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Makes sense. New update: Tested on another system, i7 6th gen, the rest are same specs, no high memory usage.

About page file, correct. But having vs not having Synapse didn't help either.

Hello, I'm working with a system that is showing signs of a memory leak. - Intel Core i5 8600k (stock) - Corsair 2x8gb kit of 3000mhz - MSI Z370 SLI PLUS motherboard - MSI GTX 1070ti GAMING X - 970 Samsung 250gb NVMe ssd - 1TB WD Blue hdd - Windows 10 Pro x64 with latest updates - The system has a fixed pagefile of 2gb. In safe-mode, both In-Use and Committed memory usages in Task Manager report a low 1gb and what ever is done, it is behaving normally, filling up and emptying. However when the pc boots without safe mode, it is higher as expected since most things load up. After a few minutes the system has 4gb In-Use and 6gb Committed Ram (idle, which is already a little higher considering there aren't many things running on the pc besides usual, Razer synapse, Discord, and normal services). If a game is started such as Grand Theft Auto V or Far Cry 5, the In-Use behaves normal, floating around 4-9gb of Ram. BUT the Committed usage starts raising rapidly and doesn't go down, as shown on the pictures is closing in to it's limit while it shouldn't be. I included some pictures of RAMMap and Resource monitor to help identify the problem (The leak is not visible, at least to me, indicating a driver leak?). - Once it reaches 18gb Committed (even with active Ram still having space), the system will attempt to crash an app. Things already tried: - Updated drivers - Rolled back drivers - Uninstalled GPU drivers (which cut both memory usages in half) - Re-installed Windows 10 with the latest updates - Tried to recreate the same issue on another system (i7-3770k, 16gb, old HD7770 1GB gpu) with same windows settings and all, failed. Ram usage behavior on the 3770k system behaves normal as it should be, In-Use 8gb, Committed 9gb while in-game, Idle scenario follows symmetrically and is normal again. - About the test on the older system, it did cross my mind because it has a weaker gpu and used different graphics settings that it might use less memory as well, but after setting the 8600k system up to match the game settings, the memory problem remained. Is this a known issue, perhaps with NVIDIAs recent driver versions or another driver etc? Thanks in advance, every reply is appreciated!

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We will see, if I get the same problem again I will report back. Also can you explain me why are those timeouts perfectly timed? As you saw on the picture every 15 seconds there is an equal amount of timeouts (I am actually curious to know how those things work whether it is that optical converter or something else, since you seem like you know your part)

If it is what I think it is, it's know as "bufferbloat" where your router doesn't know what your max speed limit is and keeps on pushing more so the only speed limiter would be something outside like your Isp. I removed the issue for myself by limiting my download and upload speed in my router settings via QoS (quality of service) setting to 90% ish of my max speed. Sacrificed a little speed to get constant low response times.

I am happy to report back here with good news. After successfully grounding the splitter my isp provided me I didn't have a single timeout for 24 hours now. It is possible that its just a coincidence that there are no issues but since my upstream signal levels haven't moved the slightest while compared to some days ago they were ranging for a good +-6 dBmV, I believe the upstream is cleaner now resulting in lower chance for timeouts. Thanks everyone who replied here and if the simple solution was attaching a proper ground cable to the coax splitter, then yeah.. isp in a nutshell (splitters even have it labeled to do grounding).

Config wise, it would be easy to set up any combination you desire. If you have a router or planning on buying another one, take a look at "dd-wrt" which is a free open source 3rd party firmware which supports most routers and once installed it unleashes your router turning it from a 20 bucks cheap limited router into a 200 dollars almost unlited feature router. I personally have dd wrt on all my routers. Taking a look at that would be worth it.

Depends on your internet speed. If it is not something like google fiber, you should be fine by saving some money and getting a budget N or AC router, flash dd-wrt on it and set it up as a repeater at those locations where you need wired internet (if it is not a wifi dead spot). Buying another router to act as a switch does not mean it will go through another NAT, you can simply turn off a bunch of settings and all masking including DHCP will be forwarded to the main router yiu already got. This is how I got my network set up and it works like a charm with printers, other routers connected to routers etc. Just remember if you wanna use a single wifi chip cheap router as a wifi repeater and wifi extender in the same time, since it will use one wifi chip to do all that, your bandwidth will be cut at least in half. Unless you wanna future proof your network for some fiber speed connections, in which case you can not avoid using direct cables towards other rooms with bit more pricy routers/switches.

I know right... Only higher level they sent this one out to was when they reinstalled a new cable only for my house from the nearest amplifier. I have access to my neighbors wifi next door. That makes it 3: My friend 3 streets away, my neighbor and me. Running pings in the same time and experiencing timeouts at the same time.

Thanks for the reply again. I will for sure do a coax ground asap after this topic and provide with results later.

Thank you for your reply, I am really happy someone who works for a cable ISP replied here. My whole house coax was replaced 2 months ago, I don't know what coax cable they used but I doubt they would put something old. I managed to catch a label "2017" on it assuming it was produced last year. I was looking into something like that but wasn't sure. Things are more clear to me now. It would make sense if grounding my coax cable on my end would also ground the majority of the coax network that I am attached to, since it is all connected, right? So I wouldn't need to ground all splitters in my house but maybe just one of them, likely the one closest to the ISP side? And also, do you know any suggestions how to increase a modems tolerance on these kind of issues, such as a different (specific) modem that you know can handle it better?

Hello, this is my first time posting on this forum. (Some pictures are included) I live in an area where there is only 1 cable isp (that company got all other isp's united into one, can't even change isp now) and for the past couple years I have been having random internet disconnects while gaming etc but it was not so bad. Lately it started getting worse, half a year ago I kept getting timeouts by doing "ping google.com -t" in cmd every few seconds few timeouts. I have tested it with few wired and wireless connections on different devices and another router to make sure it is not an issue after the modem at least, same thing. Important maybe to mention it is not happening always, sometimes I am good for 3 days without a single timeout, but then the 4th day in the evening it starts happening and it lasts for couple hours, making the use of the internet and phone (since its hooked up to the cable modem too) impossible. Cable modem signals are always ideal, all Downstream channels are QAM256 Power level of around 0 dBmV with a 40 dB SNR. Upstream are ATDMA with a 40 dBmV power level. Even when I put a splitter in between to change signals, internet works fine and after time starts doing the same timeouts as when it was with ideal signals. Figured it was an issue on the upstream of either the cable modem or ISP network itself since when I have a shorter timeout I hear my friends on a voice chat app but they can not hear me during that timeout. So I checked the modem logs and discovered a lot of T3 timeouts. In case I have a lot of timeouts the modem reboots itself also. I did call my ISP support, they were sending out technicians out at least 6 times in 1 month back in January when it was the worst. Some of them arrived when there were no issues so they just returned, some of them saw it happen live and decided to tweak the SNR by replacing cables and splitters etc (did not make a massive difference going up from 39 to 41 dB. Which made it better only so they can leave and started happening again after 2 hours. Fun fact when I compared the issues with a friend that lives 3 streets away and is connected to the same cable, has same ISP and same package. As soon as one of us has timeouts, the other has also, so it turns out to be on the ISP end (signal levels are good in the modem interface). One of the technicians was a little bit more talkative and they explained it is possibly a faulty optical converter for this part of the town, since the other part of my town does not have any issues and he can't do anything regarding that. This was becoming more and more frustrating, in the end they ordered to install a new separate cable from their closest amplifier box, through the street to my house. Issue was gone for couple weeks after that. But while they were doing all that and re-checking every time everything, they mentioned that I have some "stray voltage" coming out and backfeeding into their network from my coax cable. I do know some basics about electricity and my house electricity installation is really old without proper grounding too. Also the technician said that since I have that backfeeding voltage, it is accumulating in the splitter for the coax cable and at one point the modem upstream signal becomes too noisy for their end to decode especially when their network becomes shaky at times, proved to myself that that is true by unplugging all devices that are connected to coax cables and later on issues are gone until a longer time passes (until the splitter accumulates some unwanted charge). I did some research and came to a conclusion that cable isp's are supposed to ground their cables at every pole almost or at least at every customer house, which in my case I never saw any of them do that. Also that grounding the coaxial cable should remove uneven voltage between the cable and ground plus depending on the method, protect the installation during a lightning strike. I don't think the isp will do something about it if a more expensive group of equipment isn't keeping up with all of their customers in this area, not to mention that most are older people who don't even notice this because they just read news on websites. I went through few modem changes, right now I have an Ubee EVW32C-0N Gateway and router all in one (which does not have access to logs). My internet speed is 40/6 even if it is irrelevant at this moment. My setup is simple. Coax cable comes in, goes through a 3 way splitter, 1 end goes to my cable modem, other end goes into a Cable TV receiver. During internet issues I do not have cable tv issues. Tired of calling the support of my ISP, explaining the whole story over and over every time to a different person just to get "We will send out a technician to check things out" and when he comes he doesn't do anything useful. My initial question is, will separately grounding a coax cable change anything for me... like freeing me from that backfeeding voltage and cleaning out the upstream signal from my modem at times when it is really needed leaving me with better chances of getting my upstream signal through to my ISP and minimizing the risk of timeouts that way, or it will mess up the voltage of the actual coax cable and cause worse things? And of course leaving any other suggestions is very very welcome. Thanks in advance!