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askingquestions · 2004-01-28, 21:26

when i checked my ram i only have 61mb left out of 511mb..is that ok..? also is there a way to get back my lost ram instead of going out to buy more ram...

ps:is ram really important and what excatly is ram? ...yes i am a noob..

hhaamu · 2004-01-29, 03:46

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when i checked my ram i only have 61mb left out of 511mb..is that ok..?

It's ok, though it looks like some program is hogging up a lot of your RAM.

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also is there a way to get back my lost ram instead of going out to buy more ram...

You close your idle programs, or, to get better results, boot your computer.

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ps:is ram really important and what excatly is ram? ...yes i am a noob..

RAM (random access memory) is a way of temporarily storing information. Let's just say that it's one of the most vital parts of your computer.
Read this for a more in-depth explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM

nooc · 2004-01-29, 04:10

I would say 61mb unused is way too low. Does your windows(?) utilize v-mem? Windows is pretty bad in managing ram so I would recommend you increase your v-mem if you have it set "too low".

Forse · 2004-01-29, 09:01

I suggest setting swap on other hdd (not partition) to get good results when swapping also set swap to fixed size (dynamic swap is horrible in windows). Windows virtual memory managment is horrible, but you have to live with it

ameoba · 2004-01-31, 16:16

shift-control-escape to bring up the task manager. Go to the 'processes' tab, click on 'mem usage' to sort by memory usage. What are the top few things listed & how much memory are they using (image name & mem usage are the only really important ones)?

2004-01-28, 21:26	Link #1
askingquestions Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004	is my ram ok...? when i checked my ram i only have 61mb left out of 511mb..is that ok..? also is there a way to get back my lost ram instead of going out to buy more ram... ps:is ram really important and what excatly is ram? ...yes i am a noob..

2004-01-29, 04:10	Link #3
nooc Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: somewhere else	I would say 61mb unused is way too low. Does your windows(?) utilize v-mem? Windows is pretty bad in managing ram so I would recommend you increase your v-mem if you have it set "too low".

2004-01-29, 09:01	Link #4
Forse r00t for life Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: /dev/null	I suggest setting swap on other hdd (not partition) to get good results when swapping also set swap to fixed size (dynamic swap is horrible in windows). Windows virtual memory managment is horrible, but you have to live with it

2004-01-31, 16:16	Link #5
ameoba Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: albuquerque,nm	shift-control-escape to bring up the task manager. Go to the 'processes' tab, click on 'mem usage' to sort by memory usage. What are the top few things listed & how much memory are they using (image name & mem usage are the only really important ones)?