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Upgrading Ram

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by Ziken, May 16, 2009.

  1. Ziken

    Ziken Member

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    Hey there, all though I've been working on my pc for a while now, I'm kind of new to the concept of upgrading.

    Recently, I bought 1gb RAM. I already had 512 present in the form of three 128 cards.

    I tried out the three cards, with my 1gig, and it picks it up as 1.5gig RAM. However, I noticed the pc, still takes a little longer to load.

    Now, I'm just running the pc with 1gig.

    I was wondering if its a good idea, to leave 2 128 on 2 slots on a side, and install the 1gig on the other side.

    Also, is there a sort of primary, and secondary slot section for RAM, and how do you find out if there is?
     
  2. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    3x128 is not 512 meg but 384 meg. what speed is the cpu? how much stuff do you have in your startup/taskbar? what is the make & model# of the computer or motherboard to see what you have? onboard video or seperate videocard? ide or sata hd tho presume ide because of ram?
     

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