Adding RAM

Here are the steps:
http://tinyurl.com/22qtsf

handle the chips with care, make sure you're properly grounded, disconnect the power cord and gently but firmly seat the RAM in the proper slot in the correct direction.

There aren't any particular extraordinary requirements.

As long as you're installing the type of RAM your system calls for, it should be 'no problemo!'
;-)

This will occur if you have Dual Chanel RAM and you fit a third stick your system will be forced to run in Single Chanel Mode so the FSB of the CPU will be cut in half.

If you where to add 2 additional 512 MEG Sticks this wouldn't be an issue but adding 1 additional Stick may cause the system to not run to the best performance possible.

It really all depends on the hardware involved here which wasn't made mention of in either this or the previous question.

If your system runs with Single Chanel RAM there will be no difference in speed of the FSB for the CPU but the hardware would have to be fairly old for this not to come into play.

The difference here is that Windows will happily support 3 GIG of RAM but the Hardware required 2 lots of 2 Sticks of RAM to maintain the Dual Chanel RAM that it uses for best performance.

As for fitting the RAM open the case and insert it into the Socket. Just remember not to touch the old contacts on the RAM and to touch the case before reaching inside it to bring it to the same Static Potential as you are at. Also unplug the Mains wouldn't hurt.

Col

Its model number is A6113.fr (French version). It came with Vista, which I have removed and replaced with XP (SP3). I have found a pair of 512MB DDR 667 SDRAM for relatively speaking, peanuts, so I shall take your advice and install those; anyway I shall have the 1GB memory in reserve!

Thanks

Paul

Is that it still lacks a lot of drivers so you may find some of your hardware unable to work.

For some reason M$ hasn't pushed 64 Bit OS's in any form like they did when things moved to 32 Bit so the Hardware makers haven't jumped on the bandwagon and written 64 Bit Drivers and applications for their hardware.

But otherwise it is the way to go and will be the accepted standard at some future point in time. Of course if you where not talking M$ Windows the 64 Bit Platform is already here and is being well used by many.

Col

Thanks again for that: I had a nightmare with my hardware with Vista, so I think I'll leave 64-bit alone! Everything works right now!

Paul