RAM issue

[monkeyb]

Could someone help me out please, I may just be daft but when I am downloading a large file I have issues watching my available ram dcrease at the around the same rate that the file is downloading.
I have 2 gig of Ram and use Freeram xp pro.

Do I assume that downloaded data is automaticially stored in ram or have inadvertantly changed something to stop it going to my hard drive.

As i said I may be daft and showing my ignorance and this is just normal but if someone could fill me in I would be very grateful.

Many thanks for any help you could give

 

[electronicsfreak]

What operating system are you using? Reason im asking millenium is well known for memory leaks although i dont know of any that fast. Also you might have some spyware or virus eating it up. How often do you do virus/spyware scans? Also what antivirus and spyware removers are you using? Also if you can give us the specs of your computer. If you are not sure download belarc advisor from the link below. Run it and it will give you the computer info. The info im requesting is how much ram your using. What windows version. Also your hard drive space. Thats all the info i need unless someone replies asking for more.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

 

[monkeyb]

Hi EF

thx for getting back to me, please find abelow the belarc print out, hope it helps.

Thanks for any help you can give

Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.20 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Leadtek Research Inc. WinFast nVidia CR18D/G
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 01/28/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d
79.92 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
17.99 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

SONY DVD RW DW-U14A [CD-ROM drive]
SONY DVD-ROM DDU1612 [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

ExcelStor Technology J680 [Hard drive] (82.35 GB) -- drive 0, s/n VNR81EG209WERA, rev V32OA60A, SMART Status: Healthy 2048 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 1024 MB
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Slot 'A2' has 1024 MB
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 79.92 GB 17.99 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
Owner 16/10/2005 13:18:25 (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator 03/12/2003 15:01:38 (admin)
ASPNET never
Guest never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never


Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account None detected
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
NVIDIA nForce 2 ATA Controller (v2.5) ALL-IN-WONDER 9800 SERIES [Display adapter]
ALL-IN-WONDER 9800 SERIES - Secondary [Display adapter]
Iiyama HM903DB/DTB [Monitor] (18.0"vis, February 2004)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Controller
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (2x) ATI WDM Rage Theater Audio
ATI WDM Rage Theater Video NSP
ATI WDM Specialized MVD Codec
ATI WDM Teletext Decoder
ATI WDM TV Audio Crossbar
ATI WDM TV Tuner
Creative Game Port
Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)
Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Communications Other Devices
Intel(R) 536EP V.92 Modem


1394 Net Adapter
1394 Net Adapter #2
BT Voyager 105 ADSL Modem
NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address: 00:30:04:04D:11
OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller (2x)
USB Human Interface Device
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
HID-compliant mouse
USB Root Hub (3x)
Virus Protection [Back to Top]
McAfee VirusScan Version 9.1.10
Scan Engine Version 4.4.00
Virus Definitions Version 4.0.4603
Last Disk Scan on 13 October 2005 21:14:23
Realtime File Scanning On

Missing Microsoft Security Hotfixes [Back to Top]

All required security hotfixes (using the 10/11/2005 Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary) have been installed

 

[electronicsfreak]

Well its looks fine to me and your running xp home so not any memory leaks that i know of with it. My advice run a full system scan with antivirus and spyware removers. Ones I reccomend are avg, adware, spybot, hijackthis. Also double check with housecall below.

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

 

[BadBigBen]

I got a question?

where are you saving this file to?


it is normal for certain files to be BUFFERED in RAM before it gets saved to DISK.... but it does sound strange that it gets saved totally to RAM...

and do what was suggested by El-Freak...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[monkeyb]

Thanks guys i will give it a go.

 

[tuco7]

monkeyb
What I believe you are seeing is Freeram working.
With 2gig of memory you shouldnt have any problems or need for freeram, but thats my opinion.
Open task manager and click on the performance tab you then can see actually what your CPU and RAM is doing.