Windows 10 insane RAM usage..?

[Evann]

Hey,

 

can someone explain this? I have 16GB RAM installed, right now only Chrome and 2-3 other programs (definetly not RAM intensive) opened.

This is a Screenshot of the whole User usage.

 

here another Screenshot.

 

 

 

 

there is nothing like windows Updates running right now, what is this? Thanks

[xephoneration]

I smell memory leak

 

EDIT: take a screen shot of the processes tab

[MrDrWho13]

2 minutes ago, xephoneration said:

I smell memory leak

 

EDIT: take a screen shot of the processes tab

^this.

Open each process until you find the culprit.

[Evann]

3 minutes ago, xephoneration said:

I smell memory leak

 

EDIT: take a screen shot of the processes tab

here you go.

[done12many2]

Open Processes in you Task Manager and sort by Memory.  That'll help you prioritize what's eating it up.

 

 

 

 

[Evann]

1 minute ago, done12many2 said:

Open Processes in you Task Manager and sort by Memory.  That'll help you prioritize what's eating it up.

look at last post, it doesn't make sense at all.

[xephoneration]

I got my money on Battle.net helper

[Evann]

1 minute ago, xephoneration said:

I got my money on Battle.net helper

it is using 71MB ... of 16000MB? And 100% usage? - fine, i closed it. Still 98% usage. So whats wrong.

[done12many2]

Just now, Evann said:

it is using 71MB ... of 16000MB? And 100% usage? - fine, i closed it. Still 98% usage. So whats wrong.

 

Reboot your computer.

[xephoneration]

Just now, done12many2 said:

 

Reboot your computer.

Solves a majority of issues all the time

 

And dont click restart actually let is shut down and turn it on. 

[Evann]

Just now, done12many2 said:

 

Reboot your computer.

it has been like this for days..

[xephoneration]

Just now, Evann said:

it has been like this for days..

The plot thickens  

[Evann]

Just now, xephoneration said:

Solves a majority of issues all the time

have rebooted my PC a couple of time, since this first accured.

[done12many2]

Stop the suspect application and reboot.  It's been like that for days because you never stopped the problem.

[Evann]

Just now, done12many2 said:

Stop the suspect application and reboot.  It's been like that for days because you never stopped the problem.

and what is the suspect Problem? Battle.net? It is not even in autostart. I literally have nothing except drivers in Autostart.

[done12many2]

1 minute ago, Evann said:

and what is the suspect Problem? Battle.net? It is not even in autostart. I literally have nothing except drivers in Autostart.

 

You're going to have to do some trial and error type testing on your end bud.  We're not sitting at your computer. 

[Melodist]

Maybe your network card? Seems like your networking might be flooding the ram, hence chrome.

[xephoneration]

1 minute ago, done12many2 said:

 

You're going to have to do some trial and error type testing on your end bud.  We're not sitting at your computer. 

^

[AlTech]

16 minutes ago, Evann said:

and what is the suspect Problem? Battle.net? It is not even in autostart. I literally have nothing except drivers in Autostart.

Don't restart your PC.

 

Fast Start will prevent your PC from doing several things.

 

 

Shut down your PC, wait 5 seconds and then turn it back on.

[lukesterboy]

3 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Don't restart your PC.

 

Fast Start will prevent your PC from doing several things.

 

 

Shut down your PC, wait 5 seconds and then turn it back on.

Agreed also maybe taking out a stick of ram booting.Then shutdown and then put stick back in and start back up. Might help i dont know?? Just an idea and its what i would try before posting here. No harm?

[AlTech]

36 minutes ago, Evann said:

here you go.

nvm

[AlTech]

Also,

 

If I didn't know any better, I'd say that one of the programs on your PC is updating itself.

[twalls]

Just out of curiosity, what make/model of network card do you have installed?

 

I just got done dealing with a very similar issue. 16 GB of RAM filling up on a new Win10/Skylake build. Was very frustrating. MSI uses a Killer Networking NIC on this board. There was a terrible memory leak in the version of the driver/software that MSI is providing. Installed the latest version from Killer's site, and the memory leak is gone. It was especially bad when downloading a bunch of stuff (Steam, etc.), but I could leave the computer on for a day and not logged in, only to find the RAM was low when logging in the next day.

 

Worst part was that the amount of RAM in use in the Task Manager didn't add up to the 16 GB reportedly in use. Open Resource Monitor and go to the Memory tab. List the top processes there, and it might be more helpful.

[tiberiusmoon5]

under settings search for background apps and there will be a list of apps (basically a startup)

you can tick them all off to save some ram!

 

 

[AlTech]

Just now, TiberiusMoon said:

under settings search for background apps and there will be a list of apps (basically a startup)

you can tick them all off to save some ram!

 

 

Actually this really only impacts startup time. Not RAM since you can still open each program after startup.