Guest Mr. Slim Citrus Posted December 2, 2002 Report Posted December 2, 2002 I recently bought an extra 128MB for memory for my PC. After I put the chip in and turned my PC back on, the "Performance Status" menu in the "System Properties" window indicates that my PC knows the RAM is there, but it doesn't seem to make any difference whatsoever. Is there something else that I needed to do so that my PC will know to actually use that RAM?
Guest Eagan469 Posted December 2, 2002 Report Posted December 2, 2002 How much RAM did you have before you added the 128? And now how much RAM do you have total?
Guest Mr. Slim Citrus Posted December 2, 2002 Report Posted December 2, 2002 I started with 64MB. System properties currently shows 192MB, but my PC still acts like it's only got 64MB.
Guest Eagan469 Posted December 3, 2002 Report Posted December 3, 2002 Download and install this program: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?...?fid=1023903740 When it's up and running, drag the slider all the way to the right. Does it say 192 MBS? If so, it's installed fine.
Guest Mr. Slim Citrus Posted December 3, 2002 Report Posted December 3, 2002 I guess it's installed fine, then. Still seems to be acting the same, though. So, does that mean that basically, when I gave my PC more memory to use, it started to use more memory to do the same stuff it did before? It just doesn't seem to make sense to me that if my PC used up 15% of its memory to run the resident apps at 64MB, that it should still be using 15% of its memory to run the same apps at 192MB.
Guest Eagan469 Posted December 3, 2002 Report Posted December 3, 2002 Have you tried any 3D games (Quake III, Madden)? My computer originally came with 64 megs of RAM, and the graphics in Quake III were choppy, and the intro video took forever to load. After upgrading to 128, the intro video and in-game graphics were smooth as silk. I think Windows, no matter how much RAM you have, takes a certain percentage of it at boot up to load system drivers (like Windows Explorer) into. So if it took 15% when you had 64, it'll take the same % when you have 192.
Guest Mr. Slim Citrus Posted December 3, 2002 Report Posted December 3, 2002 Nah. The only game I have on my PC is Civ3. The reason I got more RAM is because I do a lot of multi-tasking. The math rules for RAM must not work the same as everything else.
Guest DrTom Posted December 3, 2002 Report Posted December 3, 2002 If you have a recent OS, it should be able to utilize 192 megs easily. Windows 95, IIRC, couldn't use more than 64, so adding anything above that was pointless. That might have been fixed with OSR2 (and I'm fairly positive it was fixed in Win98), but if you have an old OS, that could be your problem.
Guest razazteca Posted December 3, 2002 Report Posted December 3, 2002 have you tried running benchmarks on the system with the added RAM and without it?
Guest razazteca Posted December 3, 2002 Report Posted December 3, 2002 Maximum PC go here for info on benchmarks, this magazine owns you and cost too damn much.
Guest I'm That Damn Zzzzz Posted December 3, 2002 Report Posted December 3, 2002 Take out the original 64 megs of memory and see if it makes a difference.
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