i recently involved myself in a computer beta (nda and all) but i cant load up the game because it says i need 500 megs of physical memory, can someone tell me how i check that, and if there is a way i can increase it without cracking open my cpu?
2007-10-22 18:12:19 · 14 answers · asked by mweatherkid 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Depending on what amount you have installed, and what OS, you are running will determine if it is possible. With Vista you can use a pen drive to increase the memory. If you go into msconfig and clean all the startup programs that are not needed, you can also clean a lot of space. You will probably need 768M minimum to run what all is needed and also enough free space.
2007-10-22 18:18:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you hold down the windows key and press 'pause', system properties will open, displaying how much RAM the system has, if you do not have a video card it will take the amount of RAM down to share for the video.
You could also find out from the BIOS setup by pressing F2, F11 or DEL on system startup. (BIOS setup button is different on some machines)
2007-10-22 18:18:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
right click on "my computer" icon, select properties, it'll show you the amount of RAM your computer has near the bottom of that window. You can upgrade but you do have to open the case (PC not CPU - CPU is a chip). It's pretty easy if you're good at following directions but if you're not comfortable opening up a PC you might want to have a pro do it.
2007-10-22 18:18:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can click on the start button, click on accessories, and then clean up the disk first, then click on defragment and it will tell you how much memory you have at the top of the screen. There may be easier ways to do this but by doing it this way you can also defragment at the same time and perhaps gain a little memory at the same time.
2007-10-22 18:17:43 · answer #4 · answered by Al B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"physical memory is a term used to describe the total amount of memory installed in the computer. For example, if the computer has two 256MB memory modules installed, it has a total of 512 of physical memory." - computer hope.com
you can also go to www.crucial.com (a top memory retailer) and they will scan your computer for free and tell you your best options for upgrade (if an upgrade is possible or even needed)
2007-10-22 18:20:36 · answer #5 · answered by Thomas (Ca) 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Computer, right click onyour Hard Drive, Properties
2007-10-22 18:15:29 · answer #6 · answered by 5c0tt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On Windows XP, go to contol panel, performance and maintainence, click basic information about your computer, click advanced, click performance, click settings, and then advanced again.
To add RAM, you'll have to open your computer. No getting around it.
2007-10-22 18:19:30 · answer #7 · answered by kelly4u2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
click on my computer then on drivec local drivec and itl show a graph of how much memory you have. upgrading memory you need to buy external drive costs aroun 150 at best buy and uses us cable
2007-10-22 18:17:23 · answer #8 · answered by nicky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Belarc advisor, is a free scn and will give you all the specs on your computer or you can do cruicel memory scan too!
2007-10-22 18:15:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to start...then Accessories....system tools and then System information....there it will give you the total physical memory available...
2007-10-22 18:42:29 · answer #10 · answered by kaushik s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋