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What are Hard Faults Per Second & How to Reduce Them?
Keep your RAM free of errors with these methods
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
updated onOctober 4, 2023
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If you have opened the Performance tab on Task Manager, navigated to Resource Monitor to find the Memory tab showing hundreds of hard faults per second, and wondering what it is? Then, you are at the right place!
This guide will discuss hard faults and how to reduce them to keep your computer up and running.
What are hard faults per second?
Hard Faults, previously known as Page faults, occur when the operating system retrieves memory pages from the disk rather than from the in-memory pages that the memory manager maintains.
Usually, most hard faults are like normal background processes in your Windows, which go unnoticed. However, an invalid hard fault tries to access a memory address that doesn’t exist. And when the program can’t locate the new address, the OS might terminate it, resulting in a crash.
What causes hard faults?
The main reason for the increased number of hard faults is insufficient RAM. However, there could be various causes as well. Here we have listed some of them:
How can I reduce hard faults?
1. Disable and Enable Page.sys
2. End Task using Resource Monitor
3. Extend RAM on your computer
If none of those mentioned above helped you, it seems time to extend your computer’s physical RAM. You cancheck the RAM availableon your PC via System Configuration, and if it doesn’t meet the recommended requirements to run OS, you should buy additional RAM or extend the one you have.
So, this was our guide to help you understand what hard faults per second are and how to reduce them when they increase excessively. Try these methods and let us know which worked for you in the comments below.
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Vladimir Popescu
Being an artist his entire life while also playing handball at a professional level, Vladimir has also developed a passion for all things computer-related.
With an innate fascination for research and analysis, and realizing many other people share his passion for this subject, he delved into writing Windows-related articles, so other people can also benefit from the acquired information.
When not writing kick-ass articles, Vladimir likes to spend his time doing Crossfit and creating art.
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