Question Memory Usage at 99% When Idle and no programs running

[Epicthinker]

Hi I have recently begun to have a lot of memory problems, I suspect a leak but have no Idea where it is. It always goes the same way, after I boot up my computer i stays around 20-30% ram usage(which I belive is my standard with nothing running) and then after everything between instantly to 5-12 hours it spikes to 99% and stays there until I reboot or shut it down.

I have tried to fix it myself. At first i suspected windowns Antimalware Service Exe, since it used more than I was used to and kept being one of the more heavily ram usage programs when I didn't run anything. So I stopped it with the risks, but the PC still use 99% Ram. So I am completly lost. Do I have to buy another 16gb of Ram or is there a leak somewhere that is causing all this.


My specs:

Task Manager with 99% Ram usage:

Task manager after reboot:

 

[rgd1101]

upload image to imgur.com and post the link here

 

[Epicthinker]

upload image to imgur.com and post the link here

Thank you, fixed now.

 

[Casual Frame]

Thank you, fixed now.

How you fix the problem?

 

[alceryes]

Is the RAM issue fixed or just the 'posting pics to TH' fixed?
If the RAM issue isn't fixed try downloading malwarebytes and running a full system scan.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Use resource manager not task manager when you want to see what’s going on

 

[Epicthinker]

How you fix the problem?

No, not yet

 

[Epicthinker]

Use resource manager not task manager when you want to see what’s going on

Ok will update with picture of the resource manager when I am at 99% memory usage

 

[Epicthinker]

 

[hotaru.hino]

Can you post a picture of Task Manager in the Performance Tab -> Memory page section when you've reached the 99% condition?

 

[rgd1101]

available is 11GB

 

[hotaru.hino]

available is 11GB

There are values that Task Manager reports that Resource Manager doesn't that I'm interested in, namely the non-paged pool.

 

[Epicthinker]

here is the resource manager at 99%

And here is Task manager at 99%

 

[hotaru.hino]

I do see that "Ikke-vekslebart minne" is higher than what it should be normally. For comparison:

(this is with 17 hours of uptime)

Since this is the lowest hanging fruit, a common fix I've found is to update the network driver. But otherwise it could be some other driver that's leaking. This entry is reporting stuff that the system is using, but it won't put in the page file. Usually kernel level apps like drivers live here because well, you don't exactly want driver data to be put on the page file.

You could also verify how much RAM every process is taking up by going to the "Detaljer" tab, right clicking on the column header, select "Select Column" (or whatever it is in your language), and "Working set (memory)"

That's the value Task Manager uses to report memory usage in the Performance tab

 

[Epicthinker]

I do see that "Ikke-vekslebart minne" is higher than what it should be normally. For comparison:

(this is with 17 hours of uptime)

Since this is the lowest hanging fruit, a common fix I've found is to update the network driver. But otherwise it could be some other driver that's leaking. This entry is reporting stuff that the system is using, but it won't put in the page file. Usually kernel level apps like drivers live here because well, you don't exactly want driver data to be put on the page file.

You could also verify how much RAM every process is taking up by going to the "Detaljer" tab, right clicking on the column header, select "Select Column" (or whatever it is in your language), and "Working set (memory)"

That's the value Task Manager uses to report memory usage in the Performance tab

Ok, thank you. Will try to update my internet driver and update this thread if there is a change

 

[Epicthinker]

Still no Good, this is the most recent. Nothing running in the background, after fresh boot.