Memory issues..

[gamertopcap]

I just keep getting these memory problems. After a while on my computer it just starts using all my memory when idle and I have to restart my computer so goes back to normal but it just keeps happening. Hopefully this video will help but I have no idea my one friend says that it's a memory leak and I was talking with this other person and he said that it's windows 10 and he works for the military Fixing computers and all my other friends have windows 10 and they are fine so I don't know what is going on any help would be nice.. Thanks




http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4sy2fp_pc_tech

 

[UsandThem]

Run Memtest86+ on your RAM to see if there any errors. If not, the issue will be your OS, installed programs, or malware/virus.

Also, look in your resource monitor to see what's running and using memory. I use Windows 10 on six computers, and I haven't seen any big memory leaks that are solely the fault of the OS.

 

[Elixer]

I just keep getting these memory problems. After a while on my computer it just starts using all my memory when idle and I have to restart my computer so goes back to normal but it just keeps happening. Hopefully this video will help but I have no idea my one friend says that it's a memory leak and I was talking with this other person and he said that it's windows 10 and he works for the military Fixing computers and all my other friends have windows 10 and they are fine so I don't know what is going on any help would be nice.. Thanks

Was this a upgrade to 10 or clean install?
What other programs you got running? Disable all startup programs that aren't needed.
See if it does it then.
If it does, you could have malware on your machine.
I would strongly consider doing a clean install of 10.
That will fix the problem.

 

[gamertopcap]

it was a clean install and i have Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and Norton security suite and it found nothing

 

[Elixer]

Like I said, disable all that crap at startup, and see if it still does it.

 

[nerp]

Probably Norton causing it, TBH. Norton digs into your system just like malware does. And it really isn't going to stop malware.

 

[UsandThem]

Probably Norton causing it, TBH. Norton digs into your system just like malware does. And it really isn't going to stop malware.

I have Norton on all of my machines.....no issues or crashes.

The OP never responded to my first post about testing the RAM with Memtest86+, or using task manager to see what was using memory, running in the background, or at start-up.

If they can't listen, they can figure it on their own. Moving on......

 

[gamertopcap]

I have Norton on all of my machines.....no issues or crashes.

The OP never responded to my first post about testing the RAM with Memtest86+, or using task manager to see what was using memory, running in the background, or at start-up.

If they can't listen, they can figure it on their own. Moving on......

Sorry for not replying. I will try to run Memtest86+ when i have the time and i will get back to you

 

[gamertopcap]

Like I said, disable all that crap at startup, and see if it still does it.

i dont have anything on start up nothing that really matters

 

[Elixer]

i dont have anything on start up nothing that really matters

So, you are saying that nothing gets auto-run on the system, except for system related files, and you can see the memory usage increase?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Windows 7's HDD defrag tool used to eat up all RAM, and some VM besides, and slow your rig to a crawl. Although, I would have hoped that MS would have fixed that bug by the time Win10 went "gold".

Edit: I'm suggesting that idle-time defrag might be the culprit. Or maybe indexing service, especially if you have large archive or malformed media files.

 

[bigboxes]

Run Memtest86+ on your RAM to see if there any errors. If not, the issue will be your OS, installed programs, or malware/virus.

Also, look in your resource monitor to see what's running and using memory. I use Windows 10 on six computers, and I haven't seen any big memory leaks that are solely the fault of the OS.

I wanted to give you props. I've seen for a while now that you have been giving good advice to a lot of posters on AT. I occasionally give advice (ask for some at time as well), but don't have the time or energy that you seem to share. Your efforts are noted.

 

[UsandThem]

I wanted to give you props. I've seen for a while now that you have been giving good advice to a lot of posters on AT. I occasionally give advice (ask for some at time as well), but don't have the time or energy that you seem to share. Your efforts are noted.

Thank you for the kind words (not so common on the net).

I try to remember when I first joined this site the great help I received with my computer issues I was trying to figure out.

Speaking of which, one of the most helpful people on here when I first joined was John, but I noticed the other day he hasn't logged in for 3 years or so. I guess when I took a break from here for a while, he became a 'moderator emeritus'. Anybody know if he's done here?

 

[Namo]

@gamertopcap

1) If you're 100% sure there is no malware, then try one thing - remove any beta/dev versions of web browsers if you're using one. Use chrome cleanup tool to erase each n everything and then install a stable version.

2) If that doesn't help, make another user a/c and see if the problem still persists.

Let me know after that.

 

[bigboxes]

Thank you for the kind words (not so common on the net).

I try to remember when I first joined this site the great help I received with my computer issues I was trying to figure out.

Speaking of which, one of the most helpful people on here when I first joined was John, but I noticed the other day he hasn't logged in for 3 years or so. I guess when I took a break from here for a while, he became a 'moderator emeritus'. Anybody know if he's done here?

You can see that we have similar pasts. I started reading AnandTech in 1999 (I believe). Loved the motherboard roundups. I was in graduate school and was given my first PC by a lady whom I was working with. It was a hand-me-down from her granddaughter. A Compaq Pentium 200 MMX. I had an IT guy at work install a new hard drive and Windows 98SE. I fell in love with technology and soon I knew as much if not more than the IT guys. Then I wanted to build my own. Read AT daily. Built my first rig in 2000. Athlon 1.2Ghz Thunderbird. 768MB of ram. Cooler Master ATC 200 all-aluminum case, ATI Radeon 64 VIVO, Abit KX7A-RAID. That thing was lightning fast. Asked ATers all sorts of questions. Soon I was upgrading my processors and o/c them. Anyways, you can see the changes along the way. People come and go. Heck, Anand is gone. He was special even if he prefers Apple.