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From: will s on 5 Aug 2010 01:30 "jones" <jones(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:4c59fdc0$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > Thanks to all, as always. > > yes I would need to carry the tower to the computer shop to get it done. > > Katherine > no need for that pretty sure anyone can do a memory upgrade if they are careful Now post your motherboard name and we will find out whats the best memory online there are some good places
From: Rod Speed on 5 Aug 2010 05:50 will s wrote > jones <jones(a)nowhere.com> wrote >> Thanks to all, as always. >> yes I would need to carry the tower to the computer shop to get it done. >> Katherine > no need for that Fraid so. > pretty sure anyone can do a memory upgrade if they are careful She fucks up everything she touches. > Now post your motherboard name Bet she cant even manage to work that out. > and we will find out whats the best memory > online there are some good places
From: keithr on 5 Aug 2010 07:14 idgat wrote: > On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 22:11:23 +1000, "jones" <jones(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > >> Have taken on board the replies, and also what I found on google. >> >> Now I think that RAM has something to do with it as well. >> >> Have Windows xp - work a lot with graphics and photos. >> >> What would anyone recommend as a minimum RAM amount please? >> At present I have 512 MB RAM. >> >> Thanks again >> Katherine > > 2Gb max - don't waste your money on any more, XP can't read it and > won't use it. > -- > idgat > Compuglobalhypermeganet Inc. Wrong! XP can use 3gig, it should be possible to get 2 x 2Gb DDR2 for around $100. Working with graphics and photos, you can't have too much RAM.
From: Rob on 5 Aug 2010 08:05 On 5/08/2010 9:14 PM, keithr wrote: > idgat wrote: >> On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 22:11:23 +1000, "jones" <jones(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >> >>> Have taken on board the replies, and also what I found on google. >>> >>> Now I think that RAM has something to do with it as well. >>> >>> Have Windows xp - work a lot with graphics and photos. >>> >>> What would anyone recommend as a minimum RAM amount please? >>> At present I have 512 MB RAM. >>> >>> Thanks again >>> Katherine >> >> 2Gb max - don't waste your money on any more, XP can't read it and >> won't use it. >> -- >> idgat >> Compuglobalhypermeganet Inc. > > Wrong! XP can use 3gig, it should be possible to get 2 x 2Gb DDR2 for > around $100. Working with graphics and photos, you can't have too much RAM. I said that, whats more any 32bit programme can only access 3.3Gb of memory even if its up on a 64bit OS with 12Gb of memory.
From: me here on 5 Aug 2010 07:20
will s wrote: > > > "jones" <jones(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:4c59fdc0$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > > Thanks to all, as always. > > > > yes I would need to carry the tower to the computer shop to get it > > done. > > > > Katherine > > > > > no need for that > > > pretty sure anyone can do a memory upgrade if they are careful > > Now post your motherboard name and we will find out whats the best > memory > > online there are some good places Check to see if the board supports dual channel memory. If it does, then you will need to get matched memory (same specification) if you want to get the benefit of dual channel. -- |