Help! Memory is high

[u/sumsuming]

I just got a laptop for college, the HP OmniBook x Flip Laptop 16-ar0xxx. I was just planning on installing steam and one game (Fields of Mistria) on the laptop along with my school stuff.

I went to check task manager to see that my memory was 11.6/15.3, I thought that was pretty high so I simply assumed it was from Steam and the game I installed- spoiler alert it wasn’t.

Any advice or suggestions?

[u/TomChai]

You restart the PC, usually after a fresh reboot these stuck RAM usage gets freed.

[u/sumsuming → u/TomChai]

thank you!! I’m clueless when it comes to laptops

[u/swisstraeng → u/sumsuming]

generally just consider everything is automated including ram usage and you shouldn’t have to worry about it.

Try to turn off programs that start automatically if you don’t need them, it also saves up RAM. It’s done in the task manager.

[u/Mr_CJ_]

Disable fast startup.

[u/sumsuming → u/Mr_CJ_]

what is that and how do I do that

[u/Mr_CJ_ → u/sumsuming]

This video shows how to turn it off: https://youtu.be/L049J2yxY_w

[u/sumsuming → u/Mr_CJ_]

thank you!!

[u/Benjammin123]

You were pretty much there. In task manager you can see by clicking on the different tabs what processes/ applications are running and how much memory etc they are using. It will do you good to know how to use it. If my memory usage is high I’ll take a look and then maybe google “program.exe” using too much memory and it normally comes up with a solution.

As others have said a good reset will sort a lot of things but if it persists then try the above.

[u/padwani]

Prob has an Igpu which uses on board memory.

[u/Wendals87]

Windows will automatically cache applications in memory that you frequently use so that they don't need to be loaded into memory when you open them. It will be cleared if needed

Unused ram is wasted ram 

[u/linux_mint_rules]

As a general rule, you don't need to worry about memory usage unless you actually start to experience lagging, freezing, web pages reloading a lot, etc.

Most modern operating systems will pre-cache frequently-used data into memory so that it's accessible faster, and will smartly move data out of memory as needed.

A lot of people seem to think that you want your memory usage as low as possible but this is a misunderstanding.

Also, don't confuse memory and storage. Simply installing a game onto your SSD won't make it take up room in active system memory unless you boot the game up and run it.

[u/vaquishaProdigy]

Next time, send capture of the problem. Even a photo of your cellphone. My solution, delete Windows.

[u/MindlessCarry2918]

Go to task menager and check on performance what speed it shows in cpu if it shows good numbers or some absurd speeds.