George, thanks for the help. OK, I might in that case upgrade to 1 Gig, but that's only if I can afford it, otherwise it'll be 512 MB. Thank goodness I'd be allowed to test the laptop before taking it! Thanks again, and I look forward to hearing from you. On Mon, 14 May 2007 22:35:24 +0100, "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > Christopher, are you running XP with just 256 MB of memory? > Another 256 will most definitely improve things, but I'd > very seriously suggest you get an extra 1 Gigabyte of you > can afford it, and if your laptop will support it. (Not all > laptops will, as I discovered when I added the maximum > possible to my wife's Sony Vaio last week.) > > And of course. If you pay to have it fitted, you are > perfectly entitled to ask that they prove it shows up. This > is a 3 second job in the shop. Simply right click on My > Computer, and select Properties. > > George. > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christopher > Hallsworth > Sent: 14 May 2007 21:56 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; blindtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Adding RAM > > Hi all, > Sorry for the cross posting, but I'd like to know the > following: > I currently have 256 MB of RAM in this Toshiba laptop and > I'm > considering taking it to a computer store like PC World so > that they can > add another 256 MB so that I have a total of 512 MB of RAM. > However, I > am wondering, due to my blindness, do I have the right to > test the > laptop before taking it back? Thing is I don't want to risk > taking a > once fully working laptop that's now faulty thanks to bad > RAM back to my > accomodation at my university in Birmingham, so this is why > I'm asking. > Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you. > Christopher Hallsworth > E-mail: chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Skype name chrishallsworth7266 > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following > link:- > ** > [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dunsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on > the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dfaq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition.=20 > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.0/803 - Release > Date: 13/05/2007 12:17 > =20 > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition.=20 > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.0/803 - Release > Date: 13/05/2007 12:17 > =20 > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > Christopher Hallsworth E-mail: chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype name chrishallsworth7266 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq