ram prob

[bigfella]

hi ,i have a very old computer in the spare room .doin nothing,thought i d upgrade the ram and maybe use it as a spareor let some one have who s want to learn.... it s about 8 yr....runs on xp...it s exceedingly slow..so checked ram and it said 256 so checked on crucial website and ran a scan and it said it was poss to up grade ram to 512 (?) so got the details and bought two lots of 256 and installed into the computer...but it s only sayin 256 of ram instead of the 512 i put it into it ...one thing i did notice was when i took the old out it said pc 100 while the new ram was pc 133...so i m no further forward .. still slo to the point of bein u/s....i wondered if any one out there cud help???? many thanks in advance

[kerrywez]

Hi, you need to have the right Ram for your machine, if not then they will not be picked up properly by it. What is the CPU speed, it has more to do with the speed of the machine than Ram? If the PC has been used a lot there will be loads of rubbish on the HDD and if you have, or can borrow, a copy of XP then do a clean install and reform the dish while you are doing it, then you will have a nice new OS on there and it should help the speed a fair bit. It only takes about 40 minutes to do and you will be very happy with the results. If there is anything on there you would like to keep, then download it to a USB stick or DVD and you can put it on the PC when you have installed XP.

Just put the disk with XP on it in the DVD drive and boot your machine and you just follow the instructions on screen, it is real easy.

Regards Wez

[bigfella]

Originally Posted by kerrywez

Hi, you need to have the right Ram for your machine, if not then they will not be picked up properly by it. What is the CPU speed, it has more to do with the speed of the machine than Ram? If the PC has been used a lot there will be loads of rubbish on the HDD and if you have, or can borrow, a copy of XP then do a clean install and reform the dish while you are doing it, then you will have a nice new OS on there and it should help the speed a fair bit. It only takes about 40 minutes to do and you will be very happy with the results. If there is anything on there you would like to keep, then download it to a USB stick or DVD and you can put it on the PC when you have installed XP.

Just put the disk with XP on it in the DVD drive and boot your machine and you just follow the instructions on screen, it is real easy.

Regards Wez

thanks i appreciate wat u are sayin .....but i went to the crucial website and they reccomended the ram i installed.....it was only when i was takin the old ram out i noticed the pc rating was different.....i increased the ram but the mother board is only using half the new ram i installed i was wondering if there was a way of gettin the computer to use all the new ram .......256 ram is not enuff to run xp....xp need s ruffly 500 ram to run properly even a new install ...thatr s ewhy i tried to increase the ram but thanks for ur advice,when i get the ram prob sorted i will deff try and get my hands on a xp disc to install a new o/c...wonders if any one out there has one....also i wondering if any one knew how i cud get the computer to use all the ram i ve installed,,,i e 512 ,it must be ok? as it s usin one of the ram boards i ve installed...256 ...each board is 256 ...

[ant16151189]

Originally Posted by bigfella

thanks i appreciate wat u are sayin .....but i went to the crucial website and they reccomended the ram i installed.....it was only when i was takin the old ram out i noticed the pc rating was different.....i increased the ram but the mother board is only using half the new ram i installed i was wondering if there was a way of gettin the computer to use all the new ram .......256 ram is not enuff to run xp....xp need s ruffly 500 ram to run properly even a new install ...thatr s ewhy i tried to increase the ram but thanks for ur advice,when i get the ram prob sorted i will deff try and get my hands on a xp disc to install a new o/c...wonders if any one out there has one....also i wondering if any one knew how i cud get the computer to use all the ram i ve installed,it must be ok? as it s usin one of the ram boards i ve installed

you can get xp operating system service pack 3 on pirate bay and burn to disk yourself.

very easy to do.