Questions tagged [memory]
RAM (random access memory), either RAM hardware or software and operating system use of RAM.
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How to access advanced BIOS on a Lenovo Legion 7i Gen 8 2023?
I currently have a 2023 Lenovo Legion 7i Gen 8 with a i9-13900HK and RTX 4090 version.
I want to access the advanced BIOS in the goal of changing the clock speed value of my new RAM. I put 2x 24Gb of ...
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Windows page table memory leak - how to debug?
After running for just a single day, the 32GB system RAM on my Windows machine would become full, but without any process using significant memory. Task manager shows that processes under my user took ...
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RAM compatibility issues
I have an ASUS M2N68-AM SE2 motherboard, I want DDR2 RAM so I bought a Simmtronics 2GB DDR2 800 MHz RAM, after I plug it into my motherboard it doesn't turn on with my old RAM,
but if I plug only the ...
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I took RAM and CPU out and placed them back in, now the PC is not showing display but powers on [closed]
My CPU is the Ryzen 3 2200g And my RAM is 2x4GB 3000mhz.
I took both of them out to take pictures to sell them, and when I put them back in the motherboard it does not show display, but it does power ...
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Difference between an 8-bit addressable CPU and an 8-bit CPU [closed]
I was recently given a test and they mentioned that the CPU was an 8-bit addressable one. They wanted me to write a C program that would write a character of arrays to some specific location in the ...
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rammap shows majority of ram is in "large page"
I have a server with 64GB of RAM.
Windows task manager shows RAM usage is at 90%. But none of the processes is using significant RAM. for example, sql server is 500MB, other processes use less.
So I ...
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Determine max installable RAM for a CPU that supports but no official motherboard support
I have a Lenovo Ideapad-520IKB laptop with a single 16GB memory SODIMM module and no soldered memory on motherboard. I want to upgrade it to 32GB (or 24GB if 32 not possible)
When I searched Lenovo ...
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How Do I Determine the Best Memory Frequency to Buy for My Laptop? [closed]
I'm looking to upgrade the RAM in my laptop and want to ensure I choose the most suitable memory frequency. I understand that higher frequency RAM can be more expensive, but I've read that it may not ...
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Unexplained RAM Usage Discrepancy in Task Manager
My laptop shows 100% RAM usage at 21GB max in the Task Manager Users tab
when I do something resource-intensive, but I have 32GB of RAM installed Performence tab:
Where is the other 11GB?
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Is swap storage a solution for a not fixable memory leak?
I have a database service, which needs much more memory than expected. I do not want to state wich database is used, because I do not want answers for this specific database. I've tried already every ...
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what does this mean? I'm new to computers and I recently started having this issue where my computer shuts off when I play certain games
I looked it up and someone told me to run this ram test. I'm currently running it and I've gotten 2 error as shown in the picture
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Wrapper to monitor CPU and memory usage for a command line without knowing its duration in advance [duplicate]
This great (in my opinion) answer on Super User provides a solution to track CPU and memory usage of a command line. It is great, however, you need to know in advance the duration of your command line....
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How to calculate mean CPU and memory usage of a command line?
The following command in UNIX:
time sh -c julia src/script_etudedtsi.jl 80 20 100 366 5 10 0 1 0 0 1 1
returned the elapsed time for my Julia script.
I tried:
pidstat -u -p $(pgrep -f julia src/...
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Can a MicroSD card help speed up my Mini PC?
Some months ago I bought a Mini PC:
Intel Celeron J4125
8 GB of DDR4 RAM
256 GB M.2 SSD
Windows 11, fully patched
I use this PC for programming in Visual Studio and SQL Server.
The PC is very slow ...
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ntoskrnl.exe BSOD, How to fix?
Got a new motherboard recently and the PC now just randomly crashes, the BSOD stop code:
driver_power_state_faliure
After looking in A BSOD Viewer it showed the Executable
ntokrnl.exe
The DRAM light ...
