M1330 Memory usage creeping up???

Hi,

I just recently received my XPS M1330 and have noticed that the memory usage (as shown by the cpu gadget) keeps creeping up even though I'm not doing anything unusual. It will start off after boot at around 32% but as time goes on it keeps inching upwards. Yesterday it got to 47% with me not doing anything unusual-(the machine was idle, no running programs); after about 5 hours. I did just get it and do have indexing set to index the entire C drive, could this be the issue, or am I experiencing memory leakage? Any help would be appreciated.

Alemaker

 

Hi.

I suppose you are using vista.

Have you tried to see which process is getting larger in task manager?

Regards

John.

 

Could be Superfetch. Try disable the service and see.

 

+1

Vista is caching programs it determines that could be potentially loaded based on your past usage.

 

That looks to be the ticket!! Shut it down and POOF back to "normal" mem usage.

So, if I let it start automatically, will it eventually settle down like the indexer does when it's done??

 

I wonder how many notebook issues people post are actually more related to just crummy ole windows vista?

anyone know if the 1330 and 1530 tend to run more problem free with XP or well done vista reinstalls? Just curious

 

my memory useage always sits around 50%, memory useage is good! means its actually doing something, not just sittin in a pile in a corner

 

exactly....and superfetch does work. Firefox loads almost instantaneously for me under Vista, but under XP takes up to 8 seconds.

 

So is the lag in it without caused by a slow hard drive? firefox opens instantaneously for me on my 5 year old single core desktop I am typing on as we speak.

So the superfetch helps make up for this? eh, cool. I'll check it out when my 1530 arrives

 

You should turn it back on. If you arent using the memory, then what is the point of having it? Vista is not XP - Vista preloads applications into memory so they open quicker then once it needs more RAM it dumps the prefetch

 

I wonder how many vista issues people post are actually more related to the crummy ole windows vista user who automatically assumes the worst without actually researching the "problem" and finding out there's no a problem at all?

 

No its caused by any hard drive in general. RAM is MUCH faster to read off of than the hard drive. No program is going to open instantly reading off the harddrive including Firefox

 

....but if a user runs firefox often enough, Windows Vista is smart enough to use superfetch to pre-load it into memory prior to it being launched, making it load almost instantaneously when requested

 

I know, I explained that a few posts up. My response was someone using XP, not Vista, and said their Firefox opened instantly