how can I know which type of memory I sshould buy for my computer?
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Step.1 Throw out old PC.\nStep.2 Buy new PC\nStep.3 Welcome to 2006.\n\nThere is no amount of memory that you can add to an old system with only 12Mb of mem that will make it perform any better. Your PC is a tortouse and needs to be severely replaced; unless of course, you just use it as a space heater, then 12Mb should be fine....
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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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you know the sname of ur laptop go to there website there should be some histrory on ur type of laptop should tell you what the maximum of ram can go into it
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go to http://www.crucial.com and  it will tell you the excat amount of memory your system uses and the type
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You can buy 3 different popular memory chip sizes...\n\n1) ($34) 256 MB - DDR PC2700 • CL=2.5 • UNBUFFERED • Non-parity • DDR333 • 2.5V • 32Meg x 64 \n\n2) ($69) 512 MB -  DDR PC2700 • CL=2.5 • UNBUFFERED • NON-ECC • DDR333 • 2.5V • 64Meg x 64 \n\n3) ($140) 1 GB -  DDR PC2700 • CL=2.5 • UNBUFFERED • NON-ECC • DDR333 • 2.5V • 128Meg x 64 \n\n\n\nGood luck!
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Take one of your sticks of ram out of your computer and look at it. It should say on the ram what kind it is and you can also see how many pins it is.
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http://computer.howstuffworks.com/ram.htm
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http://www.crucial.com/store/listmfgr.asp?cat=RAM
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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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Try dealram.com, it's a price search engine specializing in RAM.
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go to the dell service website and put in that service tag then search their website for specifications for your exact computer.  they should have the ddr ram type listed in specs
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Go to www.crucial.com. They have an easy way to figure out what you need.
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go to http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/ for a excelent tool which will give you modules for every part of your p.c including motherboard,it also gives you your windows product key which is handy to know if you havent got one\n      this also gives info like max memory that can be fitted and graphic card info
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Find out the model of your motherboard and go to http://www.kingston.com/ and enter it at the top where you see the select by manufacturer and then it will tell you which kinds of memory you can buy and from where.  The type of computer motherboard you have should be a manual which came with your computer, or ask Dell which kind of motherboard you have.
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go to http://www.crucial.com put the name and model of your computer in the search place and it will show/tell you
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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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OOH, No stickers?!!?  There I dunno how you will.  Best way is to ask a computer dealer to try the RAM for you and give you the specs.\n\nOr better, try it at a friend's who's willing to help u out.