ram installed properly?

Question

how do i know if i installed my ram upgrade properly?

i had to use a little bit more force popping the thing in place than i previously thought i had to, and that's why i'm asking.

my computer booted normally, though i didn't really note whether it was faster or what not.

thanks!

THANKS GUYS I think I got it right then.

Answer 1

Ram is not installed into a ZIF socket as your processor is. Sometimes it takes a little extra push to get it seated in the bank correctly, just keep in mind that your motherboard is not a solid layer so always listen for any unusual noise when installing these chips. The early model motherboards such as the 32 pin 1 meg and four meg chips had a bank of sockets that to had to insert the ram chip into on a forty-five degree angle an then pull sideways to snap them in place properly. The same style was also used on some EDO “Extended Data Output” ram.
However that older technology is long gone and all of us now have to push the chips into “bank zero” and “bank one” with that little extra force. I don’t like doing that and from your question neither do you care much for that, but today if were going to upgrade as they say (When in Rome).
Now for checking the ram the correct way.
Go to your start button then to accessories and then get to the command prompt.
Once you get to the black screen just type in this:
MEM
Then hit enter
Now look for this number 655360
If you see that you in business if not you have cracked something that is not allowing the ram to function at full capacity, or you have just installed some incompatible ram into the machine.

To get out of the command prompt just type the word EXIT and hit enter.

Good luck

Hope this helps!

Sparky Miller
Wellsville, Ohio

Answer 2

first and foremost, if the modules are not sitting in the slots correctly, ur system will start beeping and will never complete post, and second, if u dont find any diffrence, then may be ur computer may be in need of some cleanup, check if u have any unnecessary programs installed, make sure u remove Internet cache regularly, and clearup startup items, do a disk cleanup and defrag. (do a defrag only twice in a year)

Answer 3

Click on Start, Control Panel

Double click on the System Icon.

Click on the General Tab.

You will see three headings

System:

Registered to:

Computer:

Look under Computer - You will see something like this:


Computer:
Intel(R), Pentium(R) IV CPU
2800 MHz
2.8 GHz, 1.5 Gb of RAM


In the above example 1.5 Gb of RAM is the total installed RAM.

Good Luck.

Answer 4

Go to your "My Computer" Icon and right click. Click "Properties". There, you will see how much is installed along with what version of windows you're using. If it doesn't add up, then there is something wrong.

Answer 5

well, if it started up and the computer recognizes the right amount and all, id say it went fine. it can be hard to get in but there is a technique to it, you are supposed to insert it at a slant, one side in first and then they other locking it down with the side pins. and it can only go in one way, id say you got it in the right way.
see here: http://www.kitchentablecomputers.com/assemble7.htm

Answer 6

Go to start and then run (Or find it if your on Vista) type dxdiag, wait, then look, does it say you have more RAM?

If you do, well, thats good.

Answer 7

go to contro; panel then system and it will tell how much you have