Sooner or later, we all face the problem of improving our iron friend. Today I decided to add another 2 gigs of RAM to my. All actions will be described here. I'll try to be as detailed as possible - suddenly it will help someone 🙂

First we need to find out what kind of ozushka we will add. I decided not to take a steam bath, and take the same one that I have now, in the hope that the two of them will have more fun. How to find out your type of RAM, described.

Here we bought a die and it is completely at our disposal:

We take out the computer from our workplace, and get ready to use it.

We unscrew the bolts from the back wall, if there are any.

Remove the side panel of the case. To know which socket to unscrew, you need to put the computer facing you. The left wall is what we need. 🙂

At the same time, you can blow out all the dust from the system unit, for the sake of prevention. I do not recommend vacuuming, as static can kill the computer. It is better to blow out all the dust. I was lucky, I have a vacuum cleaner with a blowing function.

This is RAM

Next to her, an empty slot. We move the antennae of the RAM clamp (they are located on both sides of the socket).

Printing out the new board

And carefully insert it into the nest. The main thing is to see that the cable on the motherboard and the cable on the RAM match 🙂

Snap on both sides. First on one side, then on the other.

And here are the two plates next to each other.

We return our iron friend to its original state.

We hook it up in place. And look at the end result. We start the computer. Windows is loaded. On the desktop, press the Windows + Break keys at the same time. We look at the information about the system.

As we see. Costs physically 4 GB random access memory, used only 3.25 GB because Operating system 32 bit. I feel the next step will be the transition to 64-bit Windows.

Updated - 2017-02-05

How to add RAM to a computer? A computer cannot work without memory. But even with a small memory, it will not work, but one torment. Any file will open for half an hour, and some may not open at all. And there is nothing to say about games. They just won't load. What to do? How to add RAM to a computer? Is memory alone worth buying a new computer? I can reassure you. New computer do not need to buy. Just add memory. It's easy to say, you answer. And I'll tell you - it's easy to do.

There is nothing easier. Try once, and for you this operation will no longer be a problem.
Most often, memory has to be added, not changed. By itself, it is reliable and rarely fails. I have computers that are already 12-13 years old, and their memory has never failed. And so, we add memory to the computer.

First we need to figure out what kind of memory we need ( DDR, DDR2 or DDR3), and which maximum volume memory supports your motherboard. If you have documentation for the motherboard, then look at what memory slots (connectors) are on your motherboard. If you do not have documentation, you can look on the Internet. Well, if you cannot determine what motherboard you have, then the easiest way is to remove the memory from your unit and show it to the seller.

Before touching the memory, be sure to remove it from yourself, otherwise you risk not adding, but changing the memory completely.

And so, you found the necessary memory. Now let's see how to add memory to the computer:

• Disconnect your computer from electrical network. Completely disconnect all cables from the processor unit (keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor, and other devices connected to it).

• Remove the left cover from system block.
• Locate an empty memory slot on the motherboard. They look like this (their color can be bright yellow and red and blue):

• Blow dust out of slots. Grab the memory carefully by the edges. Avoid touching chips and other parts. See where the key notch is located on the slot and rotate the memory card so that the key on it matches this jumper when you insert the card into the slot.

If you successfully selected and bought the RAM module you need, let's install it correctly in our computer. All the parts inside the system unit do not require significant physical effort to handle, so relax a little. Before work, it will not be out of place to read the manual that came with your motherboard, it must have its own instructions for installing RAM.

• Note: If you have a laptop, then read the article -.

First of all, we remove static electricity from ourselves, touch the unpainted parts of your system unit with our hands.

All actions are performed on a turned off computer. Disconnect the power cord from the electrical outlet. We remove the side cover of the system unit and find slots for RAM on the motherboard. Usually there are two to four. Each RAM slot has special latches on the edges on both sides, they must be carefully pressed to the sides.

Note: Some motherboards are designed in such a way that install RAM the video card will interfere with you, then remove it.

Now look carefully at any slot for installing RAM, it has a special ledge.

Now take out the RAM module and you will see a special slot or recess on it.

So, we pressed the two latches of the RAM slot to the sides, carefully insert our RAM module into the slot.

If you bought the RAM module correctly, then when you install the module in the slot on the motherboard intended for it, this cutout should definitely fall into the ledge. If the notch and protrusion do not match, then the RAM module is not designed to work on this motherboard.

The module should fall into the guides without any distortions, now the most crucial moment, lightly and gently press the module from above on both sides with your thumbs, it should fall into place, and the latches should snap into place.

If the latches do not snap into place, look carefully to see if the module is fully inserted into the slot, if it is to the end, then fix the latch yourself. I think everything is clearly visible on the screenshots.

Let me remind you, if you have two RAM modules with the same size and the same characteristics, and the motherboard supports dual-channel RAM, insert the modules into the same colored slots.

We put the cover of the system unit back, connect all the cables and turn on the computer.

How to extract RAM

If you need to remove the RAM from the slot, then it is very simple to do this, snap off the latches and remove the RAM module.