Large Memory Cache in Windows 8.1

Question

I have an acer Aspire M computer (2013 model) running windows 8.1 It is reporting that I have a low memory  when I have 8 Gb or RAM and a 500 Gb hard drive with 341 Gb free. Even after closing all my apps and programs it is still saying that the memory is full. I opened Task manager and found that 5.5 Gb is cached could this be an issue? How Do I free up memory?

Answer 1

Hi Mizz,

I would appreciate if you provide the following details.

1. When do you get error regarding low memory?
2. What is the exact/complete error message?
3. What is the exact model number of the Laptop?

When your computer doesn't have enough memory for all of the actions it's trying to perform, Windows and your programs can stop working. To help prevent information loss, Windows will notify you when your computer is low on memory.

Your computer has two types of memory, random access memory (RAM) and virtual memory. All programs use RAM, but when there isn't enough RAM for the program you're trying to run, Windows temporarily moves information that would normally be stored in RAM to a file on your hard disk called a paging file.

Low memory problems occur when your computer runs out of RAM and becomes low on virtual memory. This can happen when you run more programs than the RAM installed on the computer is designed to support. Low memory problems can also occur when a program doesn't free up memory that it no longer needs.

I would also suggest you to check the event viewer at the time of failure.

Event Viewer is an advanced tool that displays detailed information about significant events on your computer. It can be helpful when troubleshooting problems and errors with Windows and other programs.

To get to event viewer in Windows 8:

a) Go to the Start Screen. Type in Event Viewer.

b) This will bring up the Event Viewer box. Click to open the event viewer.

c) In the left pane, expand out Windows Logs.

Click on Application log. Highlight the first event in the log and use your arrow keys to scroll down. Most of your event will be Information. You may see Yellow Warnings or Red Errors. If you see a red error, you can double click on it to bring it up and copy the contents to a document.

Copy the complete error message and paste it, so we check the complete error message.

Refer to the suggestions from Karthik Vengaloor replied on October 31, 2013

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/gaming/windows-81-low-memory-error/c83c3394-9a35-4f3d-add1-72ef73877301

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