Computer cleaning.

[David Drew]

Rather than try to match existing card, is it better to take that out & put in a matched pair ( or 3 or 4 )of high hz cards?

David

[MartinH]

Yes, start from scratch unless your certain you can find the same sticks with same timings etc, that way you can avoid having to send them back and plus then youll have that spare stick left over just incase the others for some bizzare reason fail. Memory is fairly cheap these days so youll be ok.

[anth.payne]

You'd be best going to Add/Remove Programs and uninstalling the toolbars, as by the sounds of it you have just hidden them from IE.

With regards to memory upgrades, check out htese links:

[url=http://www.ebuyer.com/product/116259]Extra Value 1GB Kit (2x512MB) DDR2 667MHz/PC2-5400 240pin Extra Value Ram - Ebuyer[/url]

[url=http://www.ebuyer.com/product/91126]Kingston 1GB Kit (2x512MB) DDR2 PC2-5300/667MHz - Non Ecc - Cl5 - 1.8V - Ebuyer[/url]

[url=http://www.ebuyer.com/product/116260]Extra Value 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 667MHz PC2-5300 240pin Extra Value Ram - Ebuyer[/url]

[url=http://www.ebuyer.com/product/91124]Kingston 2GB DDR2 Memory - Cheap at Ebuyer![/url]

Those links are for cheapy stuff, and some branded stuff - personally i'd go cheapy... I'd probably advise against adding to the ram that's in your PC, and to take out whats in and put in new, as you can get incompatibility issues, and end up crashing...

[bolders]

I think the athlon 64 3500 is a socket 939 chip which uses DDR memory not DDR2. However im not sure at this point - just a heads for you to confirm what you need before you order anything.

CPU-Z might reveal a bit more about your PC. Did you buy it as a pre-built machine - if so what make and model is it.

[Dedcalm]

My PC is a socket 939 based machine, used to have a 3000+ but upgraded it to a 64 x2 4200 - so it might well be 939 but also as likely to be the 775 or whatever it was...

Certainly my 939 board uses DDR rather than DDR2 which is a PITA as DDR is expensive!

Not read the whole thread but if your running XP then dont bother putting more than 3Gb in as I dont think it makes use of it. I am running 2Gb (2 x 1Gb sticks in Dual Channel mode) (upgraded from 1 a while back) as a stop gap to a new pc build...

[David Drew]

Think what I'll do is take the existing card out & take it to Maplins for them to match up.

Or, even better, take Pitman's offer of his son's experience.

Thanks to all. I have really appreciated the advice.:):):)

Especially Ant.payne who has really spent some time in emails to help.

David

[David Drew]

[quote=bolders;392714]I think the athlon 64 3500 is a socket 939 chip which uses DDR memory not DDR2. However im not sure at this point - just a heads for you to confirm what you need before you order anything.

CPU-Z might reveal a bit more about your PC. Did you buy it as a pre-built machine - if so what make and model is it.[/quote]


Looking at the card slots, they are two rows of pins each with the non-pin bit (if that makes sense) exactly in the middle.

I bought it built. Just looking for any aperwork to help ID the ROM

Cheers

David

[anth.payne]

It should be DDR2 if that is what Corsair came up with in its scan.

There should be a sticker on the side of your RAM which should indicate what it is.

Plus, it being a 64bit processor, i'd be surprised if it's DDR

[David Drew]

Pitman's son Gavin is popping around tomorrow to ID what it is.

Then it's off to ebay to get a couple of gigabytes of upgrade.

Can't thank you enough Anthony. You've spent a whole lot of today emailing & checking logs & whathaveyou.

And many thanks too to those other members who have also helped so much.

I expect the 'climbout' on this PC to be so much faster soon:biggrinjester:


:cheers2::cheers2::cheers2:

David

[R1stu]

Windows defrag is crap! UnderXP use Disk Keeper Lite, Under vista use O&O Defrag

[anth.payne]

[quote=R1stu;393097]Windows defrag is crap! UnderXP use Disk Keeper Lite, Under vista use O&O Defrag[/quote]

you cant beat defraggler in my opinion...

use it at work alot

[David Drew]

All I can say now is ....[SIZE="7"]WOW[/SIZE]!!!![SIZE="2"]

Pitman brought his son Gavin up to have a squint at the RAM. Just put in a pair of 1.0ghz cards & together with the stuff done yesterday[/SIZE] this PC is 10x faster. Unbelieveable:):):):)

Thanks to Dave & Gavin, plus all yesterday's help, especially Anth.Payne.

Delighted from Droitwich Spa:)

David