Adding Memory....On of scale of 1 to 10.....how difficult should this be?
ZiggyDoodle:
How many memory slots does your system have, Tgdrysix?
I just added another gig to my system - I have a total of four slots and they are numbered, so I had to be certain I installed the new memory in the correct slot.
As noted, you have to seat the ram firmly so that it snaps into place - there are generally a couple of notices in the bottom which will match the slot so you can figure out whether you have it facing in the right direction.
I hope whoever built it for you game you some documentation about the motherboard so you can check this out.
neriana:
It sounds to me like it's just bad ram. Did you get an off-brand?
Ancient Sim:
All the reports I've read say that 1 gig is more than enough to run the game. Someone (Hegelian, I think) said that the game will use whatever's there and I think that's true. I have 1 gig and the tests I've done show that it uses around 750 of it, whereas with my old computer, I only had half a gig and the game used around 350 of it (and I had no problems running it with half a gig, either). Basically, if the extra is there it will use it, but it doesn't really need it. It's got a lot to do with swop files and stuff, I think. All too technical for me. I don't think adding RAM is difficult, though. My son put some into my last-but-one pc and he'd never even taken the back off one before - it worked fine. I probably couldn't do it, but men have more experience than women at sticking things into holes.
Ambular:
1 GB should be enough to run the game, out of the box, if you're not running anything else to speak of at the same time. If, however, you have a lot of downloads and/or you've got other programs running at the same time as the game, 1 GB may very quickly become inadequate.
I've got a gig and a half of downloads and the same amount of memory, and the game runs moderately well when I've got a few other programs going; but by Pescado's recommendation, I would need about 3 gigs for optimal performace.
And I'd say you've probably either got a bad stick of RAM or one or more dirty/corroded slots. Was there a lot of dust in your computer's case when you opened it?
ZiggyDoodle:
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for now I'm reading....got into the Jane Evanovich series.....up to #4
Whoopee! Reading about Miss Plum's mishaps (and Ranger) is much more fun than playing with pixels. Especially if you have a good imagination. ;D
Enjoy.....I have them all and just finished 12.
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