[NefCanuck]

oldeguy,Jun 19 2009, 05:47 AM Wrote:Memory Specs, 256mb RAM, 40 gig Hard Drive.
Did a scan and my RAM is 90% full
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Ah okay, right there is your issue I think, now the queestion is figuring out which memory sticks you have and whether you can salvage them and simply add more, or if you will have to buy new and discard what you have.

There are programs that claim to be able to read the memory type and speed but I've never trusted them 100% on propriatary systems like Dell.

Are you comfortable opening the PC? If yes can you see the memory specs on the sticks that are in the machine (and how many of the memory slots are full?) or better yet, take a photo of the RAM showing the specs and post it here for us to look at (The generic specs I pulled up on the Dell website suggests there could be many different types of memory in the box)

NefCanuck