Windows 10: Why it consume so much ram memory without doing anything?? I would like to understand how...

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Issues with total memory size of dedicated available RAM

Hello Gevorg,

Thank you for posting your concern in Microsoft Community an we regret for the inconvenience.

From the description provided, I understand that the motherboard you are using has 4 DIMM slots which supports up to 8 GB of dedicated RAM.

To be able to understand the issue better. let us know how are you viewing the total memory size of dedicated available RAM in your PC.

Now, in one case, if you are using more than one module of RAM, and the frequencies at which they operate are not the same. There will be two outcomes:

• The modules will conflict in terms of DIMM frequencies and it will declare memory failure.
• Instead of downclocking one or more RAM/s, the motherboard will reject the ones from being accepted.

In order to ascertain if the hardware is correctly configured, I suggest you to check the system information in the BIOS settings. Refer to the manufacturer provided manual to know more about on how to access the BIOS settings.

In another scenario, your computer may also be allocating part of your RAM to other hardware modules, such as your network hardware.

As a secondary workout, I suggest you to increase the Virtual Memory and check if it helps. Follow the steps below.

• 
  Click Windows key + R to open the RUN command utility and type
  msconfig.exe, then press ENTER.
  
• 
  Click on Boot option and select advanced options.
  
• 
  Check the maximum memory box and change the value accordingly.
  
• 
  Click on Apply and Ok to save changes and click Restart the computer.
  

Hope the above information is helpful.

Thank You.

 

Windows 10 is running low on memory with 8GB ram

Hi guys,

my pc is HP8300 with 8 GB of ram (image), and I am constantly getting "Your system is low on memory" message and it asks to close
some apps. This happens only during the night, where I have opened IE 11, with one tab for a local network camera stream and Chrome with couple tabs - nothing particular. Regular RAM usage as of the writing of this message is 4.4 GB according to task manager.

Some notes:

• Stand by is turned off.
• Reinstall did not help.
• Memtest did not show any ram issues.
  See ram model
• Virtual memory is set to automatic and shows over 14GB.
  Image

I have doubts that at some point the RAM fails and then restores but when I run memtest it works

I wanted to use the performance monitor, but I will have to let it record all night and it will produce enormous file.

Here are some logs from Event Viewer:
image

• Application popup: Windows - Out of Virtual Memory : Your system is low on virtual memory. To ensure that Windows runs properly, increase the size of your virtual memory paging file. For more information, see Help.
• Windows successfully diagnosed a low virtual memory condition. The following programs consumed the most virtual memory: chrome.exe (8580) consumed 185692160 bytes, explorer.exe (4144) consumed 173645824 bytes, and chrome.exe (1172) consumed 162152448 bytes.
• The Software Protection service failed to start due to the following error: The paging file is too small for this operation to complete.

Do you guys have any suggestions how can I troubleshoot this issue?

 

Where is my RAM?

Hi,





Cache stored on Windows
10 restricts your PC
from working efficiently. If there is a continuous and high volume of cached read requests from any process or from any
driver, the working set (the number of memory pages in the physical RAM)
size of the system file cache will grow to meet this demand.
The system file cache consumes the physical RAM. Therefore, sufficient
amounts of physical RAM are not available for other processes.

On 64-bit versions of Windows operating systems, the size of the virtual address range is typically larger than
the physical RAM. In this situation, the working set for the system file cache can increase to consume most of the physical RAM.

We suggest that you clear caches on your Windows 10 computer to resolve memory usage issues. Few things that you
can try clearing are the Windows Store and Temp Files caches. Check out the steps below:

How to clear the Windows Store cache:

• 
  Press
  Windows + R keys to open a
  Run prompt.
  
• 
  Type
  WSReset.exe
  into the text box, then click
  OK.
  

How to clear the Temp Files cache:

• 
  Open the
  Start menu.
  
• 
  Type
  Disk Cleanup, then
  press Enter.
  
• 
  Under the
  Disk Cleanup tab, uncheck all boxes except for
  Temporary Files, then click
  OK.
  

Hope the above information helps.
Feel free to contact us if you need further help.