Windows 8.1 RAM at 100% when idle

[Lachlan_OConnor]

I have had this issue before and i was very stressed. My RAM was running at 100% and there was no background processes that would come up in the task manager. When I posted this a while ago, someone told me to un-install any anti-virus software, this worked but now the issue is back. I have no clue what could be doing it this time and I would like to be able to fix it!

 

I have attached pictures that i took of the task manager etc. I have noticed that there is also a large amount of hard faults per second. 100+ off the scale. I have no clue what to do!

 

 

Thanks for any help!

 

Lochey

 

 

 

[Aniallation]

There's no way you have 0MB available. I'd say bad install

[Supermongole]

Have you tried to remove the RAM sticks and put them back in? worked for me when i had this problem. 

[vorticalbox]

I had this problem for about 2 months, ram would just get eaten and I would be forced to restart.

 

never did figure out what it was and just wiped that thing and that fixed it.

[Lachlan_OConnor]

Ok i will take out the ram and see if that works then i will do a system wipe. And i know the ram is installed correctly because i followed the mother board manual and the computer recognises that there is 16 installed.

[Lachlan_OConnor]

Well the more you know! Re installing the ram did work and now my cpu is even running better. I swear i put the ram in correctly. Oh well, it works now and i know how to fix it if it happens again! Thanks guys/girls!

[airdeano]

simply shutting down the system and reboot from cold would give you the same

results. removing the RAM did nothing as your system recognized 16GB (thats

what you have?) you either had a large swap file, temp/write file or RAM storage

file hogging your RAM resource. as nothing was accountable from your mem

processes.

[Lachlan_OConnor]

simply shutting down the system and reboot from cold would give you the same

results. removing the RAM did nothing as your system recognized 16GB (thats

what you have?) you either had a large swap file, temp/write file or RAM storage

file hogging your RAM resource. as nothing was accountable from your mem

processes.

 

 

I had the problem from a cold start and i removed it and put back in and it fixed. Its been running for 15 mins now and it has not come back!

 

Thanks anyway

[airdeano]

I had the problem from a cold start and i removed it and put back in and it fixed. Its been running for 15 mins now and it has not come back!

 

Thanks anyway

 

DDR3 RAM is volatile memory, remove the power (cold boot) what was stored in

the modules vanishes. so whatever is "clogging" your modules hasn't que'd up yet.

[Lachlan_OConnor]

DDR3 RAM is volatile memory, remove the power (cold boot) what was stored in

the modules vanishes. so whatever is "clogging" your modules hasn't que'd up yet.

So i need to cold boot every now and then? or is there a fix?

[Opcode]

Well the more you know! Re installing the ram did work and now my cpu is even running better. I swear i put the ram in correctly. Oh well, it works now and i know how to fix it if it happens again! Thanks guys/girls!

Did you wipe the system or just re-install the memory?

[biFanBoy]

Windows 8x is full of shit!.. just go back to w7

[Lachlan_OConnor]

Did you wipe the system or just re-install the memory?

Just re-install

Windows 8x is full of shit!.. just go back to w7

This is also happening to my friend who also has win 8.1

I want win 7 but cant be bothered buying it

[Opcode]

Just re-install

You probably a piece of software on your machine prior that had a bad memory leak.