how can I tell what kind of RAM my computer has?
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easy...\n\ngo to kingston.com and use their ram wizard...  No guess work.\n\nAnoosh's suggestion just uses the system info in the registry.  It can be inaccurate.
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Most Dell computers use proprietary RAM, but there are several 3rd party vendors that sell it.  Google "Dell RAM", and a large list will come up.
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Every motherboard has a part number, usually next to the serial number.  Copy it down, type it into Google, and it should come up with the specs of your MB including the type of memory required.
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Go to this link, click the Scan My System button and it will tell you what your motherboard can handle.\n\nhttp://www.crucial.com/index.asp
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No, the motherboard can only handle 1 type of RAM.  Look up your motherboard model number to see how much and what type of RAM it takes.
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I assume you mean hard disk space. To check that just open "my computer" then right click on the C: drive and hit properties. It will show you a little color coded pie chart telling you how much space you used and how much is left.\n\nIf you really want to know about memory then right click the taskbar (XP) then hit task manager. In the performance tab it shows how much memory is being used.
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go to your manufacturers website, or the website manufacturer of the motherboard, and enter the model number and search for specifications.  It may also be in your manual.  Today's comptrs usually take 4gb RAM.\n\nYeah if u just want to know what u got now do as above.  What I've said is to give u the maximum capacity.
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There a number of ways to find the information you need.  You could open the case and jot down the make and model of your RAM modules.  If you are not comfortable opening your computer then I have 2 recommendations.  You can go to Crucial's website (http://www.crucial.com/). Crucial is one of the leading RAM makers.  On their website, you have the choice of entering the make and model of your computer and Crucial will display the type of RAM used.  Or, you can have Crucial scan your computer and identify the RAM used.  My second recommendation is to download and install a tool like Lavalys's Everest Home Edition, which can scan and display all the parts which make up your computer (i.e. cpu, motherbroad, ram, graphic card, monitor...etc.).  Everest isn't the only tool; you can use CPU-Z which does pretty much the same thing as Everest.  The download links are:\n\n1. Everest http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Everest_Home/1086844970/1\n\n2. CPU-Z\nhttp://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/CPUZ/966149377/1
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.\nAt the site Crucial.com \nthey have a cool tool that will tell you \nexactly the kind of RAM you need for your system and how much you can add.\nIt's free...\nthey hope you will buy your ram from them...and I do recommend their product.\n\nk.
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just open your laptop and bring it to frys or best buy and ask for the ram you want and show them your system...just plug it in where the long boards on the main board are plugged in...it's that easy really...
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Start -> Control Panel -> System\n\nA dialogue box will come up with details of your system hopefully including Processor type and clock speed.
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Download CPU-z and check the ram.  It will tell you everything about your Motherboard and the components.
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if the ram chip doesnt say the capacity on it, there rly is no way of u knowing how much memory its holding unless u install it onto a motherboard and check, unless it has some kinda serial number on it, and u look it up on the net, but i doubt that highly.
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It depends on your operating system, and what version. In Windows 2000 or XP...\n\n1) Right-click on the clock in the system tray.\n\n2) Select "Task Manager" from the pop-up menu.\n\n3) Click the "Performance" tab and you'll see a bar graph labelled "MEM Usage"\n\nYou can also click the "Processes" tab, to see what software is using the memory. There is a column labeled "Mem Usage" and you can click on that to sort programs by memory used.
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turn the laptop over and look on the back take a screw driver and undo the screws on the back (round the shaped cut outs \nunder one of these is your memory sticks \nbut as the first answer has suggested look in the manual \nthis will inform you where / type / and how much memory you can put in your system
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find the motherboard online and check how much memory it can hold
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Download a program called SiSoftware Sandra at http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=92\n It will tell you what model your motherboard is, how much memory it can use etc. If you at least know what model the motherboard is then you can look up the specs, otherwise there is no way of knowing.