Questions tagged [memory]
RAM (random access memory), either RAM hardware or software and operating system use of RAM.
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Why does my computer constantly crash (even in the UEFI)?
My wife got a computer (FHD Touchscreen All-in-One Desktop, AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, 12GB RAM) from her grandfather a year or so ago from amazon and the computer would occasionally go to a BSOD Picture. The ...
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Crucial dram showing unknown manufacturer
I have bought a 16GB ddr5 4800hz ram from a Vietnam store. When I plugged the ram to my laptop and check with memtest86 and cruicial scanner they show me "unknown" manufacturer (please see ...
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Why is Samba using massive amounts of RAM?
On Debian 4.2.10, Samba is using massive amounts of RAM when copying a few large files and lots of smaller ones. How do I resolve this, as I'm really close to writing a cron job to restart smbd every ...
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Does Virtual Memory expand and contract or does it only expand in Windows 11
What makes the virtual memory expand and what makes virtual memory contract, if possible?
Trying to understand the uses of virtual memory and what makes it expand and contract in Windows 11
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Can I safely combine CL7 and CH9 RAM?
I am looking to upgrade a Desktop currently with 2 sticks of 2GB RAM, by adding a couple of sticks of 1GB RAM. I am unsure what I need to look at to check their compatibility. Both sets of memory run ...
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Can I force/request windows preemptively cache files to RAM?
I'm working with some computers with an unusual configuration, where they have mostly high-end components (including a 12th gen i9 CPU and 64GB of DDR5 RAM), but we're booting Windows 10 from old ...
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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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Windows Command: wmic memphysical get MaxCapacity - Does this show maximum RAM of each module?
I am planning to upgrade RAM for my HP Pavilion X-360, it already has 16 GB RAM in one of the two slots. The sales person told it supports 32GB in each of the modules, so I am planning to add 32 GB in ...
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RAM stick intalled, recognized by some tools, but windows still cant use it
I recently bought a new pc with 2x16 GB Velvet RAM sticks (5600mhz/DDR5).
Both are installed and powered up, according to Cpu-z and HWMonitor, as shown bellow:
However, Windows is only acessing 16 GB:...
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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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Is my installed RAM x8 or x16?
Bought a new laptop, Vivobook x512FA, I need to know if my preinstalled 4GB RAM is x8 or x16 because I want to buy another bank of RAM, how can I know that?
UPDATE: I asked to the Asus technical ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS freezes few times per hour and very unstable
Title show the problem, it is brand-new install, so I don't think it should happen, while the install I selected minimal install because I don't need libreoffice things, and after install I only ...
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CPU-Z reports two memory modules in dual mode and 2 modules in single mode
The main question:
Why does CPU-Z report the pairs of two 2GB modules as in dual mode and the two 1GB modules as in single mode? Second, which DIMM slots are which channel to put which modules in for ...
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How to increase the dedicated video memory
I was trying to play a 3D game (which requires very little video memory to run smoothly) on my laptop, it kept saying that we are running out of video memory. It is a Samsung Galaxy Book pro 360. It ...
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Computer shuts down after a few minutes
So I spent all day yesterday trying to figure out what was wrong with my computer. The specs look something like this (before replacing the board):
Z77 MSI M Power
Samsung 840 Evo SSD
16GiB Ram (2 ...
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confusion on clock speed of ram ddr2 6400, is it 400 MHZ or 800 MHZ ?,I found both answers on web
1-`DDR2-6400 is a designation used to indicate the peak bandwidth or data transfer rate of the memory module, not its clock speed.
The "6400" in DDR2-6400 represents the theoretical maximum ...
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What's the difference between a disk and a drive?
Would this make the term 'disk drive' a slight misnomer?
Also, I thought RAM was equivalent to the term 'volatile' memory, but apprently 'hard disk drives' are also RAM and not ROM... any ...
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how to troubleshoot MS Word freezing repeatedly with many images on page
I'm working on a single page MS Word document with 64 small images on it. As I'm working with the document I keep getting the spinning wheel and the screen fades every few seconds and the status bar ...
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What does (4G x 4) x 40 DRAM Composition mean?
I found two different specifications of memory modules on Samsung's official website, with the same Component Composition but different capacities. What do the three numbers in Component Composition ...
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Oracle Linux 7 - Which processes are using so much buff/cache memory
I hope someone can guide me in the right direction.
I recently updated some software on a server, and a few days later, this software crashed because no memory could be allocated. Initially, I thought ...
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How to limit swap usage?
I want my computer to automatically hibernate when the UPS switches to the battery, so I need enough free swap space at any moment. But if I activate the swap partition, even right before the ...
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Four RAM sticks work independantly, but not all together. Is the motherboard definitely the issue?
I have an issue with blue screen quite often saying memory issues.
The issue
The problem first started I upgraded my SSD from a SATA3 M.2 to a PICe gen 4 M.2 NVMe. When I swapped the SSDs, I also ...
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How to change the size of shared system memory?
I have a situation here. Today, I checked the graphics properties of my PC and I found this:
Total available graphics memory : 956 MB
Dedicated video memory: 0 MB
System video memory: 0 MB
Shared ...
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How to track down why 3-4GB of memory being used up as soon as the PC starts?
When I try to do findstr on these non page drives, I either get a really large error strain, or nothing.
Even when all the applications are closed, I still see 3-4 gigs of RAM being used.
This is a ...
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vmmem has high memory usage, even though nothing is running. (Not due to wsl or sandbox) [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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Upgrading RAM memory on an Acer Aspire One ZG5 netbook, model AOA110 results in less RAM than expected
I have tried to increase the RAM on an old netbook from Acer, an Aspire One ZG5. I went on www.crucial.com and using their built-in tool, I ordered the putatively correct module for my netbook, and I ...
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ASUS laptop ux410u doesn't see additional RAM
My laptop only has 8GB of RAM, which is probably soldered. So I wanted to install an additional stick for another 8GB. I saw several videos on the Internet where they also installed 16GB and 8GB and ...
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Who loads the BIOS in RAM during computer bootstrap
When the computer starts up, the code in BIOS is executed first. However, how is the code in BIOS loaded into the RAM for execution ?
I have referred to this question - Is BIOS read from the BIOS ...
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Why my SUnreclaim is too high (issues with having free memory)?
I have lot of memory (32Gb) on my laptop though still have issues with having amount of free memory. I am using linux (Fedora 27) and this happens after while since reboot.
If you check free output, ...
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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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How can I find out if I have enough ram to dual boot?
How can I find out if I have enough ram to dual boot or boot from a usb? I have a windows xp sp3 laptop with 2gb of total ram and I'm interested in trying out linux (maybe ubuntu or mint), for fun. ...
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Is the 100K write life cycle the barometer for SD card's wear and tear?
It has been said that continuous writing on an SD card can cause wear and tear on the memory cells, which can eventually lead to the failure of the card. One of the answer to my question here How to ...
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What type of RAM use is affected by RAM sticks not being of the same exact type?
It's advised that all RAM sticks in a computer be of the exact same type (manufacturer, version, etc.). (e.g here) Assuming they are not, what performance will be lost (assuming XMP still manages to ...
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Why won't my PC boot with 2 sticks of RAM when it will with only one of them?
I have 2 Corsair Vengeance 4GB DDR3 1600mhz sticks that I want to put in my MSI H81I ITX motherboard with an i5 4440 CPU
Each stick works by itself in either of the two slots, but if I insert both of ...
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Debugging Sudden Memory Usage Spike in Linux
I'm experiencing an issue with a sudden peak in memory usage on Linux machine(Rocky Linux release 8.9) and am looking for guidance on how to debug this. Below, I've detailed the state of the system ...
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Forcefully ending ssh connection deletes content of /dev/shm [duplicate]
I was just curious if the following behaviour is intentional and if somebody could explain this behaviour to me. Enlighten me on this topic.
I used /dev/shm as a place for ram transcoding until the ...
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Dual rank or single rank?
I've seen multiple sources online stating that single or dual rank are faster than the other. I'm looking to upgrade my ram and due to 1x32GB stick and 2x16GB being virtually the same in price (~£3 ...
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Getting memory / driver related BSOD while memory is supposedly intact
Good day everyone,
I finally decided to search for some help on here after struggling with blue screens multiple times a day for almost half a year now. The blue screens codes I come across are:
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Laptop cannot boot into Windows after RAM upgrade
I own asus u31f running with Windows 7 64 bit and ram 2x2gb hynix 1333mhz ram.
Recently I've decided to upgrade my ram to 8gb and bought 2 new kingston valueram 1333mhz 4gb after specs comparison on ...
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Asus motherboard: one long beep, 3 short beeps, one short beep
When my computer starts, monitor shows no signal, you can hear the computer trying to do something (almost sounds like starting a car with multiple tries). Then I hear one long beep, three short beep, ...
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Shared GPU Memory. Can I turn off this feature?
I am running:
Windows 10
Nvidia GTX1070-8GB
24GB System RAM
i7
I am running into an issue in my video editor, complaining about depleting the GPU memory.
When inspecting my resources, I noted that ...
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Dedicated vs Shared System Graphics memory?
I have an intel i7 6700k processor with Asus z170 motherboard, with 16Gb of RAM. I checked in the display settings I have the following.
Dedicated Video Memory: 128MB
System Video Memory: 0
Shared ...
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CPU fans are not moving, but the PSU works
It's been five days,
First day: I turn on my PC, the monitor powers up and doesn't show any signal. I checked the cabinet, and the fans aren't moving at all. I thought it might be the power switch, so ...
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ZRAM vs ZSWAP for lower end hardware?
I spent the last 2 days researching about these two features that allow saving a bit of memory.
Here's how I understood them:
ZRAM: Once the RAM reaches 100% usage (or the remaining
incompressible ...
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Pagefile on Windows 10 limited to 64 GB?
I have a few tasks where I can't avoid using tons of memory. Since I have limited physical memory, Windows starts using the SWAP/Pagefile. Though it seems that Windows is limiting the pagefile size to ...
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Is there storage limit to Asus Tuf laptops?
I have the Asus Tuf Gaming f15(2023). Is there any storage limit? Can I install 2TB SSD and 64GB RAM?
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How to disable system and compressed memory?
I have an hp laptop:
core i7-6700hq
12gb ram
preinstalled windows 10
Sometimes my screen freezes.
I think that's because of "system and compressed memory" because as soon as it unfreezes I ...
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lshw and /proc/meminfo show different values
I have an old server from a friend (so I'm not too familiar with its specs) and am confused by the various ways system statistics get shown.
The machine is running Ubuntu 22.04:
ubuntu@ubuntu-desktop:~...
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How to use full bandwidth available?
I'm working on a new kind of proxy server using node.js. With cluster module I'm able to fork the process (which are double the number of cores). The server configuration is 8GB RAM, 8 core Intel (...
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Transfer Drive Space from D to C in windows 10 [closed]
I am using windows 10. My total memory is 500 Gb.
I have 50 Gb in C drive and remaining in D Drive. C Drive memory is getting full even though I have installed most of my software's in D Drive. ...
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