RAM went mental
- Thread starter Dawelio
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NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
If I remember right you have 32GB of ram? There's no way it would be using all of that in gaming?
Was it flicking between 0 and 100 like Barnsley said?
Was it flicking between 0 and 100 like Barnsley said?
Dawelio
Active member
Yes, you are correct. I have 32GB of ram and it was using it during gaming, out of nowhere. It got so bad that I had to shut the game down and even in Windows it was still at 100%, so had to restart my PC (reset).
Umm, you mean go to 100% and then down to 0% and then up again and like that?... no, it was constantly at 100%, going around 97-100-98-100-99-100% etc...
Umm, you mean go to 100% and then down to 0% and then up again and like that?... no, it was constantly at 100%, going around 97-100-98-100-99-100% etc...
Excalabur50
Well-known member
It sounds like a memory leak but don't know if that will eat 32gig
Dawelio
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shambles1980
New member
a memory leak essentialy when an app does not release the ram after it has used it..
imn generall it should go:
use 1gb for this thing here. then its done with that it should release it, then it needs to use 1gb for something else, so it just re uses the 1gb it was using previously.
a memory leak goes..
i will use this 1gb here for this, ok im done with that "dont release the ram" I need 1gb for this so i will use an extra 1gb.. "dont release the ram"
and it goes on and on untill all the ram is used. and one of it is actually being used any more it was just never released so it cant be used for anything else..
Internet browsers seem to do it a lot now. But i cant imagine how many open tabs and plugins you would need for it to manage to eat up 32gb of ram even if you left them open all day..
At worse mine can eat up 2gb of ram which is pretty annoying.
imn generall it should go:
use 1gb for this thing here. then its done with that it should release it, then it needs to use 1gb for something else, so it just re uses the 1gb it was using previously.
a memory leak goes..
i will use this 1gb here for this, ok im done with that "dont release the ram" I need 1gb for this so i will use an extra 1gb.. "dont release the ram"
and it goes on and on untill all the ram is used. and one of it is actually being used any more it was just never released so it cant be used for anything else..
Internet browsers seem to do it a lot now. But i cant imagine how many open tabs and plugins you would need for it to manage to eat up 32gb of ram even if you left them open all day..
At worse mine can eat up 2gb of ram which is pretty annoying.
Dawelio
Active member
Only thing is that I could barely move the mouse cursor to check that
I don't really think that's the case here, nor hope so... as it hasn't done it again since it happened. And have only happened that one time.
Thelosouvlakia
Classy-Fried-Chicken
Don't worry, most of the times RAM have lifetime warranty
Dawelio
Active member
What about my Corsair Vengeance Pro's?
Probably. Submit an RMA and make a thread in the Corsair Customer Service bit if your ram is actually faulty
Dawelio
Active member
Hehe, were being a bit sarcastic there ^_^... I know that Corsair have legendary warranty, hence why I only go with Corsair RAM.
And I've done it before, but so far it hasn't behaved like that weirdly... so will wait and see if it continues the behaviour, before I go ahead and do anything.
Thanks though guys, I appreciate all of your help!
Dawelio
Active member
Double post here guys, apologies... but it happened once again now.
This time I was just browsing Chrome, so didn't notice any lagg ingame like last time. But glimsed over on my left monitor and on Task Manager and saw that the memory was utlizing 85%, just from Chrome. In normal use, it wouldn't even pass the 10GB mark (I have quite a few tabs open and have somewhat of an weird OCD about it, so don't ask).
And FYI, I have 32GB of RAM.
Any ideas on why it does this?... Had to restart the PC in order for it to go back to normal.
I've also noticed that these 2 occasions have occured while the PC has been on for a longer period of time, ie idling etc.
Thanks,
Chrazey
This time I was just browsing Chrome, so didn't notice any lagg ingame like last time. But glimsed over on my left monitor and on Task Manager and saw that the memory was utlizing 85%, just from Chrome. In normal use, it wouldn't even pass the 10GB mark (I have quite a few tabs open and have somewhat of an weird OCD about it, so don't ask).
And FYI, I have 32GB of RAM.
Any ideas on why it does this?... Had to restart the PC in order for it to go back to normal.
I've also noticed that these 2 occasions have occured while the PC has been on for a longer period of time, ie idling etc.
Thanks,
Chrazey
Dawelio
Active member
Just enough for the tabs not to go black on a 24" 1080p monitor, due to being so many. So quite a few...
Damn, forgot. Will do that next time it happens, if it happens.
Dawelio
Active member
Sorry for double posts here guys... but it happened again.
This is the second time it happened while gaming, my ram went up to 31,9GB out of 32GB. And my Samsung SSD, which is my main one, for my OS etc, were at 100% as well.
No screenshots could be taken as it froze up, so had to reset the PC.
My mates brother had the same issue and the only fix they found were to switch out the motherboard lol.
This is the second time it happened while gaming, my ram went up to 31,9GB out of 32GB. And my Samsung SSD, which is my main one, for my OS etc, were at 100% as well.
No screenshots could be taken as it froze up, so had to reset the PC.
My mates brother had the same issue and the only fix they found were to switch out the motherboard lol.
