Installed additional sticks of RAM (following the crucial compatibility advisor so it is all compatible). The RAM is seen by the system as 32GB- but I don’t think it’s being used. There’s a constant usage (completely flat line) of about 4GB RAM - never changes. However HDD had 100% disk usage so I think it’s being used as virtual memory as if the computer didn’t have enough RAM?
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Added additional RAM but getting 100% disk usage
- Thread starter MattCossins
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It's possible that your HDD is bottlenecking your ram, if it is a particularly old unit or cluttered, where do you see this flat line, is it while playing a game, browsing the web, or just idling the system?
Please download and run speccy.
Once you have ran speccy, follow the instructions to upload a snapshot found here.
Please also include your model of Power Supply, the rating, and the wattage (i.e Corsair # 750W Gold)
Please download and run speccy.
Once you have ran speccy, follow the instructions to upload a snapshot found here.
Please also include your model of Power Supply, the rating, and the wattage (i.e Corsair # 750W Gold)
and go into Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del), Processes tab, and click on the Disk column header to sort by descending order. the top row will be your culprit.
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