Major Memory leak...!!!

[elmer92413]

I am having huge memory leaks...
But I can't tell which program is doing it either...

I have a Asus A8n-sli del board, 1 gb ocz ram, 3500+ amd, evga 6800gt...
Task Manager tells me quite often that I am using 700 900 mbs of ram...
If I don't restart I can never clear it and it soon balloons, ie today it went to 2gbs with nothing open...
All other processes never seem to have more ram than what they started out with...
So I can't blame a certain program for hogging resources...
A clean start of Windows is the only solution I have...
When I do that I am using about 280mb ram...
Logging off and then on doesn't work...
Although the computer never slows down and the cpu is never being used either...
...
Anybody have an idea as to what could be ging on...???
Or could somebody point me in the direction of some tools that would allow me to look more in depth as to what is actually using ram...???

 

[nweaver]

eh...280 MB ram being used on a fresh boot? That sound very very very high.

MSCONFIG is your friend.

 

[elmer92413]

nTrayFw
SOUNDMAN
nTune
AsusProb
OverClk
NvCpl
nwiz
NvMcTray
ccApp
SNDMon
gcasServ
ctfmon
PowerReg Scheduler V3
PowerReg Scheduler

Those are the only things allowed in the Startup...

 

[FlyingPenguin]

Disable PowerReg Schedulers. Those are known suspicious processes.

Disable the Asus overclocker (OverClk) for now. First thing you should have done was stop overclocking. An unstable overclocked system can cause a memory leak. I've seen it plenty of times.

You also need to check the Services tab in MSCONFIG. Check the "Hide All Micosoft Services" box and look for suspicious services. Some examples are listed in my spyware removal instructions linked below.

You'll have to disable all your background apps and then enable them one at a time to find the culprit.

Post a HIJACK THIS! log here and those of us who are experienced may spot something.

Spyware would be a major suspect - especially if the culprit's not showing up as a big memory user in Task Manager. Sounds like some process is hiding itself.

A simple spyware scan is not enough. You need to check for malicious BHO objects and do a THOROUGH scan in SAFE MODE. Please refer to my detailed spyware removal procedure here: http://theflyingpenguin.com/spyware-removal.shtml

You should also run a thorough virus scan after making sure your AV app is updated.

Hope this helps...