we have 256mb ram, i was looking to have an upgrade of ram installed. to make the computer run faster. so we can keep all the songs we have stored in the puter but i was told it that the songs does not use up ram. what do i need to do to make puter run faster.
2007-02-02 23:55:56 · 11 answers · asked by ronilynn37 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
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2007-02-05 05:38:36 · answer #1 · answered by LoveComputer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does not consume ram to have songs stored. They are stored on the hard drive. The space of your hard drive gets lower as you put more programs, songs, pictures, etc on it. The amount of songs you have is only limited to how much storage (Gb's) your hard drive has.
The ram more so comes into play when you are running programs. The more ram you have, the most programs you can have open at the same time. But if you just run one or two programs, and exit each one before starting something else, then the 256Mb ram will be bearable.
256Mb ram is pretty low, enough to just get by... 512Mb is the least amount I would use for Windows 2000 or XP. 256Mb would be more suited for Windows 98.
2007-02-03 00:04:37 · answer #2 · answered by SharpGuy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Things on your harddrive (songs, programs, etc.) don't use up RAM; RAM is used everytime you run a program or file. The more RAM you have, the faster programs will run and the less they'll lock up (freeze). 256MB is nothing, you should upgrade to at least 512MB of RAM to have your computer even run kind of good. The only other thing that would directly speed up your comp is the processor, but those are nearly impossible to replace unless you know exactly what you're doing.
If you want to hold more songs or if you ran out of room on your hard drive, buy an external hard drive (i.e. Maxtor, Seagate) that can hold all your music.
2007-02-03 00:01:57 · answer #3 · answered by opw290 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
songs only use up RAM when they are being played. Same as software and any other type of file - if it's sitting quietly on your disk, it doesn't use up RAM
But getting your RAM up from 256MB to say 1GB will make a huge difference to speed. This is partly because lots of bits of software don't sit quietly on your disk like they should - they load themselves up so that they're ready and waiting when you need them. A bit like an over-eager butler - you'll keep tripping over him.
Having lots of RAM is a much cheaper way to soup up the performance of your computer than having a fast processor, IMHO.
Disk space becomes important to computer speed when it starts to get low.
2007-02-02 23:59:45 · answer #4 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
N O - just space on your hard drive.
Buying more RAM will speed up the computer.
Also closing programs that you don't need running all the time in your 'task bar' (see start up menu) - every program listed on the taskbar (bottom right side of the screen) is running and many may not have to. Check to see what if any you can close down until you need them. This will also bring a speed increase to your system.
2007-02-03 00:00:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
songs dont use RAM, they are stored on a hard disk
but you do need RAM to make the computer run faster with such a low amount, because RAM is like the amount of 'working memory' the computer has to play with when running things.. less ram means itll have to copy stuff into ram more often which will slow it down
2007-02-02 23:59:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it only takes up your hard disk space... the ram only loads up a file when u are useing it.... so if u want to store a lot of songs in your computer then get a good hard disk
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2016-10-01 08:48:13 · answer #8 · answered by mcfaul 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you are running a program to listen to them. Otherwise they are just stored on your disk.
2007-02-03 00:07:05 · answer #9 · answered by stressin6378 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the songs are in memory.
some things to do to help run faster
defrag
delete cookies
run a spyware detector, clears out all the spyware on you computer
hope that helps
2007-02-03 00:07:24 · answer #10 · answered by Wicked 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋