I do not use the old one anymore as something happened to the processor I believe, and no hard drive in it now. Maybe I will see if I can figure out how to open it up (surgery) and yank the memory out of it. Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 6:15 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: help,bluescreen yikes > Cristy, > With the audio editing you're doing, you should really have at least > 2GB > in your main system. It might not speed things up a ton, but it'll take > away a LOT of bottleneck issues. IF they're installed in dual-channel > mode, > then you WILL see things speed up quite a bit. See the Memory area below > for some visual info specific to your mainboard on this. > > http://tinyurl.com/cyrut > > Yes, and he also moved one of the original sticks from its factory > location, so, even if you remove the extra stick, it still won't > functionin > dual-channel mode until the other two sticks are installed on the same > color > slots. > > If both systems use the same type of memery, I would consider taking > the > sticks you pull out of this one and installing them in the older one. > Depending on how many open slots it has, start with the largest capacity > spare first. Of course, both systems MUST require DDR for there to be any > chance of this working. > > Peace, > Gman > > "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 5:34 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: help,bluescreen yikes > > >> Darn, I hit send before I meant to on this one, >> >> So are you saying for me to purchase two 1 GB memory sticks DDR and take >> out >> the current memory that is in the computer? >> >> Also I think my brother may have added a stick or two of memory awhile >> back >> so am I runing single rather than dual now? >> >> And a thought occurred to me that I still have my old computer minus the >> hard drive, maybe I could figure out how to get the memory sticks out of >> that one and would that work? They were probably 512 mb or something. >> >> >> >> Christine > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and > everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. > > To unsubscribe or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: > pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------