I have looked up this issue online, and I have read many threads about people having issues with their Memory being unexpectedly high for no reason without any programs running. Well.. I happen to have the same issue.. And I haven't found a solution to this.
It started a few months ago, maybe a few 2-4 months after I got a new PC built. At first my PC was running great! Smoothly, Fast.. It Ran everything perfectly and the used up Memory would always keep at a low 20% and maybe 40% On occasion. 2-4 months pass, and for some reason.. My PC started going up to 80-90% In Memory usage? With nothing running. My instinct was to look it up online, but no dice. I couldn't find anything that could fix it. So I later found that Restarting my PC would fix the problem. Temporarily. I restart my PC from 80-90% Ram.. And then after the restart,.. My Memory was at a low 20%. A few hours pass and then my Memory was back at 80-90%. This happens all the time..
All up to now.. That I actually NEED to find a solution, because it's getting really annoying. I figured that it was probably a Virus.. So I tried running AntiVirus' and it caught nothing that fixed the Memory usage. I tried multiple AntiVirus' at that.
One Common thing that I found with the people that had this problem however.. Was that all of us had 'Norton AntiVirus' installed. I'm not sure if that's a coincidence or not. But it was strange when I noticed this. It could be that it has nothing to do with the problem.
TL: DR: Memory slow increases until it reaches 80-90%. PC becomes unbareingly slow. I restart my PC. Memory goes back to normal (In the Low 20%). Few hours pass.. Memory back to 80-90%. PC Restart is a Temporary Solution, but it this has been going on for months.
Side Note:
-I made sure there aren't any background programs running. I used Task Manager and checked. Adding all the MB's being used under Memory. It just doesn't even come close to 8,000mb's. As a matter of fact, it's not even over 1,000mb's,
-I deleted Norton, and replaced it with Avast. Hoping that Norton was causing the issue. But apparently not.
-I have Windows 10 now, but the operating system isn't the issue. The Problem was still going on when I had Windows 7.
-I checked to see if my issue was actually relevant. So I turned my PC on fresh one morning. Let it run without opening any programs for a few hours. And the Ram magically rose up to 70-80% With LITERALLY nothing running.
-Here's a Screenshot of my Task Manager. Just to show you that the numbers just don't add up.
http://i.gyazo.com/d7aa70a40de31c1eb377a9c967eb3a8b.png
-Here's a Screenshot of my Task Manager after a recent restart.
http://i.gyazo.com/a2cf04de6bdc10e37a0a181fd78a5cb7.png
Specs:
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor
Video Card: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Memory: 8.1GB
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 (build 10240), 64-bit
Here's a More Advanced few at my Specs(I put it in a Screenshot, for it was a lot of info):
http://i.gyazo.com/71a509add02eefb5f602ede86d287db1.png
(If Font is too small Use Ctrl+Mouse Wheel to increase Page Size)
I'm not sure what most of this stuff means, but maybe one of you guys does.. And will understand it better than I can.
This issue is really bothering me and i'm really motivated to fix this. I am extremely willing to co-operate with whoever is interested in helping me out here! Many thanks to the people who try.
It started a few months ago, maybe a few 2-4 months after I got a new PC built. At first my PC was running great! Smoothly, Fast.. It Ran everything perfectly and the used up Memory would always keep at a low 20% and maybe 40% On occasion. 2-4 months pass, and for some reason.. My PC started going up to 80-90% In Memory usage? With nothing running. My instinct was to look it up online, but no dice. I couldn't find anything that could fix it. So I later found that Restarting my PC would fix the problem. Temporarily. I restart my PC from 80-90% Ram.. And then after the restart,.. My Memory was at a low 20%. A few hours pass and then my Memory was back at 80-90%. This happens all the time..
All up to now.. That I actually NEED to find a solution, because it's getting really annoying. I figured that it was probably a Virus.. So I tried running AntiVirus' and it caught nothing that fixed the Memory usage. I tried multiple AntiVirus' at that.
One Common thing that I found with the people that had this problem however.. Was that all of us had 'Norton AntiVirus' installed. I'm not sure if that's a coincidence or not. But it was strange when I noticed this. It could be that it has nothing to do with the problem.
TL: DR: Memory slow increases until it reaches 80-90%. PC becomes unbareingly slow. I restart my PC. Memory goes back to normal (In the Low 20%). Few hours pass.. Memory back to 80-90%. PC Restart is a Temporary Solution, but it this has been going on for months.
Side Note:
-I made sure there aren't any background programs running. I used Task Manager and checked. Adding all the MB's being used under Memory. It just doesn't even come close to 8,000mb's. As a matter of fact, it's not even over 1,000mb's,
-I deleted Norton, and replaced it with Avast. Hoping that Norton was causing the issue. But apparently not.
-I have Windows 10 now, but the operating system isn't the issue. The Problem was still going on when I had Windows 7.
-I checked to see if my issue was actually relevant. So I turned my PC on fresh one morning. Let it run without opening any programs for a few hours. And the Ram magically rose up to 70-80% With LITERALLY nothing running.
-Here's a Screenshot of my Task Manager. Just to show you that the numbers just don't add up.
http://i.gyazo.com/d7aa70a40de31c1eb377a9c967eb3a8b.png
-Here's a Screenshot of my Task Manager after a recent restart.
http://i.gyazo.com/a2cf04de6bdc10e37a0a181fd78a5cb7.png
Specs:
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor
Video Card: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Memory: 8.1GB
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 (build 10240), 64-bit
Here's a More Advanced few at my Specs(I put it in a Screenshot, for it was a lot of info):
http://i.gyazo.com/71a509add02eefb5f602ede86d287db1.png
(If Font is too small Use Ctrl+Mouse Wheel to increase Page Size)
I'm not sure what most of this stuff means, but maybe one of you guys does.. And will understand it better than I can.
This issue is really bothering me and i'm really motivated to fix this. I am extremely willing to co-operate with whoever is interested in helping me out here! Many thanks to the people who try.
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