Total & Available Memory issue

kyris · 05-23-2009, 06:29 PM

hello there. I am using WindowsXP (SP3) 32bit, and i have 2x2GB ram installed (i know that only 3GB are recognised with my 32bit OS). I was watching the Task Manager just now, and while it says that i have 3144940 Total Memory, there are only 928760 Available. I am not sure if this has been the case for ever (i will post back once I restart my system) but I've noticed that when i have 2-3 programs running (especially firefox, acrobat reader, etc..) my system becomes really really slow! Which shouldn't be the case, imo, since it's only a 1-2 year old laptop (hp 8510p, 2.2GHz intel core duo processor).

I checked the running process and only firefox memory usage was high (around 170,000K) and the rest don't add up to more than 300,000K.

One weird thing i've noticed, and i'm not sure what it actually means, is that the PageFile Usage on the Performance Tab is 2.40GB.

Anyone can help? any suggestions why the available memory is so much less than the total and why my pc get's really slow, though it shouldn't?

thanks

p.s. i have only 3-4 processes that startup with windows and i'm really very sensitive for my laptop's general health:)

05-23-2009, 06:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
kyris Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 77 OS: Windows 7 Professional	Total & Available Memory issue hello there. I am using WindowsXP (SP3) 32bit, and i have 2x2GB ram installed (i know that only 3GB are recognised with my 32bit OS). I was watching the Task Manager just now, and while it says that i have 3144940 Total Memory, there are only 928760 Available. I am not sure if this has been the case for ever (i will post back once I restart my system) but I've noticed that when i have 2-3 programs running (especially firefox, acrobat reader, etc..) my system becomes really really slow! Which shouldn't be the case, imo, since it's only a 1-2 year old laptop (hp 8510p, 2.2GHz intel core duo processor). I checked the running process and only firefox memory usage was high (around 170,000K) and the rest don't add up to more than 300,000K. One weird thing i've noticed, and i'm not sure what it actually means, is that the PageFile Usage on the Performance Tab is 2.40GB. Anyone can help? any suggestions why the available memory is so much less than the total and why my pc get's really slow, though it shouldn't? thanks p.s. i have only 3-4 processes that startup with windows and i'm really very sensitive for my laptop's general health:) __________________ "Football is not just a game; it is a weapon of the Revolution."