I just recently added 2gb of ram to my motherboard.
I had 512mb in the 1 slot, 512mb in the 2 slot, and i added a 1gb stick to both the the 3rd and 4th slot today. (2gb added total)
My pc seems to be slower and definitely isn't moving faster than it was. Should i be able to notice the speed difference right away? someone told me it may take a few days?
Also, should i have the 1gb sticks in the 1st and 2nd slots? or does it matter?
any help would be appreciated.
I have a compaq presario 1950NX, i run XP on it. I haven't had problems running any programs, but just was hoping that the extra memory would help run things faster.
Also, the hardware is recognized.
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6 responses so far ↓
1 robbo2 // May 3, 2008
try removing the 2 512's an put the 2 1 gig sticks in slot 1 an 2 ram will help programs run smoother it wont make it a hell of a lot faster
2 freakishcashew // May 3, 2008
I don't know if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that all of the sticks need to be the same and if I am wrong then its probably your processor that is slow and adding ram won't help that.
3 calast // May 3, 2008
The first question to ask is: does the hardware recognize the memory you added? You have not told us what kind of computer you are running, what OS you use, etc. More information is always better when you ask a question like this.
As for seeing your machine run faster, the only answer is “it depends.” Some applications are memory intensive, others CPU intensive, still others disk intensive. If you run apps that require a lot of memory, then it should be noticeable. Otherwise, perhaps not. The real issue is – are you swapping memory contents out to disk because there wasn’t enough physical memory to keep them all loaded? If so, then you should see your machine run faster when you add memory, but you may need to change your virtual memory settings to make this happen. Again, you haven’t said what OS you run, so we can’t help you do this. In any case, slower is bad.
Some motherboards require that memory be installed “larger sticks first.” Others don’t, but it never hurts to do this; consider it best practice for memory upgrades. I am hoping you did buy the right type of memory for your system, of course. If your motherboard requires modules be added in this order and you did it backwards, it won’t indicate the correct amount of memory when you boot. If it does not say 3 GB when you power the thing on, then you need to fix this first. Then fix the virtual memory so the machine knows that it does not need to swap as often as it used to.
The part about it taking a few days is just silly.
4 half_pint_pete // May 3, 2008
you didn't specify what type and speed the memory was, and if the memory is all the same speed it wan't help speed things up. All it will do is allow you to open more applications.
General rule of thumb is always put your larger memory into the first slots.
if the memory is different speeds then the motherboard's bios will revert to the slower memory speed. take out the slower memory.
you might also be running too much memory, I have heard of computers running slower because of excess memory; and it depends on your operating sytem too.
5 SAM L // May 3, 2008
512 + 512 + 1gb +1 gb = 3gb If u addd ram that is slower then it will run slower. if u add ram that is faster then the ram u have already it still will run at the speed of the slowest ram u have.
6 easyrdr_2005 // May 3, 2008
The first person is on line with my answer. Its a possibility that your ram is not completely compatible with each other. Try using just the 2-1 gig sticks and see what happens. Unless you have some cheap or bad ram modules it should help quite a bit. Thx, J
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