Problems with my late 2008 Mac book pro 2.4 GHZ

[solarisc]

So i upgraded to 6GB from 4GB. Upgraded to SL, and firmware for the fan, and now it did performed worst. Safari crashed a few times now. The fan run a little loud and the so much resources are used when i only used safari and preview and thunderbird and 3GB of RAM is used right now.

How could that take that much ram? and how do i reduce the inactive ram?

And how to lower the fan speed/noise?

Should i go back to 4GB and i don't see any improvement with 6GB? i know silly idea but this bothered me a whole deal

 

[RKpro]

Well Apple did say 4GB is the max for that model. Try putting the 4GB back in, and see if these problems go away, and you will have your answer.

I have the same machine, with all the latest updates, and 4GB and it's perfectly fine.

 

[solarisc]

How do disable the "inactive" processes?

They took a lot of resources

 

[cluthz]

How do disable the "inactive" processes?

They took a lot of resources

Inactive processes doesn't steal resources if you refer to Activity Monitor.
If you use 3GB of 6GB, you will not have any slowdowns.

I would try go back to 4GB again, try that for a few days and see if you still have problems.

 

[fm2503]

6GB is running rock solid for me in this model. Don't worry about inactive memory. Free memory is wasted memory.

What 4GB stick did you get?