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Computing
Increase your Computer's Heartbeat: Add RAM to it
by
Ruchi Gupta
 Sometimes the speed of computer becomes so sluggish, that it
becomes difficult to tolerate, and we start doing lots of
action like rebooting computer or deleting extra folders,
but always it does not work.
For slow computer to work fast we need speed and that means
lots of RAM, which stands for Random Access Memory. It is a
kind of memory used for holding program and data being
executed.
When we start our computer and launch any application like
browsing the Internet or writing any letter, the basic data
required for running these applications and the operating
system is loaded into RAM or sometimes just referred to as
memory.
New PC when you buy from the market comes with standard
amount of memory. The RAM that comes with the computer is
the minimum amount requires to run what’s already installed
on the system. More powerful programs or application
consumes more RAM and due to multitasking nature of many
system i.e. running more than one application at a time,
consumption of RAM increases. Then there are pop-up programs
that run constantly in the background so that you can access
them instantly at any time. These programs are also nonstop
RAM consumers.
Random Access Memory chips are large rectangular shaped and
made with memory cells with support logic that reads and
writes data, it is mounted directly onto the motherboard and
transfers data by use of address and data buses. Each data
bus consists of number of circuits.
RAM speed can be measure in different ways depending on the
age of the computer. Older RAM is measured in nanoseconds
also written as ns. One nanosecond is one-billionth of a
second and is the measurement of access time to or from RAM.
Newer RAM is measured in megahertz and it matches the speed
of motherboard to communicate with the processor. A higher
RAM speed in megahertz means faster read and writes to the
RAM chip.
Due to changing technologies in computer we need to add more
software to our system, more powerful applications will be
there and more programs will be there, everything will need
their share of RAM. If you have less RAM in your system,
every process will wait for their turn, which may take time
so your system will be slow and you will be irritated.
In order to make your system fast you have to upgrade your
system by adding more RAM, now if you finally decided to
upgrade the system you would first have to find out what
kind of RAM your computer uses. You would need to match its
speed, the pin size and based on your system’s RAM you have
to choose either tin or gold-based pin RAM. Once everything
is done i.e. you got the right RAM, you have to take out old
RAM from the socket and rock the new RAM in place of old
RAM.
After upgrading your system you will see the satisfying
changes in the speed, your system will be faster and in
single click you will see your work done. RAM is the energy
lifeblood of the computer operations.
July 30, 2006
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