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Hi there i have a old pc wich i would like to upgrade the ram but can not find out wich ram i need i have looked at the ram inside the pc but there is no sticker on it to tell me what it is
It may be the SDRRAM or DDR1 ram,check for it.if the ic's are in bold(Big in size ) with 5 or six in a row then it may be a DDR1 ram,otherwise it will be SDRRAM. if u have doubt again took your ram in pc as a sample and buy same as it is.
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not every motherboard or on board video is compatible with windows 8
what windows was it running previously
windows 8 was designed for 64 bit platforms which requires 4 gig of ram but you have to also take into account the other hardware components and there maximum configuration
i have run win 8 on 2 gig of ram but it struggles with you tube downloads
i upgraded the ram to 4 gig and run win xp win 7 and win 8.1 on the hard drive
try adding one ram stick upgrade at a time, while leaving one original in the system till it boots and recognises the increase. repeat until finished adding all the new ram. if these measures dont work, its possible you have purchased ram that is not matching to the upgradable standards of your board. its important when adding ram to insure you match the ram speed with your replacements upgrade.
DDR SDRAM type Ram i.e. DDR1 with 266mhz speed with DDR266/PC2100 compliance. You can simply ask for DDR SDRAM 266Mhz or you can find online with the similar compliance, DDR266/PC2100 Compliance.
I hope you still have the old one which was installed on the system, if so look at the white sticker, it should be labelled there...
Firstly, you have to know that you can upgrade RAM as Double or Half of your pre-installed RAM. For example, like your pre-installed RAM is 256 MB, you can only upgrade RAM of capacity 128 MB or 512 MB.
Secondly, check your previous installed RAM's speed that is shown in Ghz. You can only upgrade RAM to its similar speed, otherwise you get slow performance of PC.
You should be fine to just turn the computer on straight away as soon as you have installed your new RAM. The computer will recognize the new upgrade straight away provided you have got memory that is compatible with the desktop computer.
When you upgrade the RAM take the old RAM out and make sure your new RAM runs at the same speed as your old RAM.
From what i can remember the maximum RAM speed that an HP pavilion supports is 400MHz although it could well be 333MHz.
The RAM that's installed in the desktop at this moment in time will have the speed on it so you check with that.
see underside of laptop, remove the smaller of the two panels(unscrew it) remove memory card(it looks different than the standard PC desktop memory units), replace it with original RAM-upgrade from the laptops manufacturer(expensive !) put backk the panel and reboot.
It depends on how old it is. it is has 256 mb in each slot then it probably could upgrade to 512 mb in each slot, if it has 512mb in each slot it probably could upgrade to a gig. if it only has SD ram in it though, you can't upgrade to DDR.
You need to do a BIOS Upgrade. First get the name of your BIOS when the computer boots up. Then go to the we site and find your BIOS brand and get a version update or upgrade.
Be VERY careful and follow the directons to the letter.
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