Questions tagged [memory]
RAM (random access memory), either RAM hardware or software and operating system use of RAM.
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How can I see how much memory an application pool is using, in real-time?
I want to see how much memory an OData application pool is using, which is hosted in IIS. I can go to Worker Processes in IIS, but that doesn't update every 1 second/at some other timed interval.
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Identical RAM won't work, second pair
Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z690 AORUS Elite AX
RAM: CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 5600MHz CL36 Intel XMP (CMK32GX5M2B5600C36)
I ordered another two, identical sticks of RAM last week, and they ...
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CPU mismatch codes during MemTest86 running in Asus ROG z790 MoBo and a Intel core i9 14000KF
Hardware/builder newbie here!
Recently I acquired and built a PC based on the Asus ROG EVA 02 edition. Right after I opened the BIOS I ran a MemTest86 to check how the RAM is behaving and verify ...
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How can I increase size of file cache in Windows 11? [closed]
Currently, Windows 11 is not using all of RAM (64 GB) during disk benchmark programs such as userbenchmark or crystaldisk. Because random-access performance is only around 100-150 MB/s instead of RAM(...
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RAM RGB not changing on 1 stick after RAM upgrade
My MSI PRO B760-P WIFI has 2 Kingston Fury RGB DDR5 sticks and the RGB is working properly. I added 2 non-RGB sticks of the same speed, brand, just not RGB. Now, after rebooting, during startup, ...
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High memory usage after copying 1 million small files (Win10 x64)
I made a small C++ program that copies a small 2.7KB png file 1 million times. This is how my memory looks before the copy:
And this is how it looks after the copy program finished:
I waited a few ...
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Is it ok to replace a RAM that is PC4-21300 with DRAM (PC4-25600)?
I'm a novice at upgrading RAM. Is it ok to replace a PC4-21300 with DRAM (PC4-25600)? Will the difference between 21300 and 25600 do damage to my computer?
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What do white and black memory locks mean?
I'm trying to upgrade the memory on my PC. After opening up the tower, I found 2 memory slots, and one has black locks around it.
I did some Googling on the web said if the slots have the same colors, ...
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Using 128 GB of RAM on a Lenovo P50 20EN-0006GE
I have a Lenovo P50. It has 4 memory slots and I bought 4x 32 GB Crucial memory.
It seems like the hardware recognizes 128 GB. At least, Windows 10 says "128 GB, 64 GB reserved for hardware" ...
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How do I reduce the Mapped file size on windows? [closed]
I want to reduce the amount of RAM consumed on my windows. Below are some useful screenshots. Please let me know if someone has able to improvise their RAM usage.
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Can I upgrade 256x8 sodimm ram with 2Rx8 one? [closed]
My old laptop has only one slot for ram. Current ram is SODIMM DDR3 4GB 1333 256x8 CL9 (see attached picture). I want to upgrade ram to 8GB but did not find DDR3 8GB 1333 256x8 CL9. There are a lot of ...
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vmmem has high memory usage, even though nothing is running. The only that works is killing the process in process hacker [duplicate]
vmmem memory usage:
wsl2:
Hyper-V
The process uses almost 0.5 GB, even though wsl2 is not running and there is no hyper-v virtual machines running. What can I do?
System: Windows 10 22H2
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Can I use a pair of 2x48GB RAM kits instead of a 4x48GB kit?
I am planning to build a PC for deep learning using 192GB of RAM. The only available 192GB RAM kit option by now is from Corsair that runs at 5200MHz speed. But there are better options in 2x48GB kits ...
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can I Mix t force vulcan z and delta ram?
I have T force Vulcan Z RAM 8GB 3200mhz I couldn't find the same RAM... So I bought T force Delta RGB 16GB 3200mhz but I'm worried that they might don't work together
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Query on laptop ram [duplicate]
My laptop runs DDR3 ram @1600mhz
So if I want to replace ram should I go with ram suggested by the manufacturer "replace with hp spare 691740-001" or can I buy any DDR3 ram.
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What accounts for the discrepancy between the memory use shown when hovering on the Chrome tab, and the heap size?
Chrome tabs now show active memory used by the tab when you hover on the tab title; see here for the details.
Chrome also allows us to get more details on the memory use in the Memory panel of ...
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Priority of laptop memory slots
I am running MX Linux on a 3 year old Dell Inspiron 5590 laptop with 4GB memory which is soldered onto the motherboard. I'm having problems caused by memory errors. Memtest86 reported 70 errors over 4 ...
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Compatible Memory Upgrade for Toshiba Satellite Pro
My old laptop is a Toshiba Satellite Pro L300 1Af with a maximum upgrade capability of 4 GB. Crucial's System Advisor couldn't recommend any compatible memory. There are two of these modules fitted at ...
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Win 11: Pagefile disabled but virtual memory still exists
On Windows 11 system, I disabled pagefile. Subsequently, 'Performance Options' shows 'Total paging file size for all drives: 0MB'. However, the virtual memory is still not set to zero and affects the ...
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Windows 11 error 0xc0000221
so i just built my first pc, When using 2 ram sticks (gskill trident z5 6000mhz ddr5) on my mobo (Asrock b650 pro rs) i’m getting this windows error Oxc0000221 .. i took out one stick of ram , mobo ...
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Should I prefer a 32-bit distribution for an early 64-bit-capable machine? [duplicate]
I'm mulling over the decision of which OS distribution to install on an old laptop: An HP Pavillion dv5 machine from 2009, with an Intel Merom-M dual-core T4300 CPU, and 4 GB of RAM.
Given recent ...
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Expected results of a stream memory bandwidth benchmark
I recently built a Threadripper system and ran the stream memory bandwidth benchmark on it. The results are much lower than the theoretical bandwidth of the system, and I am not sure if these transfer ...
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Brand new Windows 11 computer crashing apps constantly
Last few weeks (and it slowly got worse as time went on), I have been getting application crashes/closes, weird seemingly memory related errors, a couple BSoDs, and Nvidia driver CRC errors.
All ...
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Dealing with memory errors. Getting more errors as i try to figure out the issue. Tried cleaning slots with q-tip and rubbing alcohol, it got worse
Computer specs idk if helps
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/WaldoTheRanger/saved/BQqHGX
(Not actually a mining rig. Card was never used for that)
Had some screen flickering at random times for a couple ...
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Could I use a microcontroller to put a HDD or SSD into my RAM slots
Could I use a microcontroller to put a SATA storage device into a RAM slot, or would some BIOS configuration prevent this.
I know that this is beyond useless, but it may be a fun project.
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BIOS Setup is showing Gliches in Half Screen in ASUS TUF F15 2021
My laptop with BIOS Screen with half screen flickering or not visible:
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BIOS American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version: FX506LH. 310
26/11/2021 (Bought on this date)
RAM: DDR4 16 GB
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Where to put faulty RAM?
I have dual channel motherboard and two pairs of memory cards of which one of other pair is a bit faulty, one bit or something. I found out that I can disable Linux from using the bad RAM addresses, ...
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Getting BSOD During Gaming - Win10/NVidia/AMD
The Problem
So a few months ago I built a gaming PC and up until a couple of weeks ago it's been running fine. Now it will randomly blue screen while playing games. Sometimes within minutes, sometimes ...
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Explorer.exe memory leak when miniatures' performance Options is checked
For the last few days, I've had a very weird problem where Explorer.exe starts eating all of my system memory (16GB) after opening an Explorer window. If I restart the process and don't open any ...
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Is safe do an upgrade of RAM but without parity equality?
I have an ASUS UX501VW-DS71T, currently with 16GB of RAM.
According with the official documentation at ASUS ZenBook Pro UX501VW about the RAM is indicated the following:
Memory
DDR4 2133 MHz SDRAM, up ...
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Windows 10: How to know maximum capacity of RAM of a laptop? By program/command [duplicate]
In Linux is possible use the dmidecode command to know the max capacity of RAM that a Laptop/PC can support. Furthermore it shows each slot with each stick inserted with their respective values.
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Google Drive desktop using high amount of RAM
I tried to backup my daily work with Google Drive Desktop, syncing an entire SSD drive. However, since this process started, the PC became slow and when I look at the process manager, the RAM monitor ...
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Fedora is taking over 8gb ram, is this normal?
I've been using fedora for some time now but I'm completly newbie in linux SO.
For the past mounths my notebook just started to lag when I open chrome, slack and visual studio simultaneously. The ...
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All SSD file server cache on ram, is it safe?
I am running a Dell optiplex 790 , i5 2400, 8gb ram (now 16GB), on a 870 evo 250gb boot drive, 1&4tb 870 qvo ssds for storage, Linux Mint as base OS.
I'm worried about ram failing although no ...
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Computer not booting with single RAM stick. Could Dual Channel be required?
I have just recently ordered new computer parts. In the motherboard and CPU spec, only dual channel are specified. Does that mean my computer may not be able to post and boot normally because I am ...
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Windows Performance Analyzer getting N/A for memory leak in EtwD and EtwR
I am having a big problem with Etw having a memory leak. I used Poolmon to find out that it seems Etw is the service that is having the leak. This leak only occurs when I run another program that I ...
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etwr/etwd Extremely High Memory Usage
Posted this on stackoverflow and was advised to post here for better help.
I have been using a program that I made that is built on .NET 6 and does some TCP and SQL related operations to put it simply....
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Can you upgrade Samsung Series 5 NT500R5LA notebook ram? if yes where is it exactly located? if no is there an ext ram slot? and where is the ext ram?
I have been struggling to find answers with my laptop NT500R5LA ram replacement and if its soldered or not and if it has an external ram slot. I am not entirely sure as I learned from sources that ...
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Firefox about:cache-entry parameters: setting limits for a memory entry hexdump?
So, I was viewing an IP camera video stream from a smartphone in Firefox 118.0.1; tried to set its properties, and the IP camera app on the smartphone, which is in an inaccessible location, crashed.
I ...
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RAM timing/frequency issues, impossible to enable XMP profile
The problem
My RAM is supposed to run in XMP 2.0 at 1600MHz with the following timings
CAS Latency: 16
RAS to CAS: 18
RAS precharge: 18
tRAS: 38
TRC: 56
As you can see there that's the expected ...
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What does it mean when Windows reports high commit usage for memory, but also does not report it committed to processes running on the system?
To clarify the question.
Task manager as well as process informer report high committed amount of memory, much higher than actual physical ram usage, typically anywhere from 1.5x to 2.5x the physical ...
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What is the difference between ECC/Non-ECC and Buffered/Unbuffered?
About RAM for laptops I did realize that is available
ECC
Non-ECC
Buffered
Unbuffered
It according with:
Kingston Technology KVR16LS11/8 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L (PC3-12800) 1.35V Non-ECC CL11 SODIMM ...
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My computer keeps crashing BSOD Memory management but rams sticks are good
Around a year ago I built my first PC, multiple parts have been added throughout this elapsed time (AIO, different fans, and peripherals). Nonetheless, lately I have been having issues with BSOD more ...
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Debian server on raspberry pi becomes slow after about 30 hours
I am running about 5 docker containers on a raspberry pi 4b+ (4gb ram version), and about after 30 hours, it will become painfully slow to use, in all aspects. This server does not use a desktop ...
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Stable Diffusion Model Fails to Load. What's causing the error?
Seems like a memory related issue but I thought my system should be able to run Stable Diffusion. Iam using Ideapad Gaming 3i with Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 (4GB VRAM) + 8GB physical memory
I have no ...
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How to objectively measure RAM latency impact on performance
I'm already aware of these questions:
how to know if RAM is my bottleneck
How to determine if CPU or RAM or DISK is the bottleneck on Windows 7
How can I know if the speed of RAM is the bottleneck ...
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thousands of errors on memtest86+
I recently started having random BSODs that coincided with a Windows installation that became increasingly unstable.
I upgraded the NVMe and reinstalled Windows from scratch.
BSODs are sadly still ...
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Very high ram usage, used by tag EtwD and Etwr
Ever since I received my laptop I have been running out of RAM randomly (usually while gaming). After extensive monitoring I was able to identify that the Tag ETwD and Etwr in poolmon are the cause of ...
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CMA Memory Reserve Not Working
I'm a Debian 12 user.
I compiled Linux kernel 6.5.3 with CMA support enabled.
However, even passing the size of the CMA reservation through Grub (CMA=4G), I cannot reserve memory for the CMA.
The ...
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Swapping boot and backup disks during WinPE's image restore procedure
I have 4Gb of DDR in a laptop running Windows 7. I want to do a full Windows system image restore from a 2nd hard-drive that I use in the CD/DVD cartridge slot with a "drive caddy" adapter. ...
