hi people i only have 256 of ram in my computer and i want to upgrade to something like 1gb or 512mb can i do this or is it a certain amount i can put in my computer it is a emachines 633 and i think its 600hz any advice would be much apreciated thanks james p.s i dont want advice saying get a new computer because i know its old
hi james, yea get a new pc thats too old man. lol sorry couldn't help myself. if you only use it for surfing and office type stuff 512 would be plenty. you need to find out what type of ram you need, something like cpuz will tell you what you have installed. http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-139.zip
i download music and i want to play games i got vice city on the and when i try play it it just freezes and it is slow when im on the net got to wait ages for the page to load
the tab called memory will give you more info on the type of ram you have. the mainboard tab will also give you the model of that, from which we can find out what and how much you can install. edit if you look at the spd tab it will have pcxxxx number in the maxbandwidth box that too will help.
Go to this site, run the scanner, it will tell you what memory you have, what you can add and any other deatils you might need. http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/
thanks guys i know now my computer can only handle 256mb what do i have to do so i can put more memory in it....???
thats a good link that bigdk, well impressed with that one. james. a new mobo is what would be needed but the getting one that will support your cpu might not be easy. it might be time to consider a whole sale upgrade. sorry man.
Download a free program called Everest it gives you all your system information. You can find it on my profile page.
So you suggest that he downloads and installs a program with the overhead and space requirements that go with it, just to see what memory he can add to the system. Good idea!
"it is slow when im on the net got to wait ages for the page to load " buying more ram wont speed up ure internet but ure isp will also bigdk i wouldnt trust crucial that much i just did a scan it says i could put more than 400gb of ram http://img102.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitledbg4.jpg
Obviously it's not perfect. I can't say I've ever seen an error like that before As a quick search for users without too much PC experience, its still the best way to check what you have compared to what you can add. Most people that knew what they were doing, would just look the mobo up on the manufacturers web site.
