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Added ram but computer does not run faster
My computer runs extremely slowly when working within, and going to/from, Windows XP. It is mostly running Microsoft Dynamics POS system, and the startup and shutdown of this program is slow as well.. It had 512mb ram, and I added an identical stick but it seems to make no difference. It is an HP rp5000(DK779AV) Intel Celeron CPU 2.5ghz, 1gb ram, 75g hdd, 13g used. XP service pack 3 (but ran the same with sp2).
The computer appears to be seeing the additional ram. Is there something I need to do to have it use it? Or is the slowness due to another issue?
The computer appears to be seeing the additional ram. Is there something I need to do to have it use it? Or is the slowness due to another issue?
Zack
I would put it like 2 or 3GB . It varies why your computer is running slow. How many processes are you running? Is there anything hogging a lot of CPU? Like 50-100%? have you cleaned off spyware or viruses lately? Have you defragged the HD lately?
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The Ram is not your problem. POS software is very CPU intense. The bottleneck is at your processor. The celeron only has 256k Cache and that is where your problem lies. You could add all the RAM you want and it won't help with that piece of software all it will allow you to do is run more things in the background. If you know what system or better yet what motherboard you have I could find out what CPU's you could put into it.
Thank you much. : )