NEED HELP! CRAZY MEMORY USAGE!

[SeanWilkes87]

Hey guys. I am experiencing crazy RAM usage from the NT Kernel & System process. I don't know how I can get it down. My PC is only a week old. I can't figure out why it's sky high like this. Here is a screenshot.

[Aytex]

virus scan+ restart

[grayblizzard]

Hey guys. I am experiencing crazy RAM usage from the NT Kernel & System process. I don't know how I can get it down. My PC is only a week old. I can't figure out why it's sky high like this. Here is a screenshot.

do you only have 1gb of ram???

[SeanWilkes87]

do you only have 1gb of ram???

I originally had 8 but one of the sticks went bad so I have to grab another kit. I have 4GB of RAM right now.

[Mug]

When you've tried everything, re-install Windows

[grayblizzard]

I originally had 8 but one of the sticks went bad so I have to grab another kit. I have 4GB of RAM right now.

ok

 

prob virus scan

[theereal]

do you only have 1gb of ram???

Considering he bought it a week ago, i doubt it

[Mug]

I originally had 8 but one of the sticks went bad so I have to grab another kit. I have 4GB of RAM right now.

tbh with you, Windows only needs about 2 gigs so don't worry it isn't that.

[salecar3]

with 1gb of ram that is normal so u need 2gb of it(its the max u can put in your pc) (get 2gb stick

[DXMember]

My PC is only a week old

It's probably running an update

or some background optimization stuff, chill out...

[Enderman]

500MB is normal...

thats barely any ram

 

my system processes usually use 2-3GB

no programs running

perfectly normal

[SeanWilkes87]

500MB is normal...

thats barely any ram

my system processes usually use 2-3GB

no programs running

perfectly normal

My coworker said the same thing. That's crazy. So is it just sitting things to retrieve for later? I'm still going to run the virus scan too though.

[Enderman]

My coworker said the same thing. That's crazy. So is it just sitting things to retrieve for later? I'm still going to run the virus scan too though.

its an operating system...

all operating systems use ram...

you cannot have an OS running without it using ram

windows usually uses a few GB, not sure why yours is only 600MB

 

if you are really at 88% of your 4GB then theres probably something else using more ram

because 600/4000 is not 88%

[d3sl91]

My coworker said the same thing. That's crazy. So is it just sitting things to retrieve for later? I'm still going to run the virus scan too though.

 

That looks like windows 10. Windows 10 is not released yet, so, it could literally be anything at this point. 500 is not terribly much, though, and a system will scale its idle usage based on how much ram you have. So a 2GB system will use a couple hundred MB, 4GB more, 6, 12, etc.

 

My 16GB system uses about 1-2GB idle. But my 2GB system uses less than 500mb

[SeanWilkes87]

That looks like windows 10. Windows 10 is not released yet, so, it could literally be anything at this point. 500 is not terribly much, though, and a system will scale its idle usage based on how much ram you have. So a 2GB system will use a couple hundred MB, 4GB more, 6, 12, etc.

 

My 16GB system uses about 1-2GB idle. But my 2GB system uses less than 500mb

Yeah, it is windows 10. This could be the culprit.

[ionbasa]

Yeah, it is windows 10. This could be the culprit.

Probably not a virus or Windows 10 related.

 

It seems like a driver problem from first inspection or a hard pagefault. You could find out by checking the number of interrupts using something like LatencyMon or Xperf.

[SeanWilkes87]

Probably not a virus or Windows 10 related.

It seems like a driver problem from first inspection or a hard pagefault. You could find out by checking the number of interrupts using something like LatencyMon or Xperf.

Omw home about to check it out

[PrimeTek]

Hey guys. I am experiencing crazy RAM usage from the NT Kernel & System process. I don't know how I can get it down. My PC is only a week old. I can't figure out why it's sky high like this. Here is a screenshot.

#1: IF you did NOT use your system for lets say a month or 2 this is normal since its gonna want to update windows (i know from experience , i didnt use my laptop for a year and when i did use it it was unusable for 6h due to 187 updates it was trying to download , run , bla bla bla)

#2: Virus , Malware etc. Make sure you run a full system sweep with an anti virus

 

#3: Get more ram

 

#4: if you literally have a system with a max ram of 2gb...time to upgrade my friend

[SeanWilkes87]

#1: IF you did NOT use your system for lets say a month or 2 this is normal since its gonna want to update windows (i know from experience , i didnt use my laptop for a year and when i did use it it was unusable for 6h due to 187 updates it was trying to download , run , bla bla bla)

#2: Virus , Malware etc. Make sure you run a full system sweep with an anti virus

#3: Get more ram

#4: if you literally have a system with a max ram of 2gb...time to upgrade my friend

No I don't have 2 gigs. I have 4. Had 8 but one chip went bad lol.

[SImoHayha]

No I don't have 2 gigs. I have 4. Had 8 but one chip went bad lol.

Maybe don't use chrome that thing eats up ram like no tomorow.

[dnkgaming]

you've got 10 google chrome tasks running i see. Try ending all the chrome tasks. Web browsers chew up ram. If thats not the problem then idk but something is deffanatly happening behind the scenes.

[SeanWilkes87]

Maybe don't use chrome that thing eats up ram like no tomorow.

I tried. I a boot with no start up programs after 10 minutes NT Kernel and System still mercing the RAM stick.

[SImoHayha]

I tried. I a boot with no start up programs after 10 minutes NT Kernel and System still mercing the RAM stick.

well my windos uses about 2-3 GB of ram.

[TDP_Equinox]

It's windows ten, re install.

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