Computer question

[SDJ]

I know ive asked a few lately but here's another.
How do I tell what kind of ram i have with out pulling my tower apart??? is there some way i can just run somthing to tell me??? im wanting to upgrade

[SA]

Try everest home edition or cpu-z.

[Farty The Snowman]

Pulling your tower apart is really a 30 sec job......saves you downloading anything or wasting time.....sorry SDJ smile.gif

[Snow Yeti]

If it was a mac, it'd tell you smile.gif hehe

if it's a branded computer like Dell, you should be able to look up the service tag and find out what was preinstalled at time of purchase.

[Podlettte]

with XP and previous versions you could go into device manager and look up what the hardware brands and types were IIRC

Yeah, if it was a mac go up to the apple or into system prefs tongue.gif

[Dr D]

Do you want to know what type or how much ram you have?

[Xena]

Download 'belarc advisor'.

[SDJ]

ikno i got 1 gig and a total of 4 slots 2 being used and 2 not, not sure if its DDR1 or DDR2 and thats about all i kno

[Dr D]

try this
http://www.theblog.ca/computer-ram

[Swede]

Just open the box and get it out SDJ. That will save you doing just that when you get back with your new ram ;)

[SDJ]

i worked it out i got ddr ram. 2 sticks of PC3200(200Mhz) now as for getting some more is there brands i should steer clear of??? and Does it have to be 200Mhz?

[Snow Yeti]

Yep it has to be the same if you're mixing it., but I guess if you add 2 x 512 then you'll end up with 2 gig total

See what your motherboard supports, might be cheaper to buy 4 x 1Gb ! or even 2x2 :D