Ram increase on window 7

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How do you increase your virtual ram on window 7? Is it better to increase the vitual ram than using something called readyboost? Because I want to make my computer a little bit faster.. Thanks
 
kaisterkai said:
How do you increase your virtual ram on window 7? Is it better to increase the vitual ram than using something called readyboost? Because I want to make my computer a little bit faster.. Thanks
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How much physical RAM do you have and I thought you were on XP because Windows 7 was enemy No.1?
 
Yeah.. I was on XP.. now I changed to window 7, because something happened to my computer again :(

But it's fine, I think window 7 is working ok now.. I only have 1 GB.. because I had 2GB. but my second one always gave me blue screen error, so I realised that it wasn't the ram. but it was actually my motherboard..

But it's kind of slower than what I thought it would have been...
 
There is no substitute for more RAM. Windows handles RAM differently to XP, so it may seem like you are running out of RAM when you are not. Go to task manager (ctrl, alt esc), performance > post what you see under Physical Memory and we can see if you are running short of RAM, and whether more RAM will make things faster. Rule of thumb is that Win7 requires 2GB to run well....
 
Physical memory: (MB)

Total: 1023
Cached: 76
Available: 76
Free: 4


I think this is what you are talking about right?

But you see I did get more ram, but then after I installed it, it came up with many blue screens.. so I left it at 1Gb because I don't think my computer can take anymore.. so.. ya..
 
What that is telling you is that you have 1024MB RAM in total:

76MB was previously used and is available to be used (recently used memory)
76MB is available to be used (standby and free)
4MB is free, and contains no data

You have very little RAM left, and will benefit from buying more. Your previous RAM caused a BSOD either because it was faulty, or because your mobo is buggered. Try put the RAM in the other slot and see what happens. Also try test the faulty RAM in another machine.

1GB RAM does not sound like a standard cap for RAM - older mobos had a 768 limit, but not sure if 2GB would be a problem, and certainly not a problem that would cause a BSOD.
 
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How old is your system? What type of RAM does it take? If it is anything newer than SDRAM, the motherboard will have no problems with additional memory. As Conradl said, your previous issues were either caused by faulty RAM, faulty mobo or incompatibility between RAM/mobo (happens a lot with Intel OEM boards).

Adding an additional 1GB will make your Windows 7 much more responsive; bumping it up to 3 or even 4GB total will help further.
 
Conradl said:
What that is telling you is that you have 1024MB RAM in total:

76MB was previously used and is available to be used (recently used memory)
76MB is available to be used (standby and free)
4MB is free, and contains no data

You have very little RAM left, and will benefit from buying more. Your previous RAM caused a BSOD either because it was faulty, or because your mobo is buggered. Try put the RAM in the other slot and see what happens. Also try test the faulty RAM in another machine.

1GB RAM does not sound like a standard cap for RAM - older mobos had a 768 limit, but not sure if 2GB would be a problem, and certainly not a problem that would cause a BSOD.
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Well thats what the tesk manager says.. so that's why I want to know about the increase in virtual ram and others..
Sigh.. I heard from another guy that buying ram you need to look out for alot of things.. But all the things he said he said I can find it in my motherboard box... but I dont' know where the box is..

sigh.. is there any other way to check? (if you know what I'm talking about..)
 
Install a program cpuz or pc wizard. This will id your motherboard and you can then download your manual or search for info on your motherboard.
 
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The_Assimilator said:
How old is your system? What type of RAM does it take? If it is anything newer than SDRAM, the motherboard will have no problems with additional memory. As Conradl said, your previous issues were either caused by faulty RAM, faulty mobo or incompatibility between RAM/mobo (happens a lot with Intel OEM boards).

Adding an additional 1GB will make your Windows 7 much more responsive; bumping it up to 3 or even 4GB total will help further.
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But you see my ram is DDR400.. and they don't make 2Gb ram.. and... well I don't know anything about the motherboard (except for the make which is ECS)

But you see... I changed the ram to different computers and it worked there.. But when it's in my computer.. then it gives a blue screen.. could it be that the motherboard doesn't take the brand?
 
If you install the mentioned software,you will be able to tell us which model of ECS motherboard you have. That could lead to answers

You can use a piece of sandpaper that they use for mental working and clean the contact points in the memory slot on your motherboard. Just make sure that you in turn clean the slots after you sandpapered it. You can also for good measure clean the contact points on the memory module with a rubber that you would normally use to erase pencil marks.

If this does not help the motherboard is possibly damaged or you are placing the module in the wrong slot( if you have multi color memory slots.)

I assume you have tested this memory module with memtest as suggested many moons ago.
 
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RoMark said:
Install a program cpuz or pc wizard. This will id your motherboard and you can then download your manual or search for info on your motherboard.
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I see thanks..

I'l install it then.. I'll post it up as soon as I get it done..
 
RoMark said:
If you install the mentioned software,you will be able to tell us which model of ECS motherboard you have. That could lead to answers

You can use a piece of sandpaper that they use for mental working and clean the contact points in the memory slot on your motherboard. Just make sure that you in turn clean the slots after you sandpapered it. You can also for good measure clean the contact points on the memory module with a rubber that you would normally use to erase pencil marks.

If this does not help the motherboard is possibly damaged or you are placing the module in the wrong slot( if you have multi color memory slots.)

I assume you have tested this memory module with memtest as suggested many moons ago.
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Wow, sanding the motherboard.. sigh.. mm.. sounds like a mission lol.. But I will try..

But say if it was my motherboard.. then would I have to replace it? Sigh motherboard these days are expensive.. I meen once upgrade.. all must upgrade.. wew.. cash come cash goes..

Thanks anyway, oh just now I replied before I say the other reply.. so i didn't see.
 
The sandpaper part. You just need a smallish piece of sandpaper. Fold it a couple of times so that it sits snug in the ram slot and move it along the slots a couple of times. Sometimes there is rust or grime on the contact points that prevents a good connection. It is only the ram slot, not any thing else on your motherboard that you need to sandpaper.

In your case, yes an upgrade would include motherboard, ram, cpu and maybe psu. If you want a gpu, that too as your board will have a agp slot, which don't get any more. So yes it can be expensive, but can also be less than R1500.00, depending what you use the pc for.

Gaming will off course increase the price dramatically.
 
RoMark said:
The sandpaper part. You just need a smallish piece of sandpaper. Fold it a couple of times so that it sits snug in the ram slot and move it along the slots a couple of times. Sometimes there is rust or grime on the contact points that prevents a good connection. It is only the ram slot, not any thing else on your motherboard that you need to sandpaper.

In your case, yes an upgrade would include motherboard, ram, cpu and maybe psu. If you want a gpu, that too as your board will have a agp slot, which don't get any more. So yes it can be expensive, but can also be less than R1500.00, depending what you use the pc for.

Gaming will off course increase the price dramatically.
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Thanks, I'll give that a try.. and then tell you about the result...

You know well I do do gaming.. so.. I would like to have a good PC that can game nicely.. (not like the one I have now.. )

R1500-00.. will that be like the basic computer? Like with nothing in it? Sigh.. that's just going to be a pain..
 
Sanding contact points on a motherboard just sounds like a bad idea, the eraser trick is also pretty useless and most probably wont change anything. I also doubt that a banana could clean a cd.
 
dablakmark8 said:
roflmao
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I tihnk this calls for an explanation lol..

Well during sometime not too long ago.. my hard drive lost all it's data.. I researched and it was said to be a cluster error.. I could recover my data, but it too too long, so I left it. And so I thought maybe I should try out window 7 again.. And so I did, but then I remembered that I only had one GB.. and then some friend told me about increase ram on window 7.. so that's where I am now..

Well that's the story..
 
timvdwest said:
Sanding contact points on a motherboard just sounds like a bad idea, the eraser trick is also pretty useless and most probably wont change anything. I also doubt that a banana could clean a cd.
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Oh.. But I did it already.. oh well.. I'll just tell myself that it helped lol..

Was there a saying that banana could clean CD? Haha sounds like showering will cure HIV lol.. So I guess it wasn't true? Or has no one proved it yet?
 
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