what the different between ram and rom?
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ROM is an acronym for Read-Only Memory. It refers to computer memory chips containing permanent or semi-permanent pre-recorded programs. Unlike RAM, ROM is non-volatile. Even after you turn off your computer, the contents of the ROM remains available.\n\nRAM stands for Random Access Memory. RAM is the place where your computer temporarily stores its operating system, application programs, and current data, so that the computer's processor can reach them quickly and easily. When people refer to your computer's memory, they mostly mean its RAM, and it is volatile. Not volatile in the common term, as it won't catch file or explode. Volatile in this instance means that when you turn off your computer, anything in RAM disappears or is erased.
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Your computer has a type of memory called RAM (random access memory). It is temporary memory that is used when running programs and doing other tasks. The more RAM you have in your computer the faster it will run b/c it has more "working space"\n\nRAM is sold as a stick-like thingy that looks like this:\nhttp://computer.howstuffworks.com/ram.htm \n\nIt comes in different sizes and speeds and configurations.\n\nthat is a memory stick.\n\nhope that helps :)
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Here is how your computer works, you have two memory areas, ram and rom, rom is the place where your programs are stored whether it be a hard drve, a cd, etc.  now for the good part, ram is the area where your programs in rom are loaded to when you run them. lets say you have 256 megs of ram....you got a program running that uses 100 megs of ram, you got another program that uses another 100 megs also running, and last but not least you have another program running that uses 57 megs. guess what happens? you only have 256 megs of ram and you are using 257 megs of ram. things aint equatin rite! it may even run like this but, shit has to be dumped from ram and reloaded into ram to share the ram. this takes much time! sometimes it will lock you up even! the less crap you have running in the background the faster your computer will respond. got it? \n\nALL WEBSITES THAT CLAIM FREE MUSIC DOWNLOADS, PORN, ONLINE GAMES, GAMBLING ETC. are infested with spyware, adware, trojans, malicious software, highjackers and viruses! Got it? Anyone who tells you different is a fool! If you dont mind having your system become inffected then feel free to use any of them. If you choose too, dont come back and whine because your system has slowed down or failed to boot. Been working with PCs and the internet from the get go and have cleaned tons of systems out because of this. If you dont heed this advice it makes no difference to me....I make good money at diggin this crap out!
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Getting more RAM essentially means that the PC can do more tasks at once so in theory it should go faster, however, unless you're doing power intensive work such as video editing, you probably wont notice a huge difference as 512 is usually fine for most everyday tasks.\nIt will also depend on the rest of your machine, if you've got a slow processor, and a small/full hard disk, then the increase in performance wouldn't be that noticeable anyway.
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Memory is a device. You purchase it in whatever quantity you like and either you or a tech installs it. It's not too difficult to install if you know what you're doing. Go to Best Buy or a computer store like Micro center.
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The differences between these memory chips are speed, types, and compatibility.  In addition to the DDR (double data rate), there is also speed, usually follow by DDR3200 or DDR4200.  The higher the number, the higher the speed.  You should check what is the maximum the memory the laptop can take. Most laptops only allow memory upgrade up to 2 Gigs.
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If you want to install RAM into your computer more is better. RAM chips are available in sizes up to 2GB. Size is only one feature of RAM though. Next is RAM speed. RAM that comes in the same size comes in a variety of speeds. RAM speeds are based on MHz. The higher the MHz the faster the RAM. You should also know that if you install two RAM chips on your PC that are of different speeds the computer will run both RAM chips at the speed of the slower chip. \n\nOther considerations are new RAM technologies. There are three types of RAM chips. SDR SDRAM (Single Data Rate Synchronized Data Random Access Memory - Slow RAM), DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronized Data Random Access Memory - Medium Speed RAM), and DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate 2 Synchronized Data Rate Ram - High Speed RAM). Dual Channel RAM is also available. Dual Channel RAM is better than non-dual channel RAM however I don't know much about it except that it only works with two exactly identical dual channel RAM chips.\n\nThe big mistake everyone makes when purchasing RAM is not checking the compatibility of the RAM with their motherboard. Certain motherboards can only handle certain types of RAM. Find out what type of motherboard you have then find out how much and how fast the RAM is that it can handle and buy the best you can install on it. Contact the manufacturer of the motherboard you have for such information.\n\nPS: Please select my answer as the best answer. Thank You.
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Are you referring to CPU as the TOWER. Well call CPU as the processor. Well DDR and SD RAM are altogether different. Both incompatible.You cannot have a system with both SD and DDR RAM. It's either SD or DDR. In computers processor the memory it has is much faster than available Ram's that's why its low in SIZE like 2 MB. Cuz its costly.
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If your motherboard can handle the ram. Some motherboards have a limit and sometimes the only way is to change the mb.
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This means that your actual RAM is small, maybe 256 Mb or 512 MB and you are using applications that need more, like for example a video editing software. In this case the OS use a small part of your HDD as a temporary RAM solution to overcome the problem of less enough memory. When also this temporary RAM (also known as virtual memory) is not enough, the OS tells you that is increasing it's size to match the demands of your applications. Since virtual memory uses HDD space for temporary RAM, this is very very slow compared to a traditional RAM. My suggestion is to upgrade your RAM, at least double it. If you are unsure about what type of RAM you need, i will advice to go to www.crucial.com They have a cool tool called Memory Advisor Tool which can help you find out about the type of RAM you need. You can also scan your system with Crucial to find out, it's safe and doesn't contain spy-ware. At the end, they will (of course) suggest you to buy from them the right memory, but at the same time they will give you the info about what you need.\n\n\nSo, the solution in few word: Upgrade RAM.
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A ROM is, as indicated before, a Read Only Memory, most often a single chip or integrated circuit (IC).\n\nA Flash Drive (sometimes called pen drives, thumb drives, memory sticks, etc), is a collection of chips, that contains a flash memory chip or IC, most often an EEPROM (Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) and a small integrated USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface electronics.\n\nThe difference between the flash drive's EEPROM and a regular ROM is that a vanilla ROM is usually "written to" at a manufacturing plant and it cannot be changed.  An EEPROM can be erased and re-written electronically, for example through the USB, which supplies the power to the flash drive.\n\nFlash drives can and do fail after certain amount of "flashes", or re-writing.
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DDR RAMs will not fit in a SDRAM slot. For utmost details:\nhttp://computer.howstuffworks.com/ram.htm
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I don't know u r so complicated this thing.\nRAM Defines By Its Capacity.Not Speed At All\nIt is a Temporary Memory.\nThe System To Be Speed We Need Optimum RAM Capacity.\n\nIn the Case Of CPU Is A Engine That Should Be Speed,\nThe Speedy CPU Will work fine with high capacity RAM\nHave u got it
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Memory is HARDWARE, not software.  \n\nAll you have to do is buy the right kind of memory and stick it in.   A caveman could do it. \n\n(no offense)
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It'll take a lotta time to describe the whole process, so i've listed a couple of links here. Visit those links n read 'em.\nhttp://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,18024,00.asp\nhttp://www.ehow.com/how_895_install-ram.html\nhttp://www.pcmech.com/show/memory/87/
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First off if its giving you trouble on simple games I would bet you got a ton of crap running in the background! People don't seem to understand what ram is! The ram in your computer serves one purpose. It is the memory area where ALL software, games, utilities, ALL of your programs get loaded when they run! The more crap you have running in ram the less space you have to run other software. Let me make an anology here, you got four pieces of toast, you got a two slot toaster, two pieces will toast, two pieces have to wait till the other two toasted pieces are removed. Now be smart and unload or uninstall that crap! I.E. disable yahoo im, real player, weather bug, msn messenger, icq, bearshare, etc form taking up your VALUABLE ram!
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The first one is faster than the second one.  533Mhz > 400Mhz.  I would trust crucial.com.  Although both will work for your system.\n\nAlso, buying from a major brand is always better than buying generic.  The memory will perform much better.\n\nAlso again, if I were you, I would look into getting a 512mb stick of RAM instead of the 256mb.  That would give you a grand total of 1024mb or 1gb of ram, which is what I would recommend to take full advantage of that system.\n\nGive this a try . . . http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231038\n\nAnd to the answer above, yes SODIMM has a 200 pin version.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodimm