RAM
is primary memory on which all the programs are loaded as soon as you
switch on your system your operating system is loaded from hard disk to
RAM with all your installed software and attached hardware like Hard
Drive, USB Pen drive, external wireless dongle, web camera, speakers
additionally each and every software or hardware that are associated and
running in your system consume some amount of RAM be it high or low.
Each program take some specific amount of memory to run their process
like the most common examples are antivirus, browsers, graphic card,
audio video support, Bluetooth and so on. Windows 8 simplified it
through its all new task manager that allows you to monitor your active
devices and software with their memory consumption.
The Most Common Reasons of High RAM Usage:
1: Recent Upgrade Of Windows: If you have recently upgraded your operating system from Windows XP to Windows 7 or Windows 8 then you must check the minimum hardware requirement and RAM support.
2:
Old Computer: The common reason of high utilization is that you might
be using old computer that may not be upgraded with additional memory
stick of RAM for a long time then it's a right time to get some memory
sticks. Please go through this link to know what you should remember before upgrading memory sticks.
3: Antivirus Programs:
I have seen many instances practically where in antivirus software is
eating out the RAM, I won't name them but if you are having the same
then try to boot your system in safe mode check the utilization. So choose your antivirus program wisely.
4: Virus:
Viruses are potentially a very common reason that I see every day,
there are lots of viruses that are intended to make you computer slow by
eating out your primary memory, once the virus is executed in your
system then it starts working to keep your machine busy with its own
created task and start creating its own process. Check if you have
correct and updated antivirus that is protecting your system. You also can make your own fake virus to have fun.
5: Heavy Software: You may have an old computer in which you have installed latest software and games that need a great amount of memory to run properly like Adobe CS3, Coral, SQL 2008, Visual studio 2008 (Software), Need for speed, GTA(Game) and so on. Please check the same you haven't done.
6:
External Devices: At times we find after plugging in some devices like
USB pen drive or any DVD our computer hangs up and RAM goes up at mubeenmehmood.blogspot.com its
height that make your computer non responsive, this means either your
device is malfunctioning or you may not update drivers of your machine. This generally happens when the device or DVD has gone bad.
7: StartUp Programs:
A huge amount of home user who are concerned about their Internet only,
don't know that unintentionally they have install numerous software
programs in their computer that are loaded in their system causes high
utilization. You can disable the startup programs through msconfig command to prevent those programs from being loaded.
8: Multitasking: If you are using many heavy applications and copying huge data simultaneously that could be a big reason as well.
Reset The RAM to improve the system performance
CPU
usage is high don't freak out, its a bit common when you're
multitasking. if it is high that means your CPU is doing a lot of
calculations and will come down as soon as it completes the work.
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