Memory Upgrade: (Micro Star) MS ? 7061 Board Model: KM266-8237

Hello,

I’m not a gamer, but I would like to upgrade my current machine for until I can afford a new one. I run programs like Photoshop, Adobe Flash, along with other types of similar software that all need better performance.

My motherboard is a (Micro Star) MS – 7061 (N1996) Board Model: KM266-8237. My processor is an AMD Sempron 2400+ 1.67 GHz. I currently have 320 MB of RAM and I’m running Windows XP Professional.

I need a memory upgrade and the information on this motherboard is very limited or non-existent. Is 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz compatible this machine?

I do not have a manual for this motherboard or anything. The family member who gave this computer to me is our family computer “guru,” the computer was running glitchy so he gave it to me, which means he can’t figure out how to fixit. I believe it has to do with the memory and the two memory sticks in it aren’t even the same brand he just stuck in what he had laying around. What the computer is doing is at times (not always) it just restarts itself and what I believe is happening is it’s running out of memory and doing a memory dump. I can tell you it runs out of memory easily. I have one program up right now (Google Chrome) and I’m using 413MB, which is over the 320MB of physical RAM. I’m sure you can see how that would be an issue.

The information I’ve been able to uncover suggests this board can accept 2GB ofPC3200 DDR 400MHz RAM, but is this true? It also suggests that I can upgrade my processor, but what is the best available AMD processor for this motherboard?

Also, if that is the correct memory type and I do max my memory out to 2GB; what would the best page file settings be to optimize performance?

Thanks,
-Ryan