Ok I Did that and I got the info. But now I wanna upgrade my comp and make it run faster or add my ram. But the kid that I have been talking to he said I need to find the speed and I told him what i found but he say's that's not it. And when i right click on my computer it say's AMD Athlon XP (1800+) 1.53GHz, 228 MB of RAM Isn't That The Speed. If not how do I find it then. This is pissing me off.
if you want to upgrade the ram, you need to know the clock speed of the ram. you can find this in your BIOS. basically, you want to try to run sticks that match each other for size and speed...this is typically the most efficient configuration. if you want to upgrade your processor, you need to find out what series of processors your motherboard can run. if you've already maxed out your motherboard's capabilities, then you'll need a new motherboard to upgrade to a faster processor. in turn, if you have to go this route, you might need new ram, a new graphics card, etc etc. plus, possibly a new power supply.
the link below will show you all the info you need to know to make any plans for upgrading, or at least let you find out how far you can upgrade you current setup. http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-139.zip my guess is that your on a socket a board and could get upto 1gb of ddr400 ram and upto a 3200 athlon xp cpu, if you can find one for sale. more ram will breath new life in to an older machine and make it more responsive. after you download cpuz it will run from the .exe, along the top look in the tab for motherboard and then google the model number it says yours is ,hat way you can find out what it will support.
well when i comes to this type of stuff i'm dumb at it. so how would i get into the bios to check that out. or how can i find it in the bios.
what is the make & model# of the computer or motherboard? for the motherboard, it is printed on the printed circuit board not on the chips.
it appears you're running pc2100 ram. so there's your ram speed. if your motherboard supports it, you could run pc2700 or pc3200 ram, up to a gig or so, it looks like.
yay, my sources were right. but, ddp, whats the max speed/amount of ram he can have? that 256 stick of pc2100 has to be killing him.
he might be only 512meg or can be as high as 2gig. depends on motherboard maker if he can use pc3200 ram as it might not post.
