memory

Hi all

Silly question is there any way that you can tell how much memory there is memory ram (i think thats right) i've got two moduls of 256mb in each thanks.

grahame

512mb.

If you have an Office product like Excel, Help/About will show you system information - look for Total Physical Memory.

at www.crucial.com/uk you can scan your system to see what is installed and see prices for upgrades.

If you use Windows XP then right mouse My Computer, select Properties and the RAM is shown at the bottom. Or press Ctrl/Shift/Esc select the Performance tab and the Physical memory is displayed.

Click START, then MY COMPUTER, then VIEW SYSTEM INFORMATION. The GENERAL tab will show you how much RAM is recognised by your PC..........

Just because I want to give a different answer to everyone else ...

Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to display the Task Manager.
On the bottom line it says "Commit Charge xxxxxxK / yyyyyyK".

The x's tell you how much memory you are actually using at that moment in time. If it is anything near the actual total real memory installed in your system (see other posts) you should consider upgrading the memory.

The y's tell you how much memory is available if you add real memory to the pseudo-memory contained in your current swap file. Since the swap file is very slow compared to real memory, it's best to regard this as your emergency supply if you exceed your real memory limit, and try to keep your usage within real memory if possible.

Ian