Macbook Pro Ram Issues

Hey everyone,
Quick question. I've noticed that my Macbook Pro has been taking longer than normal to load certian applications. I thought i'd look into the situation. My storage is fine (nearly 300 gb free).. however when I checked into the Ram, it's saying that Im using 3.99 gb out of 4gb of Ram (see picture attached).
Is there anything that I can do? Or should I just upgrade my Ram?
Thanks!
-Tim

Thanks for the replies!
I have attached a few different screen shots.
Also- I do not have any virus protection software on my mac.

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    #2 Panic
    Interval Since Last Panic Report: 1490834 sec
    Panics Since Last Report: 7
    Anonymous UUID: AC46B310-CEBD-4130-AAD5-8D163B949E0D
    Thu Mar 3 18:30:57 2011
    panic(cpu 2 caller 0x9d3bfa): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xa5e82000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
    Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
    0x82f79bd8 : 0x21b50c (0x5d4438 0x82f79c0c 0x223974 0x0)
    0x82f79c28 : 0x9d3bfa (0xbe92bc 0xc59940 0xbf8424 0x0)
    0x82f79cc8 : 0xaee640 (0xe4e0804 0xe624004 0x100 0x2)
    0x82f79d18 : 0xae5639 (0xe624004 0x100 0x82f79d48 0x9c36d7)
    0x82f79d48 : 0x171a9ce (0xe624004 0x100 0x438004ee 0x29eac3)
    0x82f79e88 : 0xb0d2bd (0xe624004 0xe4db004 0x0 0x0)
    0x82f79ec8 : 0x9dce63 (0xe624004 0xe4db004 0x0 0x0)
    0x82f79f68 : 0x9d946f (0x0 0x9 0x0 0x0)
    0x82f7a118 : 0x9db5fb (0x0 0x600d600d 0x7027 0x82f7a148)
    0x82f7a1e8 : 0xc84975 (0xc1d00041 0xbeef0003 0x18512500 0x71)
    0x82f7a288 : 0xc84e9f (0x6d204000 0x18512500 0x184fc004 0x0)
    0x82f7a2c8 : 0xc5ce0b (0x6d204000 0x18512500 0x184fc004 0x0)
    0x82f7a2f8 : 0xc84572 (0x6d204000 0x18512500 0x184fc004 0x0)
    0x82f7a318 : 0xc5c418 (0x6d204000 0x18512500 0x184fc004 0x0)
    0x82f7a338 : 0xc84e4a (0x6d204000 0x184fc000 0x2 0x2)
    0x82f7a378 : 0xc5f7b9 (0x6d204000 0x184fc000 0x0 0x184fc000)
    0x82f7a3b8 : 0xc5d269 (0x6d204000 0x6d3cf000 0x6d3d8000 0x1808d400)
    0x82f7a408 : 0xcafbed (0x6d204000 0x6d3cf000 0x6d3d8000 0x1808d400)
    0x82f7a498 : 0xca13c1 (0x1808d400 0x184fc000 0x0 0x1)
    0x82f7a4f8 : 0xca1628 (0x6d3cf000 0x6d3cf77c 0x184fc000 0x0)
    0x82f7a548 : 0xca1afc (0x6d3cf000 0x6d3cf77c 0x82f7a86c 0x82f7a80c)
    0x82f7a888 : 0xc9e945 (0x6d3cf000 0x6d3cf77c 0x1 0x220673)
    0x82f7a8a8 : 0xc665a1 (0x6d3cf000 0x6d3cf77c 0x18513100 0x500547)
    0x82f7a8d8 : 0xca0408 (0x6d3cf000 0x82f7aa1c 0x82f7a908 0x6d3cf000)
    0x82f7a918 : 0xc6a8de (0x6d3cf000 0x82f7aa1c 0x82f7aa1c 0x82f7a980)
    0x82f7aa58 : 0xca3cfe (0x6d3cf000 0x0 0x82f7ab6c 0x82f7ab68)
    0x82f7ab08 : 0xc66c93 (0x6d3cf000 0x0 0x82f7ab6c 0x82f7ab68)
    0x82f7ab88 : 0x565a88 (0x6d3cf000 0x0 0x82f7addc 0x82f7ac14)
    0x82f7abd8 : 0x566327 (0xcf4e20 0x6d3cf000 0x17ce2188 0x1)
    0x82f7ac28 : 0x566bdb (0x6d3cf000 0x10 0x82f7ac70 0x0)
    0x82f7ad48 : 0x285bce (0x6d3cf000 0x10 0x17ce2188 0x1)
    0x82f7bdf8 : 0x21d8ba (0x17ce2160 0x1720f5a0 0x1fd590 0xa017)
    Backtrace continues...
    Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
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    dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.2.6)@0x96d000
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    dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.2.6)@0x96d000
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    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2)@0x93e000
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    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x92d000
    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2)@0x960000
    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2)@0x93e000
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Microsoft PowerP
    Mac OS version:
    10J567
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 10.6.0: Wed Nov 10 18:13:17 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.26~3/RELEASE_I386
    System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 404911465926
    unloaded kexts:
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    loaded kexts:
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    Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
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    I "fixed" it, I did a fresh install and restore and that power point issue is gone.  It works now without crashing but I am using Snow Leopard 10.6.4 now instead of 10.6.7.  I'm going to update and see what happens.

  • MacBook Pro performance issues w/2nd monitor and FCP7

    I have this MacBook Pro bought brand-new in January 2010:
      Model Name: MacBook Pro
      Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,2
      Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
      Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz
      Number Of Processors: 1
      Total Number Of Cores: 2
      L2 Cache: 6 MB
      Memory: 8 GB
      Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
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    Chris

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    It is connected via a mini-DVI to D-sub analog (not that that should matter?) and all appeared fine.
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    I ran activity monitor and had CPU usage history open
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    I had a 256 MB RAM that came out of my Mac Min when I upgraded it with the 2 x 1GB I took out of my MacBook when I upgraded to the current memory.  I stuck this in the upper slot and the MacBook booted with 2.25GB memory as expected 
    So I ordered a new 2GB memory and installed it in the top slot and I received the same LED error message ... 3x flashes followed by a pause
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    I then took the older memory that was booting from the lower slot and installed it at the top slot ... 3x flashes followed by a pause
    I'm at a loss now on what to do next.  Any ideas?
    Thanks in advance for your help.

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    Just bought a new 15" MacBook pro with lion (2.0 GHz i7, 4GB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive @7200 RPM)  I am having a small problem with the graphics / animations in Lion (spefically entering mission control).  After a fresh startup, the animations seem "choppy" but after I put the computer to sleep and then wake it, everything works fine.  The issue started after I install 10.7.1 but not at the same time.  Does anyone else have this issue or have any insight into what could be causing it?  Thanks!
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    I just recently received my MacBook Pro this past Wednesday and I've been addicted since. This is the first Mac I've ever owned and felt it was time to move onto something better and more stable than M$. I do use Linux but it doesn't have near the support like Mac does except maybe Suse (only because of Novell).
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