Question regarding RAM?

Question

Firstly, how to determine the speed of the RAM in my CPU?
Secondly, I have a 256MB RAM at the moment. I bought a 512MB RAM the other day. There are 2 slots for RAM on the motherboard, one already has a RAM (256mb) card in it. Now, can I insert the 512 MB card into the other slot?

Answer 1

First use the Belarc below and save. It will tell you what your motherboard is and memory it is using.

You need to get the computer brand and number and look it up as to what the max memory it can hold.

If you only have two slots and 512 Mb in one then you could put the other 512 in place. BUT if your machine could handle 2 Gb of memory then you might want to go back and exchange for a !Gb.

The reason being if you decide to update from 512 Mb to 1 Gb then the money you spent on the 512 Mb is lost unless you know someone to sell it to.

Go to belarc for system analysis. If you have a used or custom pc, you can find out type of motherboard in it and also tells how much memory you have in. Google brand and number to find out the max memory your computer can handle. In belarc, google motherboard to find out max memory it can handle.

Go to crucial to find out type of memory you have and what to put in it. It explains about memory. Excellent support and prices.

Go to pcworld and LEARN about computer innards and what memory to buy, upgrade, and other stuff.

Go to cnet for above to. Subscribe to pcworld and cnet and its free.

Answer 2

1. Right click on My Computer and select properties. The amt of RAM is lited in the first window.

2. You can insert the second RAM stick as long as it is compatible with your motherboard and the type of RAM stick that you already have. For example DDR cannot be used SDRAM.

Aside from that, go ahead and do the install then reboot.

Answer 3

yes
the combination
will give you 512+256
go to smartcomputing.com
for the cpu question