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2008-07-09 17:28:19
Aries_37
arrivederci frog
+368|6844|London
Hmm I'm stumped on this one.

I've got 2gb of ram as per my sig. When I first built the rig I could run a custom stress test with prime95 and get 100% usage on both cores and memory.

But now I get 100% on both cores but only 80% on memory. No matter what I do I can't get it over 80%. I can open every application and game I have installed and it still won't go over 80%.

Is this bad ram? Or does there exist software that reserves a section of your ram for itself at all times?
2008-07-09 17:32:27
_j5689_
Dreads & Bergers
+364|6986|Riva, MD

Aries37 wrote:

Or does there exist software that reserves a section of your ram for itself at all times?
That would be a RAM leak which is bad but can be removed I think if you defragment your RAM.
2008-07-09 17:46:23
Aries_37
arrivederci frog
+368|6844|London

_j5689_ wrote:

Aries37 wrote:

Or does there exist software that reserves a section of your ram for itself at all times?
That would be a RAM leak which is bad but can be removed I think if you defragment your RAM.
WHAT you can defragment ram? Will check it out.

I've removed one stick and stressed with one left in. I can get 100%. If I switch them round I can get 100%. So it looks like my system just can't use more than ~1.6gb. I'm running xp sp3 which afaik should be able to handle 3gb...

all halp appreciated
2008-07-09 21:14:55
Dauntless
Admin
+2,249|7011|London

_j5689_ wrote:

Aries37 wrote:

Or does there exist software that reserves a section of your ram for itself at all times?
That would be a RAM leak which is bad but can be removed I think if you defragment your RAM.
I don't think that's right, if you mean memory leak as in a program is using too much memory, then if anything he should be using a higher percentage of ram.

And I know you can defragment ram, but as it's volatile, everything is wiped off it when the computer is turned off, so I don't think that would make a difference.

If you say both sticks are ok individually did you try using a different slot each time? or did you put both sticks in the same slot? If the latter, try a different slot.

You could also try using another program to stress the ram and see what happens.
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2008-07-10 01:59:51
GodFather
Blademaster's bottom bitch
+387|6488|Phoenix, AZ

Dauntless wrote:

I don't think that's right, if you mean memory leak as in a program is using too much memory, then if anything he should be using a higher percentage of ram.

And I know you can defragment ram, but as it's volatile, everything is wiped off it when the computer is turned off, so I don't think that would make a difference.

If you say both sticks are ok individually did you try using a different slot each time? or did you put both sticks in the same slot? If the latter, try a different slot.

You could also try using another program to stress the ram and see what happens.
tbh.
2008-07-10 03:53:13
Aries_37
arrivederci frog
+368|6844|London

Dauntless wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

Aries37 wrote:

Or does there exist software that reserves a section of your ram for itself at all times?
That would be a RAM leak which is bad but can be removed I think if you defragment your RAM.
I don't think that's right, if you mean memory leak as in a program is using too much memory, then if anything he should be using a higher percentage of ram.

And I know you can defragment ram, but as it's volatile, everything is wiped off it when the computer is turned off, so I don't think that would make a difference.

If you say both sticks are ok individually did you try using a different slot each time? or did you put both sticks in the same slot? If the latter, try a different slot.

You could also try using another program to stress the ram and see what happens.
Yup tried all 4 slots same problem. I just seem incapable of using more than 1.6ish GB. Gonna try a reformat I think. If that fails then new ram, and if that fails new mobo then psu
2008-07-10 06:13:00
CrazeD
Member
+368|6942|Maine
Is the 2GB recognized by Windows? By the POST?

 

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