruple the number of tabs since I ...
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GSKILL RAM the last letter - what does it really mean?
If you are searching for RAM using a QVL you know how hard it is to get exact matches... While searching I looked up GSKILL's naming convention which is NICE, relatively easy to follow... Sometimes ...
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How to detect and troubleshoot memory leaks in Windows 10?
I previously had another memory leak and it was diagnosed and solved. But now I feel I have another one and I can't seem to detect it the way I had before. Here's the old question - Windows 10 Memory ...
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Why would Linux use swap space when there is so much buffer/cache available?
When would Linux choose to swap out instead of using the free memory or buff/cache space?
Here is my data on my computer:
$ free
total used free shared buff/cache available
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New build won't start, but seem to have ruled out potential causes
I'm working on a new build, and have never run into anything like this before.
I hit the power button, and... nothing. No case fans, no CPU fan, no PSU fans, no sounds, no beeps, no POST, no clicking,...
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What limits how much of the memory a PCIe device can address?
Some PCIe devices cannot read more than 4 GB of address space without an additional driver or modified driver. In such cases, what limits how much memory they can read? Is it the memory controller? Is ...
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Is it possible to replace an Intel Atom D425 processor?
I have a PC with Intel atom D425 processor, does it is possible to swap it with another without replacing the motherboard?
Full PC specs:
Intel Atom D425 single-core 1.80 GHz,
2 GB DDR2 RAM (it ...
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Windows 10 unable to disable ALL caching of files to memory
I'm trying to disable windows file write cache. I have disabled the Sysmain service, disabled Prefetch in registry (EnablePrefetcher = 0) and I have even tried turning off disk write caching in the ...
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Windows 10 Pro stopped using half of the RAM
Basically, I have 16GB of RAM (HX428C14SB/8, two sticks), and it worked perfectly well for around 3 years, but then they stopped. The only significant thing that happened to my PC around this time was ...
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PC goes into endless reboot loop after filling all RAM slots
My PC goes into endless reboot loop after filling all RAM slots. There's no POST screen nor audible error code. After powering on, it takes ~15s before it shuts down and powers on again.
Until ...
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VPS with Centos 6 Apache server and Directadmin - something is using all the arm
I'm using Direct Admin on Centos 6 on a VPS that has 32 GB RAM which has 2 WordPress websites
yesterday, I opened my site and it was super slow
I opened the Apache's server status and I didn't see ...
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Is 15 million page faults usuall for the process Memory Compression?
I have a windows 10 PC with 8GB of ram, an AMD Ryzen 5 (3.2Ghz) and a GTX 1050 Ti. It will run very smooth when I am not doing things but struggles whenever I try and do a lot of multitasking, despite ...
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What is consuming so much of my system RAM?
I noticed that my system is not going to hibernation state properly since a few days in the past week. I checked a little into my hiberfile size to verify if that was a cause of concern.
The ...
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How do I interpret these Memtest86+ results?
I recently ran Memtest86+ (5.01) on some Kingston EEC DDR (not 2, 3 or 4) in different configurations in an old A8N-E mainboard. Some of the tests resulted in errors, but now I'm having a hard time ...
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Computer boot looping for hours
I am facing a very odd problem, since a while my computer does stuck itself in a boot loop. At the beginning it was just 4-5 times then it was booting normally. Recently hours of boot loops was needed ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 eating all my ram
My ubuntu is super slow/laggy, I think it's because of the RAM consumption. It's a fresh Ubuntu 19.10 installation. This is what free and top say.
output of free is:
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SSD - Exceed manufacturer maximum capacity
My Laptop has an unused M.2 slot.
I contacted the manufacturer of my laptop and they said it supports up to 512 GB of SATA type SSD (actually they said just 128 GB, 256 GB and 512 GB) for expansion of ...
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Windows 10 High Memory Usage for Unknown Reason
Recently my Windows 10 encounters a problem, after running a while the memory would gradually be taken up. I suspect it is a memory leakage, but the non-packaged pool is very few. Also, I ran Windows ...
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No video signal from PC after car ride
So I've just moved across country and now my PC is no longer working. I've set up everything as usual and noticed that I'm getting no video signal. What I've tried so far (in order):
Veryfing that ...
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RAM upgrades for a Dell Optiplex 3060 SFF [closed]
I have a Dell optiplex 3060 SFF. With 4GB RAM. I'd like to upgrade it to 16GB. (2x 8GB)
Just want to double check this ram is compatible before I order it:
Crucial CT8G4DFS8266 8 GB (x2) DDR4, 2666 ...
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