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RAM Boost Pro Help and User
Guide
(see below for email contact)
CONTENTS: Click on the topics below
- Windows® Memory
Management Overview
- What is RAM Boost
Pro?
- How does RAM Boost
Pro work?
- RAM Boost Pro
Features and Guide
- System Requirements
- Contact Info
Microsoft® Windows®
Memory Management Overview
Microsoft®
Windows® Operating Systems (95,98,Me,2000,NT,XP) have sophisticated
memory management systems that allow applications to use more
RAM (Random Access Memory) than a PC really has. This is important
so a user can run many programs simultaneously. Currently unused
areas of RAM are swapped out to the harddisk. By doing this the
currently running application can have access to more physical
RAM, while unused programs "swap" their inactive memory
to the hard disk. This really speeds up operation as the harddisk
is very slow compared to RAM. Windows® tries to figure out which
files need to be loaded fastest, and keeps them in physical RAM,
while other files are swapped to the much slower harddisk.
This sounds
foolproof, but it’s not, because there are several
things that can go wrong with this process that will slow down
your PC.
· Program
Errors
Many applications today have programming errors, and so does Windows®
itself. Most programming errors occur without a user ever seeing
them. Sometimes one of these errors leaves some amount of memory
allocated, even if it is not needed any more. This basically wastes
RAM, your system's most valuable resource. Windows® cannot detect
these errors, and simply gives RAM to programs that need it- thereby
wasting RAM that could be recovered.
· File Caching
Without "swapping" and file caching a PC would be very
slow. However, Windows is not always smart enough to detect which
files need to be held in RAM and which are not. If a program uses
a needed file, Windows places it in RAM, but it is not removed
from RAM immediately after its use is over. Windows may leave
unneeded files in RAM for some time after they are used. Assume
a PC has 32MB of RAM and about 20MB are used to cache files from
the harddisk. This makes the PC have only 12MB of RAM left to
applications and the operating system. Is this why people buy
32MB instead of 12MB?
· Large Libraries
Many programs use large libraries. Libraries are useful tools
for programmers to take advantage of great features in Windows®
without having to rewrite code for each one-- they are shortcuts.
Some of these libraries are very large and consume a notable amount
of memory. All OLE libraries fall into this category. Unfortunately
the memory is used, even if the program doesn’t really need
it. Sometimes a library is loaded, just to provide 2 or 3 functions.
However the library reserves RAM as if the program would use all
100 functions.
·Background
Programs
Windows is capable of running many programs at the same time.
This is great for users, enabling the existence of some tools
that work constantly in the background and provide useful services.
RAM Boost Pro is one such tool. However there are programs that
provide unnecessary background services. These tools just consume
RAM and provide no important service. RAM Boost Pro reduces the
amount of RAM these programs need by freeing it and making it
available for your PC.
How can these
problems be solved? How can you use RAM optimally?
Easy – with RAM Boost Pro.
What is RAM
Boost Pro?
RAM Boost Pro
is a program designed to increase the overall performance of your
system. RAM Boost Pro uses a brand new sophisticated algorithm
called RAMFlow for fast PC memory optimization and RAM
recovery. RAM Boost Pro can run automatically in your System Tray
where it will silently monitor and optimize your PC's memory while
you work. RAM Boost Pro is an important tool to solve the problems
of Windows memory management, and will boost your PC and alleviate
system crashing.
How RAM Boost
Pro works:
RAM Boost Pro
proactively monitors your system's level of available RAM to provide
the best possible environment for your PC to run in. Using its
advanced RAMFlow system, it tracks your free memory and
automatically manages your RAM to prevent crashes and boost PC
performance. If you are a novice user, you can just install RAM
Boost Pro and enjoy fast automatic memory management and cache
tuning. If you are an advanced user, you can configure "Target"
and "Trigger" levels of RAM to free up the desired amount
of memory. RAM Boost Pro also allows you to view all running applications,
even hidden ones, and how much RAM they use. You can set the CPU
priority for these.
RAM Boost Pro
Features and Guide:
This is the
main "Memory" panel that RAM Boost Pro opens with. The
green graph shows your current level of free memory.
The Blue line
in the graph is the "Target" line, which means this
is the level of RAM that would allow optimal system performance.
You can set the Target level in the "Settings" panel
(see below). By default RAM Boost Pro determines an optimal target
for your PC.
The Red line
in the graph is the "Trigger" line, which means that
if your free memory drops below this line, RAM Boost Pro's RAMFlow
will engage and free up as much RAM as possible, based on your
Target. By default RAM Boost Pro determines a Trigger, but you
can set it to a custom value in the "Settings" panel
(see below).
Free physical
memory (RAM) is shown at the top and in the title bar, and the
amount of Memory Saved each optimization is shown on the bottom-left.
If you want to engage RAMFlow manually and optimize your
RAM, click on "Optimize Now".
This is the
"Processes" panel which shows all running applications
on your PC, whether they are in the background or foreground.
It shows how much RAM each program is using, and the path to the
"exe" file for each one (the program file). To refresh
this list, click "Refresh" at the bottom-left.
If you right-click
an item on this list (as shown) you can set the CPU priority.
This is NOT recommended unless you are an advanced user. You can
also select "End Process" from this menu, which exits
the selected program. Alternately you can End Process by selecting
a program from the list and clicking on the button on the bottom-right.
It is NOT recommended to choose End Process unless you are an
advanced user or are confident that what you are closing is not
a required resource.
This is the
"Settings" panel, where you can set custom "Target"
and "Trigger" levels for your RAM. You can also set
the time scale for the Memory graph, the delay between optimizations,
and the speed that the "free memory" level and the "Processes"
list refresh at.
At the bottom-right
you can choose to have RAM Boost Pro run automatically with Windows
and/or free memory on startup. Also, you can choose to have RAM
Boost Pro run on top of all other open windows.
If you choose
to close RAM Boost Pro, notice that it continues to run in the
System Tray:
This icon shows
your free RAM, and the blue Target and red Trigger lines. To restore
RAM Boost Pro's main window, right-click the System Tray Icon
and choose "Show". You can also choose to "Optimize
Now" from this menu. To exit RAM Boost Pro completely, right-click
on the System Tray Icon and choose "Exit".
System Requirements
RAM Boost Pro
requires a Windows® 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, or XP computer with
at least 16 MB or RAM and a Pentium (or compatible) processor
at 133Mhz or faster.
Contact Info
If you still
have questions about RAM Boost Pro, or would like to report user
issues or known bugs, please email us at support@suzukitech.com.
We will attempt to address each and every issue that is reported
to us. Thanks!
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