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
