how to clean up slow PC?

suiko

Slot 3 is also empty. I have no idea about the brand/model number - it doesn't appear anywhere. Control Panel/System says: AMD Athlon (tm) XP 2600+, 2.09 Ghz, 256 RAM

Donnie

espresso wrote: »

How can the make, model, colour etc. provide any more useful information than that given by the actual motherboard specification?

Wanted to check there were any possible vagaries involved.

suiko

Originally Posted by espresso
Personally I have never seen a PC running XP with 256MB freeze, so believe that there is more to this.

If you need to use Amazon, here are some choices, with 1GB giving better value for money than 512MB



So... will all of these choices work?

I'm assuming this one will, as there's only one

512MB RAM from play.com 9.99

Donnie

According to the Motherboard specs, that will be fine. It's 8.99 now.

suiko

Have ordered the play.com memory - does anyone know of any instructions anywhere on how to install it?

aliEnRIK

suiko wrote: »

Have ordered the play.com memory - does anyone know of any instructions anywhere on how to install it?

Its unbelievably easy to install. Take the mains lead out and take the side off the pc.
Find the chip that looks the same as the one youve bought. Theres a clip either side to hold them in, and they ONLY fit one way round. Its fool proof!

Jesthar

Hey suiko,

aliEnRIK is right, it's very easy! Have a look at this video here:

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/howstuffworks/26-how-to-install-ram-to-a-desktop-computer-video.htm

The actual installation pocess bit starts about halfway though. There are plenty more guides out there, too - just google for 'install RAM desktop' and you'll get lots of results.

suiko

OK, I've installed the memory now (in Slot 3 - couldn't get it to clip in in Slot 2), if anyone's still here

And just had a freeze again as I was posting this, with only Firefox running. So I pressed reset, and from clicking on Firefox after restart, it took 4 minutes to open the program. I have noticed that the PC always freezes if left inactive for a bit, by the way

Does this look OK (from CPUz)?

Chipset

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Northbridge VIA KT400 (VT8377) rev. 00
Southbridge VIA VT8235 rev. 00
Memory Type DDR
Memory Size 640 MBytes
Memory Frequency 166.9 MHz (1:1)
DRAM Interleave 4-way
CAS# 2.5
RAS# to CAS# 3
RAS# Precharge 3
Cycle Time (tRAS) 7


Memory SPD

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DIMM #1

General
Memory type DDR
Manufacturer (ID) (0000000000000000)
Size 128 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2700 (166 MHz)
Part number 32MX64U-33B
Serial number 02073025

Attributes
Number of banks 1
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Registered no
Buffered no
Nominal Voltage 2.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP no

Mainboard Model GA-7VA (0x183 - 0x536420)

LPCIO

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Vendor ITE
Model IT8705
Vendor ID 0x90
Chip ID 0x8705
Revision ID 0x2
Config Mode I/O address 0x2E

Dump config mode register space, LDN = 0x4
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 87 05 02 00 71 00 00 00 00 00 09 09 09 09 00 00
30 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 02 90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 02 00 00 04 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Was that the same sort of info I posted before? If not, sorry...

aliEnRIK

Open CCLEANER
At the top it should have ~ 1gig RAM. Or whatever you have. What does it tell you? (Its processor speed, then ram. then graphics)

suiko

It says MS Windows XP SP3, AMD AThlon XP 2600+, 256Mb RAM, Nvidia GEForce FX5200