Greetings Russ, thanks for the quick response! It's a 9y Del Inspiron, I had ordered with 8 gigs I wouldn't be surprised if the root of the problems are it having feet issues.
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: > You didn't say how much RAM you have, but if its 1GB or less, then > what you report would be unremarkable. > > Check to see how much RAM your OS thinks you have. If you are running > Windows, you find this info from the hardware widget under control > panel, or the properties entry on the context menu of "Computer", > > If the machine reports less RAM than is physically installed, then > possibly some of the memory modules have moved and need reseating > (this can happen when you expose the computer to a shock when moving > it, or even over time due to thermal stresses). If so, then it's a > quite simple fix to open you computer up and reseat the memory by > pulling the modules out and replacing them - just do so carefully, > don't try to force things as that's when you break them. > > Cheers > > On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 07:47:56PM -0600, Gillian Densmore wrote: > > Anyone have some ideas what'd cause a Del to constantly only say it's at > > 80% ram use with only firefox open.I ask because recently the damn thing > > when I run firefox slows to a crawl, ctr-shift-esc says it has 80% of > the > > ram used, and 10% of the CPU used. > > When I tride googling nothing stood out. > > I just need the damn thing to stay together long enough to be able to > > backup. > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > Latest project: The Amoeba's Secret > (http://www.hpcoders.com.au/AmoebasSecret.html) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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