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re: Adding memory Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 12:50 pm Posted by Keith Stanier (1098 messages posted) You haven't said how much memory you have at the moment? I would have thought that WinME would need at least 256Mb minimum. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Adding memory Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 1:05 pm Posted by James (3 messages posted) Welll hmmmm, we're talking about a now 7 year old machine guy. Intel Celeron 702 processor Total physical memory 62.45 KB Available Physical Memory 288.00 KB Total Virtual Memory KB 2.0 GB Available Virtual 1.72 GB On Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 12:50 pm, Keith Stanier wrote: >You haven't said how much memory you have at the moment? > >I would have thought that WinME would need at least 256Mb minimum. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Adding memory Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 6:30 pm Posted by C K (6157 messages posted) Shared graphics memory and a 700 cele most likely?? Increasing Win ME to 512 (beyond that, Win 9X doesn't really benefit and may actually get worse), you might see a slight difference but it would be questionable as to whether it would be worth it. (This memory isn't being produced anymore so make sure it's new and not recycled) Only one way to find out, and you need to use the recommended memory or you could have issues as well. Make sure the BIOS is updated enough to handle more memory. Many big OEMs had problems without upgrades. Owners manual should tell you what you need to know.. On Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 1:05 pm, James wrote: >Welll hmmmm, we're talking about a now 7 year old machine guy. > >Intel Celeron 702 processor >Total physical memory 62.45 KB >Available Physical Memory 288.00 KB >Total Virtual Memory KB 2.0 GB >Available Virtual 1.72 GB > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Adding memory Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 6:47 pm Posted by James (3 messages posted) I did go to HP's site awhile back and did a search for memory upgrades for that machine, it's a Pavilion XE-783 and I do re-call they had some recommended memory upgrades info for it but at the time I was just thinking about it , but the machine has been error free for 7 years and still usuable but sure wish it could be faster..back in the day I bought it, it seemed pretty darn fast but nowdays it just bogs down when accessing some info or sites. It tolerable just as it is but if it would speed up markedly if I added lil more recommended memory I think I want to if it aint wallet breaking to get the memory. On Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 6:30 pm, C K wrote: >Shared graphics memory and a 700 cele most likely?? Increasing Win ME to 512 (beyond >that, Win 9X doesn't really benefit and may actually get worse), you might see a >slight difference but it would be questionable as to whether it would be worth it. > (This memory isn't being produced anymore so make sure it's new and not recycled) > Only one way to find out, and you need to use the recommended memory or you could >have issues as well. Make sure the BIOS is updated enough to handle more memory. > Many big OEMs had problems without upgrades. Owners manual should tell you what >you need to know.. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Adding memory Friday, May 11, 2007 at 4:54 am Posted by Keith Stanier (1098 messages posted) James the thing is with memory. Its what programs use to run their applications. Therefore the more programs you have running the (each takes up some memory usage) the less available memory you have. Do you have any icons next to your clock? If you do then these are programs running in the background, all using memory. Do you need these programs running, all the time? Virus checkers are normally memory hungry. Do you actually need that running all the time. I have a virus checker but I only use it to check suspect files. If you Run: msconfig this will show you a list of programs that run as soon as Windows starts. You can enable/disable programs to see what difference it makes. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Adding memory Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 12:16 pm Posted by Steve (19681 messages posted) More Ram probably won't help Web surfing. A Big program like Photoshop would benefit though. You probably are just suffering from what I call Bit Rot. With time Windows can deteriorate, as all the internet Crud builds up, and slows down the Computer. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Adding memory Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 8:40 pm Posted by Raymond Baxter (1 messages posted) Please correct any of my misstakes i have made in the pass, so i i can seach the web , so I won't be recieving any messages of errors like I have to restart the computer, this happens to many times. On Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 12:16 pm, Steve wrote: >More Ram probably won't help Web surfing. A Big program like Photoshop would benefit >though. You probably are just suffering from what I call Bit Rot. >With time Windows can deteriorate, as all the internet Crud builds up, and slows >down the Computer. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Adding memory Sunday, May 13, 2007 at 4:23 pm Posted by Steve (19681 messages posted) Probably just have to clean a Bunch of Trojans, and Virus related stuff from the computer. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Adding memory Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 7:45 pm Posted by TM (1 messages posted) Absolutely more memory will help. I have an ME Gateway with 384meg memory and it does work better than when it had only 256 meg. You can buy 128meg chips for as little as $20 if you shop around. Most memory chips are made in Asia so brand names don't mean much. If they work, use them. Try a company online called Comptick. Good memory for low price. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum