How do I install more RAM?

[DivineRevival]

Make sure it's the right RAM your motherboard can use. You can't just RAM any stick in there and expect it to work.

If you're having trouble with compatability you could find something on the Crucial tech site.

That's obviously why I posted with this. I'm running Crucial system scan right now.

[cloud775]

yeah you need an exact copy of your ram,well besides the serial code

for example let's say I have 1gig of ram, it's made by kingston and it says kvr333 on the box,well go surf your intarwebz until you find another 1 gig kvr333 stick made by kingston then open up your com pooper and shove it in there next to the other one and it should recognize it instantly

[FabianN]

Umm.. no. Don't listen to this guy, the brand doesn't have to be the same

Not to work, but for the advantage of Dual Channel, the two Dual Channel sticks need to be of the exact same model. Sometimes depending on the company, you need to make sure it's the same factory revision too.(but you hardly ever have to, so don't worry about this, unless you really want to)

Basically you need to check these things to make sure the RAM is compatible:

Pin type (ie: 184 pin)
RAM type (ie: DDR, DDR2, SDRAM)
RAM Speed (ie: PC3200, PC2100, etc)

You need to make sure that all the RAM is compatible with the motherboard, and that all the RAM is compatible with itself (RAM being incompatible with other sticks of RAM are rare, but they do happen, so be aware of that if your system suddenly stops working right after RAM upgrade. May be that the RAM is not bad)

[DivineRevival]

Thanks for all the help, I got 2 1GB Sticks in my dual channel A thingie. Both are 240 Pin and DDR. However, I got another 2GB Stick DDR2 that's a different brand, and is 240 pin, and I'm supposed to have 4GB, it says I only have 3326 MB when I go to task manager > performance and I checked with start menu > comptuer > Properties. Whats up with this shit?

Well, I searched around a bit and I found out that vista 32 bit (The OS I have) Does not show more than 4gb ram. Could that be the problem?

Oh, and is there any program that disables programs that could eat up a lot of RAM so I could get a better gaming and FPS performance?

[zuloon]

http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/showthread.php?t=83854

[Xente]

http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/showthread.php?t=83854

not this again *facepalm*

[shade45]

As far as I know windows xp can only support 3gb (I have 4 1gb sticks and it only shows 3gb ), and probably something similar with vista 32bit.

As for the better performance, I'm sure with 3.3gb it would be more than enough to run any games, assuming you don't have any other low end hardware that would be bottlenecking it.