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What does this mean? Memory issue

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by afhstingray, Sep 26, 2008.

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  1. afhstingray

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    hi, i looked at the task manager performance tab on my m4400 which has 4gb ram
    it says

    4083total 2546cached 156free

    what does this mean? does this mean i only have 156 megs available??

    thanks
     
    afhstingray, Sep 26, 2008
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    Of course not.........
     
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    Hi.

    If you are using Vista it uses almost all of your memory to speed-up you laptop and that is what the cached 2546 is!

    Dont worry, you are not running out of memory, I have 4gb and i have 3gb free.

    try this download for your desktop, it will show you how much memory you accualy have free and your cpu usage!

    http://addgadget.com/download/All_CPU_Meter.zip
     
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    i get an error clicking on the link, whats the name of the gadget?
    thanks
     
    afhstingray, Oct 4, 2008
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    It means that out of 4083MB that your system can use, Vista is borrowing 2546MB of RAM to load programs it THINKS you might want. Between that caching and Vista's own needs, 156MB is left.

    However, that ~2.5GB of RAM that is cached can be released if your computer actually needs it for something.
     
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