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How to find out what Memory RAM is install & if I need more

If your computer is running slow, I have found a fabulous tool for you to check what Ram is installed in your computer and how (or if) you can upgrade it so that you computer will run faster. Ram is basically the brain of your computer. The more you have, the faster the system can work. It's like upgrading your education say, from a 6th grader to a High School Graduate.

You can either put in your system info, or click the SCAN MY COMPUTER text under that. If you put in the system information (HP COMPUTER), it will give you much more information.

I click SCAN MY COMPUTER, and DOWNLOAD INSTALL. Seconds after you click to install the program it will open a new window and tell you what you computer can hold at the top. Then below the top boxes, on the left you will see the selections you can have to upgrade like:

Each memory slot can hold DDR PC3200,DDR PC2700 with a maximum of 1GB per slot.*

That is what is important, along with knowing the GB or MB TOTAL you can have, CURRENT MEMORY INSTALLED and TOTAL MEMORY SLOTS> For example I can have 2GB Total Memory, I have 2 slots, one has 1 GB and the other has 512 MB.

Click here to get your free online scan:
http://www.crucial.com/
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Here is another online free Ram checking source:

http://www.ddrmemoryram.com/

Click Scan My System - Click to download - When the new window pops up you want to know this:

Under Memory:
Installed Ram - Maximum Ram & Number of Slots.
Under Installed Memory Detail you want to know what is installed in each slot.

Remember: The more Ram, the better. If your running Windows XP, then system will often struggle with 256 MB ram.

Brief Chart below:

Windows 95 - Seems to be happy with 64 MB. Anything over doesn't get you much performance increase, but if you have anything less, I'd seriously consider getting more memory. The benefit can be quite substantial.

Windows 98/Me - Seems to be happy with 128 MB. Works ok with 64 MB, but you will probably see a significant performance increase by going to 128. Anything over 128 generally doesn't get you much.

Windows NT (Workstation) - Seems to be happy with 128 MB for most things.

Windows NT (Server) - Can run with 128 MB, but more is better. Definitely consider getting 256 MB or more if this server is going to have a heavy demand on it.

Windows 2000 - At least 128 MB, and basically as much as you can throw at it. Seriously consider 256 MB or more if it's got a heavy demand on it.

Windows XP - Hard to say, but 256 MB minimum, and almost certainly would work better with more.
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How much Ram does my computer have ?

Find your My Computer icon either on your desktop or by clicking START>MY COMPUTER. Right-click it, and then left click on Properties. In the screen that comes up, in a section called Computer it should say how much memory you have. In this example, this computer has 192MB of RAM.
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