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    ram leak?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by talon234346, Sep 22, 2009.

  1. talon234346

    talon234346 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi.

    I curious if my comp has a memory leak? basically i play games like aion, which dont need a super comp to run, but it lags on my mx17. I go on the windows task manger. it says total memory is 3837 Mb, Cached 2587, free 318. At this point there is no major programs running. what could be the prob?
     
    talon234346, Sep 22, 2009
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  2. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    there is a memory leak

    its in the command center process

    its a known issue
     
    The_Moo™, Sep 22, 2009
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  3. unhip_crayon

    unhip_crayon Notebook Consultant

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    Any news on whether or not there will be an upcomming driver update to fix this problem?
     
    unhip_crayon, Sep 23, 2009
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  4. talon234346

    talon234346 Notebook Enthusiast

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    really....how can you fix the issue?

    Edit: this was only a recent issue, never done this before. Also comp has not been on that long
     
    talon234346, Sep 23, 2009
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  5. Mandrake

    Mandrake Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    The memory leak would be caused by a lazy programmer. Nothing you can do but wait for a release that addresses the issue.
     
    Mandrake, Sep 23, 2009
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