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Usage of RAM seems to have skyrocketed - help?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1531831" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Rebooting your computer can be the solution to a lot of things. When applications are opened & closed...opened & closed...opened & closed (without rebooting the computer occasionally)...remnants of those programs stay in ram. </p><p></p><p>Why this is may be to improve performance. For example if the same application is closed then launched again at some later time...those "remnants" in ram help to relaunch the application faster.</p><p></p><p>Again...rebooting kind of starts a computer from a "fresh state"...and can clear up many confusing situations.</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p><p></p><p>p.s. The "blue inactive" wedge of ram in the pie chart...in reality is actually free ram (if it is needed). The blue wedge is the "remnants" I mentioned above. The small parts of applications that are retained in ram...to help relaunch/reactivate a program faster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1531831, member: 56379"] Rebooting your computer can be the solution to a lot of things. When applications are opened & closed...opened & closed...opened & closed (without rebooting the computer occasionally)...remnants of those programs stay in ram. Why this is may be to improve performance. For example if the same application is closed then launched again at some later time...those "remnants" in ram help to relaunch the application faster. Again...rebooting kind of starts a computer from a "fresh state"...and can clear up many confusing situations. - Nick p.s. The "blue inactive" wedge of ram in the pie chart...in reality is actually free ram (if it is needed). The blue wedge is the "remnants" I mentioned above. The small parts of applications that are retained in ram...to help relaunch/reactivate a program faster. [/QUOTE]
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