I've added extra RAM but my PC seems no faster

[cmsdaker]

Hi,

I have upgraded the RAM in my PC from 256MB (DIMM) to 2gb and it seems no faster at all. The RAM has been recognised by the system as it shows up in system information. The PC is still slow on the internet and the CPU is at 100% a lot of the time

I have a 2ghz Intel Celeron processor and run Windows XP.

Can any one other any suggestions on ways to increase the speed of the PC?

Thanks

[ChuckFickens]

slow on the internet is probably your connection speed not your computer.

your CPU really shouldn't be running at 100% all the time. do a ctrl-alt-delete and then click task manager and then click on the processes tab and you should be able to see what is running your CPU at 100%.

I'd also recomend running a full virus scan with whatever your anti virus software is, and a full spyware scan with adaware.

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2008/3000-802 2_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag =top5&cdlPid=10844457

also download and run Ccleaner to clear all your temporary files.

http://www.ccleaner.com/download

[Disco Fever]

You could also delete all your temp files inc cookies and all that rubbish your PC collects...


Click 'start' then 'control panel' then 'Internet options' then 'browsing history' and delete all in there....

[ChuckFickens]

disco,

that's exactly what Ccleaner does plus deleting lots of other temp files

[ACtheTROLL]

with a 2g celeron fitting 2 gb of ram could well slow your system down - not speed it up

a celeron can only address 2Gb and that includes bios, video, audio, PnP and all the other little chunks of rom and ram

windows creates a swap file at least equal to your ram - generally bigger.

do your perfectly adequate PC now has to create and manage a chunk of disk 8x bigger than it was

on an older machine - it's reasonable to expect slower components, smaller disk and lots more baggage

the processor load is probably a combination of increased disk activity combined with a full disk (windows tends to use % of free space) so all the temp files will have to be deleted and re-created constantly to maintain that presentage..

seriously 1Gb is more than enough - consider e-baying 1 of the sticks - you don't need or want it