Questions tagged [memory]
RAM (random access memory), either RAM hardware or software and operating system use of RAM.
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Why won't PC post when using dual channel. I suspect (by trial) both my A channels are faulty
I built my first PC around March this year, 2025. Everything was mostly fine, but it sometimes (very few times) would freeze, mostly when using Chrome, and I would have to hard shutdown the PC and ...
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Gigabytes of storage space on Windows 10 is constantly disappearing. What to do? [duplicate]
I have Windows 10. Recently, gigabytes of storage space have been disappearing very noticeably, despite the fact that I don't download anything new or big. I don't have many files on my computer, and ...
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Banks B1 and B2 don’t allow POST, any help appreciated
I probably have harvested the internet for information on this but I am at a loss. so I decided to ask the world.i also asked on reddit but no feedback so far
my setup is simple.
ASUS TUF Gaming X570-...
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Why am I experiencing large pages on Windows 11 system with 1TB RAM?
I have software RealityCapture or RealityScan (Photogrammetry to 3D models ) and am using it on ThreadRipper PRO PCs, PC A is 32 Core + 512 GB RAM + Windows 10, PC B is 96 Core + 1024 GB RAM + Windows ...
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svchost.exe - Application Error: The memory could not be written (Windows 11)
I keep getting this error on my Windows 11 Pro machine:
svchost.exe - Application Error
The instruction at 0x0000000010034A3D referenced memory at 0x0000000010034A3D.
The memory could not be written.
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Does laptop RAM really affect performance when multitasking?
Why do laptops slow down when running many programs at once?
Is this related to the amount of RAM installed?
How can I know if upgrading RAM will really help?
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Why is my Windows 11 laptop unstable and crashes while running Julia subprocess? Worked fine on older PC
I'm running a relatively large computer simulation for the research on Windows 11.
On an older version of desktop with 32GB RAM(DDR4) and AMD 3900 12-core CPU, the simulation went fine with 98%-100% ...
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Kingston IronKey Locker+ 50 "device not detected"
I have just purchased a Kingston IronKey Locker+ 50 (https://www.kingston.com/en/usb-flash-drives/ironkey-lp50-encrypted), an encrypted USB thumb drive. According to the instructions, I need to insert ...
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Ryzen 7 5700U iGPU suddenly stops working with SO-DIMM RAM stick
I have a Lenovo IdeaPad 1 14ALC7 with a Ryzen 7 5700U and 16 GB RAM (8 GB soldered + 8 GB SO-DIMM).
A couple of days ago, my Linux system stopped booting. If I remove the extra RAM stick, it boots
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Why does my laptop become unstable and randomly shuts down, after increase of RAM from 16GB to 32GB?
I'm starting use this laptop (Acer Aspire v3 772g 747a8g1tmakk), with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M (2GB GDDR5). I bought new cheap RAM 2x2x8 GB (RAM Sh. DDR3L 16GB (2x8GB) SODIMM 1600mHz, Module Part ...
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Why is my Fedora Linux computer slowing to a crawl?
I have a machine with Fedora Linux 42 installed, 16 core, 16GB of RAM and 8GB of SWAP on nvme.
The usual load on it is Firefox with 20~40 tabs, Slack and 1~4 VSCode windows, and a terminal with htop ...
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How to Estimate MemTotal From Installed RAM?
We are starting OpenStack instances and in the past wrote the OpenStack instance RAM value into the RealMemory key of the slurm.conf which is then used for scheduling. However, the OpenStack RAM value ...
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How can I know if my Acer Nitro Lite 16 NL16-71G has soldered RAM?
I don't know if my RAM is soldered. I tried running the following command in PowerShell:
Get-WmiObject Win32_PhysicalMemory | Select-Object DeviceLocator
And it shows the following:
DeviceLocator
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Linux/mariadb - swap fully consumed while RAM is available sufficiently. Is that problematic?
I have mariadb server running a couple of mariadb instances at hand that has swap fully occupied even though RAM is sufficiently available.
[email protected]:/opt/db/mysql/bin> free -wh
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Who tried 4x64GB (256GB) of RAM on 13900 or 14900 intel CPU? [closed]
I am considering purchasing 4x64GB DDR5 Crucial Pro RAM modules, but they are expensive. Will it work on old 13 or 14 gen of Intel CPU?
Yes, by documentation they support only 192GB of RAM, but we ...
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