how do you find out how much....

postingalwaysposting

allbatross, i am signing off for tonight but i will keep you posted it should be on this thread, thanks for all your help, its a shame i cant do anything for you ah well have a nice new year, thanks posting

albertross_2

The key point is that it should be on for a shorter amount of time, and you will notice a speed improvement.

It should cure this problem "cant do much than run one window at once...", as that sounds like a RAM to disk/swapping to page file problem.

It will always flash when you load something, and will flash briefly when you browse the internet, as everything you see on screen is written to your hard disk internet cache..

There is some more info on page files here: (It is for NT4, but the principle still applies to XP)

http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/226/10/1.html

You have a nice new year too (and a happy birthday), thanks..

Incidentally, rogue software can drag the performance of your PC down, so if the ram upgrade doesn't work, I'll try and address that..

postingalwaysposting

thanks albertross, the piece has been dispatched so they are on the ball this company, thankyou so much for your help and i will keep you posted in the new year

happy new year

postingalwaysposting

albertross, it came today (special post). right i tryed to fit it and the chip space below the one that has a chip in and the chip space seems to be too small, so i removed the one that was already in there and that doeent seem to fit on the bottom one either....so do i just take the one out that is in there and put the new one in?

thanks

msdl28712

no little point in just fitting the new one into the old as it will still only be 256 shared memory

Looking at the pictures one fits one way and the other one the other way



Align the keyed (notched) edge of the board with the keyed area in the expansion slot. Insert the board into the slot at a 45-degree angle until it is seated

Are the two memory modules exactly the same size when placed side by side and notches correspond to notches on each modular

postingalwaysposting

thanks msdl28712, they were exactly the same size but the one that came with my lappy wouldnt fit in the bottome one either. But it in now, i just had to push it into the top bit before locking it in place, i am just going to see if it shows up on my pc

postingalwaysposting

postingalwaysposting wrote:

it has who the windows licence is made out to (ie my name) and then at the bottom it says - physical memory avalible to windows - 195.056kb

It is now showing a 457.00kb so it has worked, thankyou albatross

albertross_2

So,.. any speed improvement?

postingalwaysposting

yes very much, it now takes around 5mins less for my lappy to load up once i turn it on. I have also had five windows open at once (to test it) and flitted inbetween them all and it was very very fast.....

....so all in all thanks it was well worth it

albertross_2

That's good, thanks for letting me know,

HNY/BDay etc..