Problem with RAM

[Troubleshootpc]

The other day my computer started freezing in games and normally running as well when I entered System properties I saw that only 2 GB was used by the computer from RAM when I have 6 GB completely then I changed it from Msconfig and now in Task Manager shows high RAM usage shows I have 6 GB But it spends so 6 GB so soon that I do not think it will be fully used as well as the games started freezing it did not have a few days ago. please help me.

[Bad5ector]

What?

[lcboboy]

13 minutes ago, Troubleshootpc said:

The other day my computer started freezing in games and normally running as well when I entered System properties I saw that only 2 GB was used by the computer from RAM when I have 6 GB completely then I changed it from Msconfig and now in Task Manager shows high RAM usage shows I have 6 GB But it spends so 6 GB so soon that I do not think it will be fully used as well as the games started freezing it did not have a few days ago. please help me.

6GB isnt enough to play a lot of modern games is that probably the problem

[lcboboy]

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[Dedayog]

43 minutes ago, Troubleshootpc said:

The other day my computer started freezing in games and normally running as well when I entered System properties I saw that only 2 GB was used by the computer from RAM when I have 6 GB completely then I changed it from Msconfig and now in Task Manager shows high RAM usage shows I have 6 GB But it spends so 6 GB so soon that I do not think it will be fully used as well as the games started freezing it did not have a few days ago. please help me.

Yeah, I can't understand what you're talking about.

 

You have 6GB installed.  It only showed 2GB.  You went into MSConfig and did something?  Now it show 6GB but uses almost all of it?  

 

And on top of that, your games are freezing?

[Troubleshootpc]

13 hours ago, Dedayog said:

Yeah, I can't understand what you're talking about.

 

You have 6GB installed.  It only showed 2GB.  You went into MSConfig and did something?  Now it show 6GB but uses almost all of it?  

 

And on top of that, your games are freezing?

I have 6Gb of ram and when I open system properties says 2gb usable and I change it to 6gb. now its shows computer uses 6gb full ram but there is freezes in games Which I did not have a few days ago

[jaslion]

4 hours ago, Troubleshootpc said:

I have 6Gb of ram and when I open system properties says 2gb usable and I change it to 6gb. now its shows computer uses 6gb full ram but there is freezes in games Which I did not have a few days ago

Undo your changes then. Don't fill up your ram for no reason that is asking for trouble.

[Vicarian]

5 hours ago, Troubleshootpc said:

I have 6Gb of ram and when I open system properties says 2gb usable and I change it to 6gb. now its shows computer uses 6gb full ram but there is freezes in games Which I did not have a few days ago

Windows reserves some memory for a reason.  It puts system processes in this reserved space to protect them and to do memory indexing - it's more complicated than that, but that's the gist.  Windows also reports a reserved memory space if you happen to have integrated graphics on chip or on board.  You never have all of your installed memory available, no matter how many modules you install.  MSConfig'ing away this protected memory space will absolutely cause the system instability issues you experienced.  The only solution here is to install more memory modules.  6 GB just doesn't cut it these days.  You'll want 8 GB installed at a minimum.  16 GB preferred for gaming if your motherboard supports it.

Now, if you're talking Virtual Memory.  When physical memory is full, it starts hitting virtual memory.  This is a somewhat optimized reserved space on system disk that acts like memory.  If that fills up, you may as well leave your desk, make a sandwich, have tea or coffee, and come back several minutes later.  It has to swap data out of memory and onto disk, and that is an extremely slow process, and will soft lock your machine while it's happening.  Under normal circumstances, you shouldn't have to manually increase the size of your virtual memory.  Having Windows manage it generally is good enough.  Basically, get a kit compatible with your motherboard, and upgrade your RAM.

[Troubleshootpc]

1 hour ago, Vicarian said:

Windows reserves some memory for a reason.  It puts system processes in this reserved space to protect them and to do memory indexing - it's more complicated than that, but that's the gist.  Windows also reports a reserved memory space if you happen to have integrated graphics on chip or on board.  You never have all of your installed memory available, no matter how many modules you install.  MSConfig'ing away this protected memory space will absolutely cause the system instability issues you experienced.  The only solution here is to install more memory modules.  6 GB just doesn't cut it these days.  You'll want 8 GB installed at a minimum.  16 GB preferred for gaming if your motherboard supports it.

Now, if you're talking Virtual Memory.  When physical memory is full, it starts hitting virtual memory.  This is a somewhat optimized reserved space on system disk that acts like memory.  If that fills up, you may as well leave your desk, make a sandwich, have tea or coffee, and come back several minutes later.  It has to swap data out of memory and onto disk, and that is an extremely slow process, and will soft lock your machine while it's happening.  Under normal circumstances, you shouldn't have to manually increase the size of your virtual memory.  Having Windows manage it generally is good enough.  Basically, get a kit compatible with your motherboard, and upgrade your RAM.

This is all understandable but my problem is that it was not needed 2 days ago and why it started now.

[Vicarian]

12 minutes ago, Troubleshootpc said:

This is all understandable but my problem is that it was not needed 2 days ago and why it started now.

Could be any number of things.  Maybe a program received an update that causes it to consume more memory.  Buggy updates that introduce memory leaks can eat up all your available memory in a hurry.  Maybe you installed some things that have services or other background processes run.  What wasn't a problem yesterday can easily become one today when it comes to software.  Check for any tasks consuming an abnormally high amount of memory.

[Troubleshootpc]

27 minutes ago, Vicarian said:

Could be any number of things.  Maybe a program received an update that causes it to consume more memory.  Buggy updates that introduce memory leaks can eat up all your available memory in a hurry.  Maybe you installed some things that have services or other background processes run.  What wasn't a problem yesterday can easily become one today when it comes to software.  Check for any tasks consuming an abnormally high amount of memory.

maybe is malware? and how to delete this fully any solution?

[Dedayog]

7 minutes ago, Troubleshootpc said:

maybe is malware? and how to delete this fully any solution?

What is the rest of your PC?  Can you list all components?  6GB RAM is odd, sounds like you have an older system.

 

A fresh install of Windows usually helps clear a lot of things up but we need more info than you have given us.

[Troubleshootpc]

Just now, Dedayog said:

What is the rest of your PC?  Can you list all components?  6GB RAM is odd, sounds like you have an older system.

 

A fresh install of Windows usually helps clear a lot of things up but we need more info than you have given us.

Yes. Its Old pc but never have this problem idk why started it last days, I will give u all specs give me a sec

[Troubleshootpc]

10 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

What is the rest of your PC?  Can you list all components?  6GB RAM is odd, sounds like you have an older system.

 

A fresh install of Windows usually helps clear a lot of things up but we need more info than you have given us.

CPU intel i3-2120 3;30Ghz

GPU Nvidia Geforce GT520

RAM 6GB

HDD 565Gb of space 

Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. P8Z68-V LX (LGA1155)

Operating System Windows 10 Pro

anything else?

[Dedayog]

9 minutes ago, Troubleshootpc said:

CPU intel i3-2120 3;30Ghz

GPU Nvidia Geforce GT520

RAM 6GB

HDD 565Gb of space 

Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. P8Z68-V LX (LGA1155)

Operating System Windows 10 Pro

anything else?

What's the space taken up on that hard drive?  How full is it?  What is that RAM made up of, as in 1 2GB stick and 1 4GB stick, or something else?

 

We could deep dive into what you've recently downloaded or installed too.  Something starting up with Windows, like a game client or Discord, or something.  Who knows.

 

When was Windows last installed?  I'd redo it if it's been a year or more.

Are you looking to upgrade?  I'd get an SSD, it will breath a bit of life into that machine.

[Troubleshootpc]

49 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

What's the space taken up on that hard drive?  How full is it?  What is that RAM made up of, as in 1 2GB stick and 1 4GB stick, or something else?

 

We could deep dive into what you've recently downloaded or installed too.  Something starting up with Windows, like a game client or Discord, or something.  Who knows.

 

When was Windows last installed?  I'd redo it if it's been a year or more.

Are you looking to upgrade?  I'd get an SSD, it will breath a bit of life into that machine.

HARD DRIVE there is 465gb hard drive and partitions C and D  C has 244Gb and 119gb used and D have 220gb and 110gb used.

RAM 4GB Kingston (800mhz) in slot 1 and 2GB Crucial Technology (667mhz) in slot 2

Yeah I downloaded something

I Installed windows last AMM Its 4 months or 5

Yes I wish to upgrade but not for now.

[Dedayog]

2 minutes ago, Troubleshootpc said:

HARD DRIVE there is 465gb hard drive and partitions C and D  C has 244Gb and 119gb used and D have 220gb and 110gb used.

RAM 4GB Kingston (800mhz) in slot 1 and 2GB Crucial Technology (667mhz) in slot 2

Yeah I downloaded something

I Installed windows last AMM Its 4 months or 5

Yes I wish to upgrade but not for now.

What did you download?  That may have impacted load times.

 

Really though, everything you install that needs to be loaded when Windows starts just adds to the timing. You have a slow CPU and are booting off a hard drive.  Your times are not bad really.  I was at 3 minutes before I moved to SSD boot and clean Windows (yeah, I did alot of crap downloading too).

 

Basically, not much we can do except uninstall stuff or upgrade.  

[Troubleshootpc]

8 hours ago, Dedayog said:

What did you download?  That may have impacted load times.

 

Really though, everything you install that needs to be loaded when Windows starts just adds to the timing. You have a slow CPU and are booting off a hard drive.  Your times are not bad really.  I was at 3 minutes before I moved to SSD boot and clean Windows (yeah, I did alot of crap downloading too).

 

Basically, not much we can do except uninstall stuff or upgrade.  

Ok, Thanks I going to reinstall windows May justify