Memory leak

2008-08-23 15:52:37

#1

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6805|Long Island, New York

So, all of a sudden, my memory use shot up. Usually it stays around 50-60% with only Firefox/IRC/AIM/iTunes on, but it's shot up to 81%.

Any reason for this? And how do I fix it?

I've got 2 gigs of RAM and Vista Home Premium 64 bit.

2008-08-23 15:53:31

#2

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|6922

I've had memory leaks with FireFox and iTunes before. Just close the programs and see if anything changes. Usually closing then opening them again fixed it.

2008-08-23 15:53:53

#3

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6721|The Twilight Zone

Best thing would be to post a screenshot of your Task manager.

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2008-08-23 15:56:34

#4

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6805|Long Island, New York

.Sup wrote:
Best thing would be to post a screenshot of your Task manager.

I'd do that, but it's not even letting me. It keeps saying there's not enough memory.

2008-08-23 15:57:35

#5

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6721|The Twilight Zone

Poseidon wrote:
.Sup wrote:
Best thing would be to post a screenshot of your Task manager.
I'd do that, but it's not even letting me. It keeps saying there's not enough memory.

Restart your PC first.
Its a known problem with FF

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Memory_Leak

Last edited by .Sup (2008-08-23 15:58:30)

2008-08-23 15:59:21

#6

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6805|Long Island, New York

.Sup wrote:
Poseidon wrote:
.Sup wrote:
Best thing would be to post a screenshot of your Task manager.
I'd do that, but it's not even letting me. It keeps saying there's not enough memory.
Restart your PC first.
Its a known problem with FF

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Memory_Leak

I've done that. Cold restarts, warm restarts...everything. I left it off for like 20 minutes and turned it back on...nothing.

2008-08-23 16:01:27

#7

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6721|The Twilight Zone

Poseidon wrote:
.Sup wrote:
Poseidon wrote:

I'd do that, but it's not even letting me. It keeps saying there's not enough memory.
Restart your PC first.
Its a known problem with FF

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Memory_Leak
I've done that. Cold restarts, warm restarts...everything. I left it off for like 20 minutes and turned it back on...nothing.

After a restart open IE and see if it still happens.

2008-08-23 16:11:39

#8

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6805|Long Island, New York

.Sup wrote:
Poseidon wrote:
.Sup wrote:

Restart your PC first.
Its a known problem with FF

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Memory_Leak
I've done that. Cold restarts, warm restarts...everything. I left it off for like 20 minutes and turned it back on...nothing.
After a restart open IE and see if it still happens.

Yup. Same thing.

2008-08-23 16:26:27

#9

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6721|The Twilight Zone

Damn I'm really busy, everyone is asking me questions (xfire, PM)

Boo into safe mode and screenshot Taskmanager. Also see if it happens there too.

2008-08-23 16:33:01

#10

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6805|Long Island, New York

Got it.

https://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7338/tasksui0.jpg

https://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7338/tasksui0.31ec830f6d.jpg

2008-08-23 16:39:29

#11

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6721|The Twilight Zone

How does it work in safe mode?

Btw disable that sidebar. Those can cause memory leaks. Have you installed any add on for the sidebar recently? Also check if your antivirus is updating or just close it.

Last edited by .Sup (2008-08-23 16:45:37)

2008-08-23 17:18:00

#12

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6805|Long Island, New York

I'm just gonna get new memory. This stuff's old anyways and I need some new DDR2.

This look good?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820227199

2008-08-23 17:20:30

#13

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6721|The Twilight Zone

Poseidon wrote:
I'm just gonna get new memory. This stuff's old anyways and I need some new DDR2.

This look good?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820227199

This is pretty basic, Platinum is a bit better but for OCing I would get something better. Since I think you wanna go with OCZ, Reaper is your best choice.

2008-08-23 17:22:06

#14

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6805|Long Island, New York

How's this then?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820227248

Edit:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820227270

Or that? I'd be willing to go up to that.

Last edited by Poseidon (2008-08-23 17:23:11)

2008-08-23 17:26:29

#15

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6721|The Twilight Zone

OCZ confuses me with so many different versions. Best to read some reviews.

2008-08-23 17:37:33

#16

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6805|Long Island, New York

I assume this'll be good:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820227284

Even if it wasn't the problem, it'll be nice to have extra RAM anyways.

Edit: ORDERED

Last edited by Poseidon (2008-08-23 17:45:20)

2008-08-23 18:13:45

#17

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6917

.Sup wrote:
Poseidon wrote:
.Sup wrote:
Best thing would be to post a screenshot of your Task manager.
I'd do that, but it's not even letting me. It keeps saying there's not enough memory.
Restart your PC first.
Its a known problem with FF

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Memory_Leak

Not since version 3 though IIRC.

2008-08-23 20:55:10

#18

SpIk3y: Minister of Silly Walks; +67|6407|New Jersey

Poseidon wrote:
I assume this'll be good:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820227284

Even if it wasn't the problem, it'll be nice to have extra RAM anyways.

Edit: ORDERED

Obviously too late, but the RAM you picked out has sucky latencies. 5-5-5-18 is really no good. 4-4-4-12 is what you want. Not that you'll see a hugely noticeable difference, but hey, faster is faster.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820220269

^^And you could have gotten some 4-4-4-12 memory for cheaper too

Last edited by SpIk3y (2008-08-23 21:00:16)

2008-08-24 03:01:05

#19

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6805|Long Island, New York

SpIk3y wrote:
Poseidon wrote:
I assume this'll be good:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820227284

Even if it wasn't the problem, it'll be nice to have extra RAM anyways.

Edit: ORDERED
Obviously too late, but the RAM you picked out has sucky latencies. 5-5-5-18 is really no good. 4-4-4-12 is what you want. Not that you'll see a hugely noticeable difference, but hey, faster is faster.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820220269

^^And you could have gotten some 4-4-4-12 memory for cheaper too

Can't I just OC it? I mean, isn't that what that memory is specialized in?

Also; I'm in Safe Mode and only using 22% of my memory. So it's obviously malware.

Even if, I'm glad I got new RAM. 4 is much better than the 2 I had.

2008-08-24 03:50:16

#20

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6503|United Kingdom

the reaper stuff is nice to poseidon .. i've got 2gb's pc2-9200 and i was worried the heatsinks would cause problems but they didn't.

2008-08-24 04:17:37

#21

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6805|Long Island, New York

I did a virus scan...nothing. Nothing at all.

Looks like I'm gonna have to reformat.

I have an OEM version of Windows...if I reformat, will I be able to re-install with that disc?

2008-08-24 07:26:56

#22

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6805|Long Island, New York

Poseidon wrote:
I have an OEM version of Windows...if I reformat, will I be able to re-install with that disc?

^^^ Anyone?

2008-08-24 07:32:55

#23

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6835|NYC / Hamburg

You can reinstall using an OEM disk

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2008-08-24 10:37:18

#24

SpIk3y: Minister of Silly Walks; +67|6407|New Jersey

Poseidon wrote:
I did a virus scan...nothing. Nothing at all.

Looks like I'm gonna have to reformat.

I have an OEM version of Windows...if I reformat, will I be able to re-install with that disc?

As long as you have not changed motherboards since you first installed Windows.

2008-08-24 10:45:56

#25

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6835|NYC / Hamburg

even if you did, you can just call MS and they will give you an activation code

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

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