I have a 6 or 7 year old dell inspiron desktop PC and it runs fine but it runs extremely slow because of the RAM its got 256MB or ram and a Intel Pentium 4 Processer and It really needs a RAM upgrade and I want too know how much I would be able to upgrade the RAM without Frying the Mother Board and I was planning on adding one GB and possibley taking out the 256MB so all i want to know is what would be a safe upgrade amount thanks
2007-12-25 14:19:00 · 10 answers · asked by saladfingers84 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Go to crucial.com and hit "scan my computer" to find out how much you can upgrade per slot.
2007-12-25 14:21:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't even bother to upgrade just replace the board and chip and memory! I just did 6 upgrades for a few people and I put toghther the following system a ECS board with onboard video (256), 2gb ddr2 memory and a dual core athalon 64 5500 cpu for $225 parts! By the time you buy 2 gb of ddr memory you may as well spend the extra 50 bucks on a whole new system!
2007-12-25 15:59:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the Crucial site everyone else has suggested and click on "scan my system" If it shows you can run faster ram than what you have in now I suggest you yank the ram that's in it now and load it up with the fastest ram it will support. If you add faster ram it will just run the speed of the slower ram thats in your system.
2007-12-25 14:40:29 · answer #3 · answered by s j 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to crucial.com they will run a scan of your computer to see what the RAM capacity is. Plus they will give you info on how to upgrade the memory
2007-12-25 14:21:56 · answer #4 · answered by Alexander 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
confident, improve to a minimum of 2Gb, the recent prevalent. circulate to the dell internet site and to confirm what sort you go with. ought to be everywhere from $20-forty. this could critically boost your computers overall performance. computers are transforming into extra fee-effective, and you'd be able to get a first rate twin middle processor for $500 and a minimum of 2Gb's of ram and a very roomy 200Gb perplexing rigidity. in case you prefer to make that bounce. you probable won't be able to enhance the pix card in that laptop on account that PCI exhibit did no longer relatively come on that many computers lower back then, so in case you improve your total laptop and then improve the pix card for a a approaches more desirable laptop than the single you have ideal now.
2016-11-25 00:27:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
how much does the motherboard support? there is really nothing unsafe you can do as far as too much ram if you put to much in it just wont work, it wont hurt the motherboard. just find out how much the motherboard supports and go with the max you can get.
2007-12-25 14:21:50 · answer #6 · answered by skibbitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use this softwares to identify your motherboard model, and ram model installed on your unit.
EVEREST Ultimate Edition 4.20 or PC Wizard 2008 1.81
use search engines to get their websites, then you can search for your motherboard model, and know how much RAM it can handle. older mobos might "hang-up" if you give it too much RAM.
2007-12-25 14:25:09 · answer #7 · answered by collapsar 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can either go to the Dell website to find out, or go to Crucial. They can scan your pc & advise you.
2007-12-25 14:23:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Your other answers are good. Here is the link to the memory scanner program. http://crucial.com/ I would get 1GB.
2007-12-25 14:24:36 · answer #9 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Add 1 or 2 GB. Trust me, I know.
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2007-12-25 14:21:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋