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RAM Question
Name: ealvin Date: January 14, 2005 at 11:04:26 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 1.8 - 768 ram
Comment:
I frequently run 3 or 4 apps (Outlook, WinMx, etc) at the same time, along with perhaps a dozen or so web pages open. After about 24 hours I tend to start having major memory problems such as not being able to open web pages. I have 768 mg of ram which I thought would be enough, but maybe it isn't. It seems like memory might be the problem but I'm not sure and I'd appreciate your thoughts on this. Thanks for your help.
Name: yoda Date: January 14, 2005 at 11:09:19 Pacific
Reply:
This isn't really a memory problem. I don't know the actual cause, but i know it as "lagg". the longer your machine is on for, and the more programs that are running, the slower it becomes. It's kinda like "residue" memory, I think when a program quits and it doesn't free up the ram it used. maybe a program to free up unused ram will help you.
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Response Number 2
Name: Rick McNabb Date: January 14, 2005 at 11:22:37 Pacific
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Ha ha! funny - it's not a memory problem, but it has to do with memory usage?
=>>>> Right click on your task bar and select task manager. Select the performance tab and you can see how much memory is being used.
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Response Number 3
Name: tom529 Date: January 14, 2005 at 13:19:37 Pacific
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sounds like a memory leak. try this utility (shareware)or look around for a free one. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2096
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Response Number 4
Name: ealvin Date: January 14, 2005 at 16:20:26 Pacific
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Thanks for your reply. I use AnalogX MaxMem. Is this a similar product? If so, I still have this problem despite using this software. I've installed your suggestion but it's too soon to know it if helps yet.
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Response Number 5
Name: setishock Date: January 15, 2005 at 03:09:51 Pacific
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SDRAM or DDR?
I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid...
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Response Number 6
Name: dsarosh Date: January 15, 2005 at 21:36:46 Pacific
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Hi, Come to desktop and hit refresh (F5) several times. That helps me in a small way at times, its no real solution to your problem though.
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