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My name is Tom and welcome to the PCKicks Computer Help Force where we talk
about computer help all the time
Have a slow computer?
You know you feel you need a new computer when it just feels too slow
when you're opening applications or just surfing the net
For those gamers out there
how about gaining that extra edge in that online virtual war
well, like we say in the PCKicks Computer Help Force Don't kick it, Fix it!
One of the answers to those questions is an upgrade to your computer
of course there are many upgrades you can do which I will talk about in the
upcoming episodes
but today's subject
Which I will be talking about
is memory
or ram
you may ask yourself what is memory or specifically RAM?
well that is both a good question an easy one to explain
memory or RAM is essentially your computer's virtual workspace
to better visualize the situation here is a table
picture the surface of the table in your mind sure it's just a table and you can put stuff
on it like any working service it has a limit of how many things you can put on
it before you have to go somewhere again
and organize the working space
well in computers is the same idea
memory is like the workspace your computer has, data that is frequenly used
is placed in this Random Access Memory
The R is random being always moving and not static
The A is access
Meaning to get something
and of course the M is memory which is a place to temporarily store data
When computers start to run out of memory
they start to use the hard drive space as virtual memory
that is it uses the disk space as memory
although this allows you to open more programs
it goes without a penalty
the access speed
in virtual memory
is about ninety percent slower than real memory
now here's the fun part
I have here a memory module
this is what a memory module looks like
of course by the time this recording DDR3 is considered to be the
mainstream memory type out there
but like all technology it all becomes rather obsolete quickly
for the purpose of this demonstration I have here a one gigabyte memory module
DDR1 type
with accompanying motherboard
but before you rush out and buy any modules make sure your motherboard can
support the memory that is there are at least three types of DDR memory out there
today
with your computer opened up and yourself discharged of static electricity
insert the memory module into the first slot
that is the one with the lowest number first
these days motherboards though should be smart enough to detect the memory in
what seemed to be misconfigured ways
but to be on the safe side the first lowest numbered slot is the way to go
you'll know when the memory is installed correctly when you feel the "click"
and when in the white levers lock into place
so there you have it working computer with a upgraded memory
like i said earlier the more memory you have the bigger workspace your computer has
to work with
avoiding those long trips back from the hard drive
for faster performance you come to expect with today's standard of fast
two gigs of memory would be the minimum as programs not to mention operating
systems these days take up a lot of memory than before in the good ol' days
of DOS
from the PCKicks Computer Help Force Thanks for watching and remember
Don't kick it, Fix it!
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