HOW DO YOU VERIFY THAT THE MEMORY YOU ADDED INTO YOUR DESKTOP IS BEING USED?
I poverty to add 512 mb into my machine but prototypal how do i undergo it was additional and does the newborn module add on to my underway memory. I currentyl hit 256 mb so module adding 512 provide me a newborn amount module for my machine of 768 mb
when you install the ram chip and boot your computer it will automatically read it, to aboslutly make sure load windows and right click on the my computer icon then click on properties and it will tell you how much ram is installed
Watch carefully as the boot process displays messages. The amount of memory detected should be displayed very early in the start up process right after the BIOS displays its message identifying the BIOS brand name (Award, etc.)
To my liking Zack answered this well, I’d just like to add about the ram compatibility. It sounds like you’re running Sdram memory, probably 133MHz speed. If you currently have 256MB’s of 133MHz Sdram, you can add 2 more ’sticks’ of this, but you should/could, look up what the maximum amount is that your motherboard will support. If it had three slots in the old days, I just tried ‘em out! Make sure it’s 133Mhz ram you’re trying to install, not 100MHz. You can put 133MHz ram in a computer that uses 100MHz ram, but cannot step up. That is putting 100MHz ram in a 133MHz ram machine. Also, some of the older computers were real picky about the ram. Emachines, Compaq, and a cupla’ others, had to have the same voltage requirements, and ram timings. That’s why it’s always good to use a memory configurator like the one for free from Crucial.com,(Crucial System Scanner Tool). This tells you how much ram you currently have installed, what kind, and in what slot/s. It also tells you what kind you can use, and what the maximum amount in MB’s, (or GB’s. Depends on the computer), is that your motherboard will support. I used to use them, back in the day. Emachines.com/Support said the maximum amount my old T1090 could use was 256MB’s. Crucial said 512MB’s. They were right! It still works great! I loan it out to people while I work on their computers. I use a Gateway with Pentium 4, 3.2GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1GB of Dual Channel DDR 400MHz ram, and a ATI Radeon X600XT graphics card. Gettin’ ready to go Core2 Duo, DDR2 800MHz Dual Channel ram, and 8800GT graphics card.
if you right click on My Computer, and select properties, it will tell you some basic system information such as processor type/speed, and current amount of installed RAM
just an FYI…all memory isn’t the same. depending on the age of your computer, it will take a specific format. make sure you get the right one. also, if the specifications of the memory you have and the memory you’re adding don’t match up, it might not work.