Re: RAM question

AW

Try to answer Paul.s questions.

Could you tell us the make and model number of the motherboard ?
Or, if you bought the computer from Dell or HP, what the make and
model number of the computer is ?

This freeware programme is excellent for getting information about
your computer:
Everest Home Edition (freeware)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

Tip: To copy select Report, Quick Report, Plain Text, highlight
required text, right click and select copy. However, whilst this is
fine for posting small amounts of information into newsgroup messages
longer reports will irritate other newsgroup subscribers.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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AW wrote:
Paul
Please see below.

Go and everyone else who has contributed - many thanks for your
advice.
I am not too good with computers but just know the basics. I think
that you are correct and I've become horribly confused. I was looking
at the first screen (which you say is the DOS screen) and didn't know
that 128MB of RAM was the maximum that can load. Right clicking 'My
Computer' does show 512MB of RAM.
I had a problem some months ago when video games and sometimes other
applications locked up totally and I had to restart. I was advised on
another forum (or possibly this one) to alter the BIOS setting 'DRAM
Timing Settings' to an 'AGP Aperture Size' of 256MB i.e half my total
RAM. Does this mean thereforethat I have lost 256MB of my RAM before
I even start computing?
I will ask my original question again and hope that someone can
answer it. If I buy another 512MB stick of RAM will I see a big
difference in performance or hardly any? If I did buy the stick and
installed it should I up the 'DRAM Timing Settings' to an 'AGP
Aperture Size' of 512MB or leave it at 256MB.

Many thanks again


AW wrote:
Do you mean under the 'Performance' Tab?
Physical Memory (K)
Total 523K
Available 127K
System Cache 234K

Kernel Memory (K)
Total 59772
Paged 41784
Unpaged 17988

Does this tell you anything and if so is it incorrect and how do I
remedy the situation? As I said earlier I was going to buy a
similar 512MB and put this in - would this help?
Thanks

Could you tell us the make and model number of the motherboard ?
Or, if you bought the computer from Dell or HP, what the make and
model number of the computer is ? (Because we may be able to figure
out the motherboard and chipset from that info.)

Some chipsets have limits to the range of addresses they can generate
for row and column address. If you plug a 512MB DIMM into a chipset
which supports 256MB sized sticks max, sometimes that will register
as a 128MB stick. The reduction in capacity is due to the limitations
of addressing in the hardware.

Usually, you'll get some warning of this, if you visit Crucial.com
or Kingston.com and use their search engine for memory upgrades.
Based on seeing the limits of the size of memory they are selling,
that will give you a hint as to what DIMMs might be too big for
the computer.

Paul


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