Re: Computer Running very Slow
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:24:42 -0700
Evan Platt wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:52:00 -0800, Saeed
<Saeed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Poeple
Hope someone can help. I have a home made pc which has a 2.80 g intel
Pentuim 4 processor. Hard Drive is 82.34G which has 35.51 Free space
also the memory is 256MB and the Bus is 133 Megahertz. I have been
told that the memory is whats slowing the pc down if this si true
what sort of memory would i require to speed up the pc?
More memroy.
Take a look at your amount of free memory. I'd bet there's almost
none.
Yes, it's very likely true that there's almost no free memory. But that is
*good*, not bad.
In normal operation there is always no free memory or very little. As a
general rule, you should not have *any* available RAM. Available RAM is
wasted RAM. You paid for all of it and shouldn't want to see any of it
wasted. Windows works hard to keep all your RAM working for you all the
time, for example using it for cache if your apps don't need it, then taking
it back again if your apps need it later.
I'd go to 512 MB or even 1 GB.
Although 256MB is on the low side of how much provides acceptable
performance for many people, this is *not* a one-size-fits-all situation.
You get good performance if the amount of RAM you have keeps you from using
the page file, and that depends on what apps you run. Most people running a
typical range of business applications find that somewhere around 256-384MB
works well, others need 512MB. Almost anyone will see poor performance with
less than 256MB, but very rarely does having more than 512MB improve
performance, except for those people doing things like editing large
photographic images, who can often see a performance boost by adding even
more than 512MB--sometimes much more.
Simply adding more RAM without finding out whether that's where the problem
lies usually results in people's wasting their money. If you are currently
using the page file significantly, more memory will decrease or eliminate
that usage, and improve your performance. If you are not using the page file
significantly, more memory will do nothing for you. Saeed should go to
http://billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/winxp%5Ftweaks/ and download
WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your pagefile usage. That should give you
a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how much more.
If Saeed is experiencing poor perfromance, he should note that these days
the most common cause for performance issues is malware infestation. The
first thing to do is always to be sure you are free of malware. I recommend
that he go to Malke's Malware Removal site at
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware and follow
the instructions there.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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