How To Upgrade Your Ram

Upgrading the Ram in your computer is fast safe and easy when you take precautions. The first thing you need to do is figure out what memory you need. Before spending money or ordering anything you should know that just because the memory looks like it fits it does not mean you have the right memory.

To figure out what memory you need you must first take static precaution by discharging any static electric on yourself. Do this by touching something metal that is grounded. Once you are discharged, turn off your computer, laptops should be unplugged and the battery removed. Now get a screw driver that will not strip the screws and locate the location of your memory chips. On desktops they will be inside the computer itself requiring you to open the computer case. On laptops they will be behind a panel or under the keyboard. If you are unsure where to find your memory chips than look it up on the Internet or read your manual.

Once you locate your memory chips, you can safely remove them as long a the computer is off. On the chips you will see a tag or sticker. That sticker will contain some key numbers to match the memory you need. Aside from the chip fitting matching the speed is also important.

If you do not have an available slot, you will need to replace a memory chip with a higher capacity one. Some of these chips might be in banks and require terminators. If you have terminators like BusRam has you must place identical chips in each bank, and reinsert the terminators in the empty banks.

Once the new memory has been added, or replaced the smaller chips, the final part of your job is going to be absolutely certain that the chips snapped down into the slot and are firmly in place. Not doing so will cause the computer to not start and beep at start up. It could also cause the computer to not register the added memory. So please be absolutely certain that the memory has been inserted correctly. Lastly check to make sure that you did not unplug any other cables belonging to other devices while working in the computer.

If you feel certain that you got it all right, at this point you may plug in and start up the computer. Some computers will post a message at startup that the "Memory amount has changed" this is usually a good sign and if the amount is the total amount in all the slots that is a great success. Turn off the machine screw it back together and you are finished. If that did not happen, you may enter the computer BIOS by hitting Usually Del, F1, F2, or an associated keyboard command and check the memory in the Bios. If all else fails and your computer booted into Windows just use your mouse, point your cursor over the My Computer Icon on the Desktop, right click and go to properties. There you will see how much memory is installed in your system. Mac's can also achieve this with a similar menu command.

Adding Ram to your computer can dramatically improve its performance, especially if you have less than 600Mb for Windows XP, 2 GB for Vista, or Windows 7. Newer operating system may require more.

Hope this helped. If not call us and we will have your memory professionally installed for you at one of our locations. (203) 254-3526.

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