Windows Ram Problem

[Flamey]

My Laptop eats up a lot of RAM and but task Manager does not add up in terms of RAM.

  

I have 8 GB RAM and shows 95% usage but the values don't even add up to 3 GB and causes slowdown of the system by a lot.

 

WIll adding another 8 GB Ram solve this issue?, or is there anything else that i can do to solve this?

[Eastman51]

Adding more RAM would certainly help. But you shouldn't be running into heavy RAM usage at all, its likely a program leaking memory like crazy; check for updates and maybe try having certain things closed while programming or whatnot.

[Flamey]

Just now, Eastman51 said:

Adding more RAM would certainly help. But you shouldn't be running into heavy RAM usage at all, its likely a program leaking memory like crazy; check for updates and maybe try having certain things closed while programming or whatnot.

Is there any way to check which program is leaking memory?

[Eastman51]

Just now, Flamey said:

Is there any way to check which program is leaking memory?

Sadly, not really. The best method is to start closing things until your RAM usage drops significantly, whatever that program is is likely your culprit. It could also just be Google Chrome lying about how much RAM its using; Chrome is very RAM hungry

[manikyath]

because windows is amazing, just "adding up" doesnt work out. you either have some sort of tab addiction in google chrome, are well overdue for a reboot, or just really need 16GB ram.

[Flamey]

Just now, manikyath said:

because windows is amazing, just "adding up" doesnt work out. you either have some sort of tab addiction in google chrome, are well overdue for a reboot, or just really need 16GB ram.

I tend to not reboot my system for days, does that also affect this?

[Flamey]

Just now, Eastman51 said:

Sadly, not really. The best method is to start closing things until your RAM usage drops significantly, whatever that program is is likely your culprit. It could also just be Google Chrome lying about how much RAM its using; Chrome is very RAM hungry

 

This is my Idle, Ram Usage with everything closed down

[manikyath]

3 minutes ago, Flamey said:

I tend to not reboot my system for days, does that also affect this?

define days.

 

a few, like one or two, maybe four days? not to a problematic level

a week, more? yes, you'll notice that a lot.

[Flamey]

Just now, manikyath said:

like one or two, maybe four days? not to a problematic lev

I'll say about 15-20 days

[KarathKasun]

Use the "Details" tab.  The "Processes" tab does not list all running processes.

[Flamey]

Just now, Flamey said:

I'll say about 15-20 days

But even after rebooting, this problem reappears really fast.

[manikyath]

Just now, Flamey said:

I'll say about 15-20 days

take note of everything you had open, close it all, reboot, open it all back up, and see how much ram usage you have left.

[Flamey]

Just now, KarathKasun said:

Use the "Details" tab.  The "Processes" tab does not list all running processes.

Still doesn't add up 

ALready have like 85% RAM Usage without anything open but these many tabs in Chrome

[Flamey]

Just now, manikyath said:

take note of everything you had open, close it all, reboot, open it all back up, and see how much ram usage you have left.

Will do that Right Now

[Eastman51]

I kind of remember having issues like this before. I believe you have to turn off some Windows things in the registry, not 100% sure tho.

 

I think changing the value of clearing page file at shutdown helps, as well as disabling Superfetch (which isn't needed if you have an SSD).

[Flamey]

Just now, manikyath said:

take note of everything you had open, close it all, reboot, open it all back up, and see how much ram usage you have left.

 

 

Did a fresh reboot, still the problem isn't fixed at all, these are Screenshots just after reboot

[Flamey]

Just now, Eastman51 said:

I kind of remember having issues like this before. I believe you have to turn off some Windows things in the registry, not 100% sure tho.

 

I think changing the value of clearing page file at shutdown helps, as well as disabling Superfetch (which isn't needed if you have an SSD).

I tried changing registry settings that were found online, didn't had any luck with that. If you know exactly what you tried, or what i should give a look at. Please lemme know.

[Eastman51]

1 minute ago, Flamey said:

I tried changing registry settings that were found online, didn't had any luck with that. If you know exactly what you tried, or what i should give a look at. Please lemme know.

I remember disabling Superfetch in the Services.msc

I changed the clear page file at shutdown in the registry

I think I've changed something else, but I don't know what it is. 

 

If nothing else, backup your data and clean install.

[Flamey]

Just now, Eastman51 said:

I remember disabling Superfetch in the Services.msc

I changed the clear page file at shutdown in the registry

I think I've changed something else, but I don't know what it is. 

 

If nothing else, backup your data and clean install.

Did this, didn't help.

[GoodBytes]

Memeory leak if when a program continuously consume more and more memory. Or fluctuate severally in memory. If it is a stable, then there is no memory leak. you are just using a lot of RAM. From your screen shots I am seeing that Chrome consumes ~1.8GB of RAM. Close tabs or switch web browsers to one that uses less RAM.

 

 

[homeap5]

You may also consider different action - do nothing. You have 8GB ram, system consumes as much as he can for speed up everything and you should be happy that your ram is used - you pay for it. It will be waste of money if you use only 2GB when you have 8GB, right?

 

Start worrying if any program or game slow down because not enough ram. But I assume it's not your problem, you just want to have your memory "free" for some reason.