ram issues

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Martin Hopkinson

How do i find out exactly what type of ram i have installed in my computer?
Any methods without taking the case off of the computer would be most
helpful because i'm not too confident in that area. I'm looking to buy some
more ram to give my system a boost and so need to know the usual stuff like
how many pins the speed and type etc. I'm sure you know infinately more
about it than i do.

Thanks in advance, any advice will be of great help to me

Hoppo
 
Martin Hopkinson said:
How do i find out exactly what type of ram i have installed in my computer?
Any methods without taking the case off of the computer would be most
helpful because i'm not too confident in that area. I'm looking to buy some
more ram to give my system a boost and so need to know the usual stuff like
how many pins the speed and type etc. I'm sure you know infinately more
about it than i do.

Thanks in advance, any advice will be of great help to me

Hoppo
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Go to www.crucial.com or www.kingston.com and see what they recommend
for your specific computer. Note that if it is not a major brand
computer then you will need to know the make and model of the
motherboard in your machine.

Adding more memory can noticeably improve performance only if the
added memory results in reduced usage of the virtual memory paging
file. Therefore if the paging file is not currently being used to any
significant extent then adding more memory will not provide a
significant improvement.

This applies regardless of how much or how little RAM is currently
installed in the computer.

You can download a free utility to check on the actual paging file
usage in Windows XP from
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm or from
http://billsway.com/notes_public/WinXP_Tweaks/

If that utility reports actual paging file usage of 50 mb or more on a
regular basis then there is almost certainly significant paging
activity occurring and adding more RAM is therefore going to improve
performance.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
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If you cannot lay your hands upon the PC's manuals:

SiSoft's Sandra
http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/index.php?dir=&location=sware_dl&lang=en

Belarc Advisor
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Unlimited Possibilities' AIDA32
http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32

Also, Crucial Memory's web site (www.crucial.com) has a database
to help to find the right RAM for your specific make and model PC.


Bruce Chambers

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