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karmaz00
03-08-2009, 04:15 PM
well im upgarding my dell destop to 4gb of ram now...shoul dhave it done in a week...hopfully its a big difference.:) i know of a few members that have it.. can wait. as awell a new wireless keyboard and mouse.
SixPackSunday
03-08-2009, 04:20 PM
good call, you wont be sad.

what mouse/keyboard?
karmaz00
03-08-2009, 04:23 PM
the ergonomic keyboard...i think its the 4000 wirless laszer package from dell
karmaz00
03-11-2009, 04:22 PM
well i got the ram installed..but its not that much faster...does anyone know if i have to change any setting on my comp to make it faster?
Darrell
03-11-2009, 04:24 PM
Nope, the OS will detect the RAM. It is a PC though, so with 4 GB of RAM it's likely still barely running. ;)
Nabinger16
03-11-2009, 04:27 PM
Nope, the OS will detect the RAM. It is a PC though, so with 4 GB of RAM it's likely still barely running. ;)

Geesh... all this hating on PC's! :fu
mikeyj23
03-11-2009, 04:44 PM
Did you replace all the RAM or just some of it? Unfortunately memory clocks to the slowest card, so if you have 3 brand new 1GB cards that are really fast, they won't be able to run any faster than the slow 1 GB card you left in (as an example).
karmaz00
03-11-2009, 04:45 PM
replaced it all...4 1 g. cards...dont get me wrong, its quick....but i thought it would be lightining :)
larryinlc
03-11-2009, 04:47 PM
It's my understanding that unless you're running a 64 bit operating system, your pc will only be able to utilize 3gb of ram anyway. It will show 4 installed however.

Larry
Darrell
03-11-2009, 04:49 PM
replaced it all...4 1 g. cards...dont get me wrong, its quick....but i thought it would be lightining :)

It's not a Mac. ;)
karmaz00
03-11-2009, 04:50 PM
lol...nope but im looking to get one of the new mac books..for the gf...
larryinlc
03-11-2009, 04:51 PM
To test it, get into some heavy duty photo editing program and create a 50 mb files to work with. This is where you'll see a difference. Other than memory hog programs, you'll just cruise along as you've always done and won't notice much difference

Larry
jledou
03-11-2009, 04:59 PM
make sure that the computer did recongize the upgrade. go to my computer and right click go to properties > the general tab should say how much memory it sees. I have seen some not actually see the full memory upgrade until after you make them recongize it.
karmaz00
03-11-2009, 05:01 PM
yup it did
shilala
03-11-2009, 05:35 PM
yup it did
Did you scan for viruses, adware and malware and get rid of all the background programs you don't use?
That always helps.
Another thing that might be slowing down your page reads is your virus scanner. If you're running real time protection it's scanning the pages as it's serving them up in front of your face.
Some antivirus programs do that poorly. You may want to switch to AVG or Eset. They both work well. :tu
karmaz00
03-11-2009, 05:46 PM
thanks for the help
shilala
03-11-2009, 05:50 PM
One other thing...
You didn't mention what you were using initially. If you already had 2gb of ram, it's unlikely you'd notice any difference at all unless you're running memory intensive applications like CAD or Photoshop.
It's arguable that you wouldn't see much of a difference from 1gb of ram if you're running a nice, clean OS.
If you upgraded from 256mb or 512mb, you'd notice a blazing difference everywhere. :)
karmaz00
03-11-2009, 05:53 PM
1 gb originally... 2 X 512 then i took both them out, and got 4 1gb cards...it is quicker, especially, when my comp is doing a virus scan, im listin to itunes nd surfing the net
shilala
03-11-2009, 05:57 PM
1 gb originally... 2 X 512 then i took both them out, and got 4 1gb cards...it is quicker, especially, when my comp is doing a virus scan, im listin to itunes nd surfing the net
If you're running dual or quad core you can add burning dvd's to that list, too. :tu
DrDubzz
03-11-2009, 06:11 PM
have you defragmented lately?
smokeyandthebandit05
03-11-2009, 06:48 PM
What kind of processor and what speed is it?
karmaz00
03-11-2009, 06:53 PM
dell, 1.8 gh i think. windows xp home. with office 07
SmoknTaz
03-11-2009, 08:08 PM
I think Jason's problem is because he has way too many cigar retailer tabs opened at once! :r :r :r
smokeyandthebandit05
03-11-2009, 08:58 PM
Do you ever clean/fix the registry problems, clean out cookies, defrag? Like the usual maintenance. Im not sure Im not really a computer guy but I have a dual core with 2.8's and only 2 gigs of ram and my computer guy said I dont need more. Do you run alot of programs at start up? I actually just downloaded somethin called Start Up Lite the other night and it finds stuff that you dont need to run in the backround and at start up. I'll look for the link now


http://download.cnet.com/StartUpLite/3000-18512_4-10797024.html?tag=mncol