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    Ram usage question.....

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by MobileWarrior, Jan 7, 2010.

  1. MobileWarrior

    MobileWarrior Notebook Guru

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    My laptop is constantly using up to 50-55% of my ram just surfing the net, and up to 40-50% of it's ram just sitting idle. Is that normal? How much of your ram does your FX use while sitting idle, or just surfing the internet?
     
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    Idling/Browsing should use a max of 1.2GB. 1.08GB for me. It varies a bit. Check if somethings running in the background. If you find anything suspicious use hijackthis to verify what it is.
     
    Maverick79, Jan 8, 2010
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  3. MobileWarrior

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    I will check that. Thank you.
     
    MobileWarrior, Jan 8, 2010
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    I checked, nothing seems out of place. I have 95 processes running, they use 43% of my ram, and that translates to 1.71 GB. Anything else I can do, or does any of this seem normal?
     
    MobileWarrior, Jan 8, 2010
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  5. taj619

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    i think thats ok.mine uses 60-70% while surfing
     
    taj619, Jan 8, 2010
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