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ChiangMai noon · 06-04-2007, 09:02 PM

My computer is quite slow.
it performs admirably under pressure but it definitely needs more rammage.
So what do I do?

I go to the computer plaza place on the super highway.
I tell them I need more Rams.....
It's here that i start faling down.

Do I need a specific multiple of the already housed rams?
My computer has a measly 256 of them.
Do I have to get another 256 or can I get 512 to go with my 256.

After I have done this, what next?
Is putting them in very easy?

blackgang · 06-04-2007, 09:10 PM

I think you can just buy the sticks that you want to add, we junked a tower while back and I put the sticks out of it in another that we set up for a "give to the school PC".

Thetyim · 06-04-2007, 09:45 PM

You should get Ram of the same speed as your existing ones or it will just work at the lower speed.
No need to match the size providing you don't have dual channel

Oh, you need to match type. have you got DDR or DDR2 ?

ChiangMai noon · 06-04-2007, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Oh, you need to match type. have you got DDR or DDR2 ?

I don't know.

dirtydog · 06-04-2007, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

geting more rams

Only a Welsh Man or a Aussie could start a thread called this

PS, they just are a push fit, unclip your old one and take it down the shop and buy a similar one.

slimboyfat · 06-04-2007, 10:12 PM

check out this page to help you identifying your RAMS

Installing RAM replacement - Illustrated How to Install RAM Memory Replacement DIMM

trust me this is one of the easiest things to upgrade

and you know i am a bit of a technophobe right? amongst other things

blackgang · 06-04-2007, 10:19 PM

DD said

Quote:

Only a Welsh Man or a Aussie could start a thread called this

Yea I kinda wondered when I opened it, thought maybe he was falling behind and needed some help with his ewes, only I was wrong and so were you DD.

man with no head · 06-04-2007, 11:30 PM

CMN: download this utility and it will tell you your RAM type and how many pieces you have.

|MG| Free Download - CPU-Z 1.39

Write down what you have and go buy yourself a single 1GB stick. That'll be plenty.

ChiangMai noon · 06-04-2007, 11:31 PM

Sorry, I didn't d/l that the last time you gave me the link and then I couldn't find it.
will do that right now.

ChiangMai noon · 06-04-2007, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surasak

CMN: download this utility and it will tell you your RAM type and how many pieces you have.

the utility is open but I'm not sure where it tells me what I have to buy?

ChiangMai noon · 06-04-2007, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Oh, you need to match type. have you got DDR or DDR2 ?

DDR apparantly.

Quote:

Write down what you have and go buy yourself a single 1GB stick. That'll be plenty.

then I just clip it in and it updates itself automatically?
no other fiddling?

lom · 06-04-2007, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

the utility is open but I'm not sure where it tells me what I have to buy?

Post a screenshot

ChiangMai noon · 06-04-2007, 11:43 PM

man with no head · 06-04-2007, 11:47 PM

Click on the tab called 'memory.'

slimboyfat · 06-04-2007, 11:48 PM

you might find that your PC motherboard will only take so much RAM

for example my old piece of shit that i am using now is only upgradeable to 1GB of RAM. even if i stick 1GB of RAM in each slot it still will only use 1GB (512 MB for each of the 2 slots)

but really you need at least 512 MB for reasonable performance if you are using Windows XP.

man with no head · 06-04-2007, 11:50 PM

And then the one called 'SPD.' You'll get information shown here:

ChiangMai noon · 06-04-2007, 11:53 PM

there you go

lom · 06-04-2007, 11:54 PM

We need a screenshot of the SPD tab, CMn.

keda · 07-04-2007, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surasak

And then the one called 'SPD.' You'll get information shown here:

The only time I used CPU-Z was to impress a visitor...but to be brutally frank, if you can make sense of it I want to have your baby.

man with no head · 07-04-2007, 12:03 AM

There's quite a bunch of useful information there all rolled up into one small utility. For the supernerds it's important to match up certain RAM sticks (the manufacturing date is helpful for this) for the best compatibility if one wants to overclock the CPU. If I didn't want to bother taking a customer's computer apart I simply inserted a floppy and ran this utility. It's a shame Microsoft doesn't put something like this in Windows. Even MacOS X tells you stuff like this in the System Profiler.

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06-04-2007, 09:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
blackgang I am in Jail Last Online: 25-10-2009 08:00 PM Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Phetchabun city Posts: 13,218	I think you can just buy the sticks that you want to add, we junked a tower while back and I put the sticks out of it in another that we set up for a "give to the school PC".

06-04-2007, 09:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
Thetyim ssshhhhh Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mousehole Posts: 14,788	You should get Ram of the same speed as your existing ones or it will just work at the lower speed. No need to match the size providing you don't have dual channel Oh, you need to match type. have you got DDR or DDR2 ?

06-04-2007, 10:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
slimboyfat SE Asia somewhere Last Online: Yesterday 10:28 PM Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 8,224	check out this page to help you identifying your RAMS Installing RAM replacement - Illustrated How to Install RAM Memory Replacement DIMM trust me this is one of the easiest things to upgrade and you know i am a bit of a technophobe right? amongst other things

06-04-2007, 11:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
man with no head Somewhere Travelling Last Online: 11-08-2007 07:39 PM Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,424	CMN: download this utility and it will tell you your RAM type and how many pieces you have. \|MG\| Free Download - CPU-Z 1.39 Write down what you have and go buy yourself a single 1GB stick. That'll be plenty.

06-04-2007, 11:31 PM	#9 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon punk douche bag Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 28,341	Sorry, I didn't d/l that the last time you gave me the link and then I couldn't find it. will do that right now.

06-04-2007, 11:47 PM	#14 (permalink)
man with no head Somewhere Travelling Last Online: 11-08-2007 07:39 PM Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,424	Click on the tab called 'memory.'

06-04-2007, 11:48 PM	#15 (permalink)
slimboyfat SE Asia somewhere Last Online: Yesterday 10:28 PM Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 8,224	you might find that your PC motherboard will only take so much RAM for example my old piece of shit that i am using now is only upgradeable to 1GB of RAM. even if i stick 1GB of RAM in each slot it still will only use 1GB (512 MB for each of the 2 slots) but really you need at least 512 MB for reasonable performance if you are using Windows XP.

06-04-2007, 11:50 PM	#16 (permalink)
man with no head Somewhere Travelling Last Online: 11-08-2007 07:39 PM Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,424	And then the one called 'SPD.' You'll get information shown here:

06-04-2007, 11:53 PM	#17 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon punk douche bag Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 28,341	there you go

07-04-2007, 12:03 AM	#20 (permalink)
man with no head Somewhere Travelling Last Online: 11-08-2007 07:39 PM Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,424	There's quite a bunch of useful information there all rolled up into one small utility. For the supernerds it's important to match up certain RAM sticks (the manufacturing date is helpful for this) for the best compatibility if one wants to overclock the CPU. If I didn't want to bother taking a customer's computer apart I simply inserted a floppy and ran this utility. It's a shame Microsoft doesn't put something like this in Windows. Even MacOS X tells you stuff like this in the System Profiler.

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