[Solved]Run Out Of Memory
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blackbird71 last edited by blackbird71@elpocito In your user account's Windows file explorer's menu: Select View > select Options > in the popup: select View > Under "Hidden files and folders", enable "Show hidden files, folders, and drives" > OK. This will allow file explorer to show hidden files on the computer.
FYI: An "AppData" folder is auto-created by Windows for each user account on the computer and is already assigned and in use at the user account level. It contains a variety of subfolders in which various Windows and apps program data is stored that is unique to each user account.
A "page file' is the term for when Windows detects RAM usage is nearing maximum, it will copy a block of that RAM memory to a set-aside portion of the hard-drive and release the block's former RAM space for use by programs; also called "swap file" or "virtual memory", Windows will swap data back and forth between RAM and the page file to reduce RAM overflow - however, because it involves significant hard drive read/write operation, it slows down a system greatly when invoked; the page file size can be set by the user but is otherwise defaulted by Windows to a percentage of the RAM or disk size; if/when the combined RAM memory space and the established page file space is exceeded by usage, the computer will usually give an error message, freeze, or blue-screen (depending on what gets jammed up first).
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A Former User last edited by
@blackbird71
Okay. Done everything. Usage is now 244Mb with just the Opera settings tab open. Is that within acceptable limits? -
blackbird71 last edited by
@elpocito said in Run Out Of Memory:
@blackbird71
Okay. Done everything. Usage is now 244Mb with just the Opera settings tab open. Is that within acceptable limits?By "Done everything", what do you refer to? The 244 Mb with only the Settings tab open seems high; I'm seeing around 135 Mb under the same condition (and with no Opera extensions). Have you deleted Opera's cache, history, etc.?
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A Former User last edited by A Former User
@elpocito do not worry about the pagefile thingy.. you are good to go on that.. if things don't work right, it will be the last thing checked for now..
when ya get time can ya follow up with blackbird71 last post.. *thankyou..
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A Former User last edited by
@blackbird71
...I think so, I usually do it as a matter of course whenever I finish, but not totally sure this time. Right now the notebook is updating, I will try again tomorrow and get back to you. -
A Former User last edited by
@blackbird71
Okay, with history deleted and just the settings tab, this is what Opera Task Manager is showing:
BROWSER 38,172KB
GPU PROCESS 17,740KB
UTILITY: NETWORK SERVICE 14,080KB
UTILITY: AUDIO SERVICE 5,844KB
TAB: SPEED DIAL 23,620KB
TAB: SETTINGS 46,228KB
EXTENSIONS: VIDEO HANDLER 16,984KB
EXTENSIONS: BACKGROUND WORKER 21,456KB -
blackbird71 last edited by
@elpocito said in Run Out Of Memory:
@blackbird71
Okay, with history deleted and just the settings tab, this is what Opera Task Manager is showing:
BROWSER 38,172KB
...OK, now I think we're on the same page (no pun intended). There was some confusion regarding which "task manager" was presenting some of the data used in both of our postings. The Windows Task Manager shows RAM in use, whereas Opera's Task Manager shows RAM footprint (the memory set aside for the program whether in use or not at any given moment). Both TMs are useful for analysis, but shouldn't be cross-compared since they refer to somewhat different memory values.
As it stands, your Opera Task Manager data is now in line with what I would expect for a settings-only tab on a 32-bit Opera installation. If you now bring back up your normal tab usage, does the browser now seem free from memory issues? If so, a key factor in improvement may have been turning off the battery saver feature recommended by @burnout426.
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A Former User last edited by
@blackbird71
Will do, may take a day or two, not a keen user of technology, prefer gardening, but will get back, you all have been very patient, I'm grateful, why chuck out decent kit when it still does the job. -
stolis last edited by
If this isn't to much, then something's wrong.
And this with 5 open tabs in Slimjet and only 1 in Opera. How do you explain this?
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stolis last edited by
@stolis said in Run Out Of Memory:
If this isn't to much, then something's wrong.
And this with 5 open tabs in Slimjet and only 1 in Opera. How do you explain this?
And after 10 min, opening the forums page in a 2nd tab, it shows
Definitely something's going wrong, don't you think?
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stolis last edited by
@leocg Sorry for asking, but how exactly do you define this amount of memory usage as normal with only one tab open? I don't follow you.
Where can i find opera's own task manager to check it out?ps. sorry for the previous double post but i couldn't find a way to edit the first one.
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A Former User last edited by
@elpocito
Thanks everyone for the patient advice, all working well again.
