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Upgrading Main Memory 3 Upgrading and Adding Accessories Upgrading Hardware How Much Main Memory Does My Computer Have? The amount of main memory that your computer has depends on the particular model that you have. To see how much main memory is installed, right-click the My Computer icon on the desktop. Then click Properties in the drop-down menu. Why Add More Main By adding more memory you can significantly improve the computer's performance. If your computer does not have Memory? enough memory, it uses hard disk space as virtual memory which allows large applications to execute even though the physical memory is not sufficient. Virtual memory, however, is approximately 200 times slower than main memory. The amount of main memory your computer requires depends on the operating system and the applications you use. You may need more memory if you use memory-hungry applications (for example, image processing and desktop publishing applications) or if you run several applications at the same time. How Much Main Memory Can I Add? Your computer is capable of supporting up to 192 MB of main memory, using memory module sockets on the system board. Depending on your computer, there may be two or three memory module sockets. • If your computer has two memory module sockets, you may use 16 MB, 32MB, 64MB and 128 MB non-ECC SDRAMs. • If your computer has three memory module sockets you may use 16 MB, 32MB and 64MB non-ECC SDRAMs. Will Adding Memory If your computer has sufficient memory, installing extra memory will not improve performance. Always Improve Performance? 41

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Upgrading and Adding Accessories
Upgrading Hardware
Upgrading Main Memory
How Much Main
Memory Does My
Computer Have?
The amount of main memory that your computer has depends on the particular model that you have. To see how much
main memory is installed, right-click the My Computer icon on the desktop. Then click Properties in the drop-down menu.
Why Add More Main
Memory?
By adding more memory you can significantly improve the computer’s performance. If your computer does not have
enough memory, it uses hard disk space as virtual memory which allows large applications to execute even though the
physical memory is not sufficient. Virtual memory, however, is approximately 200 times slower than main memory.
The amount of main memory your computer requires depends on the operating system and the applications you use. You
may need more memory if you use memory-hungry applications (for example, image processing and desktop publishing
applications) or if you run several applications at the same time.
How Much Main
Memory Can I Add?
Your computer is capable of supporting up to 192
MB
of main memory, using memory module sockets on the system
board. Depending on your computer, there may be two or three memory module sockets.
•
If your computer has two memory module sockets, you may use 16 MB, 32MB, 64MB and 128 MB non-
ECC SDRAM
s.
•
If your computer has three memory module sockets you may use 16 MB, 32MB and 64MB non-
ECC SDRAM
s.
Will Adding Memory
Always Improve
Performance?
If your computer has sufficient memory, installing extra memory will not improve performance.