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Super Nova Gold Member Offline Posts: 3039 Everywhere Gender:	Re: Increasing the RAM Reply #30 - Apr 5^th, 2016 at 11:44pm Dnarever wrote on Apr 5^th, 2016 at 10:18pm: Are you running a 64 bit o/s if not 4G is the max your system can address anyway. Excellent point.
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Reply #31 - Apr 6^th, 2016 at 4:55am

Dnarever wrote on Apr 5^th, 2016 at 10:18pm:

Are you running a 64 bit o/s if not 4G is the max your system can address anyway.

Yes ... mine's a 64bit o/s PC.

The fans I have ventilating the PC are a joke. The guy at the Computer Shop told me he put an extra fan in for me - buy it makes a roaring sound if I'm burning a disc, or even on some websites.

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Reply #32 - Apr 6^th, 2016 at 6:03am

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 6^th, 2016 at 4:55am:

Dnarever wrote on Apr 5^th, 2016 at 10:18pm:

Are you running a 64 bit o/s if not 4G is the max your system can address anyway.

Yes ... mine's a 64bit o/s PC.

The fans I have ventilating the PC are a joke. The guy at the Computer Shop told me he put an extra fan in for me - buy it makes a roaring sound if I'm burning a disc, or even on some websites.

It's a cheep one. The quite ones cost more.

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Reply #33 - Apr 6^th, 2016 at 6:38am

Super Nova wrote on Apr 6^th, 2016 at 6:03am:

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 6^th, 2016 at 4:55am:

Dnarever wrote on Apr 5^th, 2016 at 10:18pm:

Are you running a 64 bit o/s if not 4G is the max your system can address anyway.

Yes ... mine's a 64bit o/s PC.

The fans I have ventilating the PC are a joke. The guy at the Computer Shop told me he put an extra fan in for me - buy it makes a roaring sound if I'm burning a disc, or even on some websites.

It's a cheep one. The quite ones cost more.

I regularly clean my PC with an air-brush, but the racket those extraction fans make is really a cause for concern.

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Reply #34 - Apr 6^th, 2016 at 7:38am

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 6^th, 2016 at 6:38am:

Super Nova wrote on Apr 6^th, 2016 at 6:03am:

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 6^th, 2016 at 4:55am:

Dnarever wrote on Apr 5^th, 2016 at 10:18pm:

Are you running a 64 bit o/s if not 4G is the max your system can address anyway.

Yes ... mine's a 64bit o/s PC.

The fans I have ventilating the PC are a joke. The guy at the Computer Shop told me he put an extra fan in for me - buy it makes a roaring sound if I'm burning a disc, or even on some websites.

It's a cheep one. The quite ones cost more.

I regularly clean my PC with an air-brush, but the racket those extraction fans make is really a cause for concern.

You need a solid PC frame. Need quality low noise fans. Need to put PC on a piece of carpet or mat.

Need to wear headphones and play geek music.... or use a white noise site.

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Reply #35 - Apr 6^th, 2016 at 8:00am

Super Nova wrote on Apr 6^th, 2016 at 7:38am:

You need a solid PC frame. Need quality low noise fans. Need to put PC on a piece of carpet or mat.

Need to wear headphones and play geek music.... or use a white noise site.

The PC is quiet when I'm not doing much else except posting love letters to Muslims on OzPolitic, but if I burn a disc or start sourcing news services from abroad - then the noise of the fans slowly rises to the pitch of a Banshee screaming enough to deafen a ... a ...

I'm beginning to think a totally new high quality PC that REALLY delivers and can kick ASS might be the Final Solution. I wonder if there are any Trade In places like we used to have in The Good Old Days.

To hell with the expence - I'll use my plastic card.

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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Increasing the RAM Reply #36 - Apr 13^th, 2016 at 8:27pm The fellow at the computer shop wanted to know if my RAM system is DDR3 or DDR2. Unfortunately it's DDR2 - which he said was horrendously expensive if I wanted him to fit in 2 x 4GB racks. He said DDR3 is WAY cheaper. So that's that. Goodbye Charlie.
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Reply #37 - Apr 17^th, 2016 at 11:40am

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 13^th, 2016 at 8:27pm:

The fellow at the computer shop wanted to know if my RAM system is DDR3 or DDR2.

Unfortunately it's DDR2 - which he said was horrendously expensive if I wanted him to fit in 2 x 4GB racks.

He said DDR3 is WAY cheaper.

So that's that.

Goodbye Charlie.

Try putting the RAM into google. I always buy online. Here is one place I shop. If you know your motherboard details, they can assist over the phone

https://www.ramcity.com.au/buy/ramcity-4gb-pc2-5300-ecc-fully-buffered-240-pin-f...

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Reply #38 - Apr 17^th, 2016 at 9:04pm

Vic wrote on Apr 17^th, 2016 at 11:40am:

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 13^th, 2016 at 8:27pm:

The fellow at the computer shop wanted to know if my RAM system is DDR3 or DDR2.

Unfortunately it's DDR2 - which he said was horrendously expensive if I wanted him to fit in 2 x 4GB racks.

He said DDR3 is WAY cheaper.

So that's that.

Goodbye Charlie.

Try putting the RAM into google. I always buy online. Here is one place I shop. If you know your motherboard details, they can assist over the phone

https://www.ramcity.com.au/buy/ramcity-4gb-pc2-5300-ecc-fully-buffered-240-pin-f...

Thanks for that, BigFella - but for now it's academic. A couple of hours ago my computer crashed and I couldn't get it going again. I'm using by back-up PC now.

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Reply #39 - Apr 18^th, 2016 at 11:25am

Herbert,

have you had the power supply for your PC checked? It may need to be replaced or upgraded.

I recently had to remove the graphics card from a friend's PC and run it with the motherboard onboard graphics. I installed the graphics card for him a few years ago and it ran fine until a few months back then he started getting weird problems and shutdowns until I removed the graphics card (and the card checked out OK).

It seems that the power supply was 'getting old' and it eventually couldn't cope with the demand from the PC.

Oh, and if you do get a shutdown caused by the power supply, you'll probably find you can't restart the PC by pushing the button on the tower - you need to disconnect the power completely for (preferably) 10 seconds or more by switching the PC off at the wall switch (or the switch on the power supply at the back of the PC if it has one).

Must be some sort of overload sensor in the power supply that's only reset by disconnecting the power completely.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Australian Legend Posts: 21726 Rockhampton, Q Gender:	Re: Increasing the RAM Reply #40 - Aug 14^th, 2019 at 11:44pm I have been having a few issues with my computer. But, increasing the RAM only helped somewhat. I should have gone from 8GB of RAM to 16, not 12. But, that would have delayed the inevitable. The computer has been running okay. But, slower than I am accustomed. Pages either crash or freeze for a minute.
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Reply #41 - Aug 15^th, 2019 at 1:48am

UnSubRocky wrote on Aug 14^th, 2019 at 11:44pm:

I have been having a few issues with my computer. But, increasing the RAM only helped somewhat. I should have gone from 8GB of RAM to 16, not 12. But, that would have delayed the inevitable. The computer has been running okay. But, slower than I am accustomed. Pages either crash or freeze for a minute.

https://www.ccleaner.com/
Work well for me, esp do a registry scan.

I use the free version, do that and a
https://filehippo.com/download_defraggler/ every now and then,

good luck

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Reply #42 - Aug 15^th, 2019 at 9:14am

Download CPU-Z from www.cpuid.com it is FREE

Install it and run it and it will tell you what your motherboard is, what your cpu is, what your memory is, etc

Then go to Google and enter your motherboard type and look for something like manual or memory etc and you will find the info you require.

Take particular note of the memory type eg here it is DDR4.

Motherboard details

Memory type

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Australian Legend Posts: 21726 Rockhampton, Q Gender:	Re: Increasing the RAM Reply #43 - Aug 17^th, 2019 at 3:14am Seems that I just need a larger hard drive. It is what has been slowing the computer.
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39506 Gender:	Re: Increasing the RAM Reply #44 - Aug 17^th, 2019 at 5:20am UnSubRocky wrote on Aug 17^th, 2019 at 3:14am: Seems that I just need a larger hard drive. It is what has been slowing the computer. that is rare. How much spare space is on it? tried degragging it? https://www.ccleaner.com/defraggler or cleaning up the registry?
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