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Posted July 1, 200717 yr

When installing more memory in windows XP home do you need to do a repair

install Or will windows just see it? With memory so cheap I have 2G. But

with memory so cheap I was thinking about putting in 2G more.

I have a Asus A8V-XE with a AMD Athlon 64 4000 and Asus EN7600GS video card.

Use DSL for internet.

Thanks Johnny

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July 1, 200717 yr

On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:54:35 -0400, "Johnny"

<nospamcandj01@mindspring.com> wrote:

> When installing more memory in windows XP home do you need to do a repair

> install

No.

> Or will windows just see it?

If your motherboard accepts it and you put the right type in, and you

do it correctly, yes.

> With memory so cheap I have 2G. But

> with memory so cheap I was thinking about putting in 2G more.

Why? Regardless of how cheap it is, unless you run particularly

memory-hungry applications it will do *nothing* for you. In fact, for

the great majority of people, even the 2GB you already have is much

more than necessary. My guess is that if you reduced it to 1GB (or

maybe even 512MB) you couldn't tell the difference.

You often hear people saying that more memory is better, but that's

true only up to a point.Beyond that point (and you're probably already

way beyond it), more memory doesn't hurt, but it doesn't help either.

More memory helps only when what you are running causes you to use the

page file instead of RAM. If you're in that situation, adding RAM

reduces (or eliminates) page file use, and speeds up performance.

If you're not in that situation, the RAM does next to nothing for you.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

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July 1, 200717 yr

Thank you.

Johnny McCown

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message

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> On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:54:35 -0400, "Johnny"

> <nospamcandj01@mindspring.com> wrote:

>> When installing more memory in windows XP home do you need to do a repair

>> install

> No.

>> Or will windows just see it?

> If your motherboard accepts it and you put the right type in, and you

> do it correctly, yes.

>> With memory so cheap I have 2G. But

>> with memory so cheap I was thinking about putting in 2G more.

> Why? Regardless of how cheap it is, unless you run particularly

> memory-hungry applications it will do *nothing* for you. In fact, for

> the great majority of people, even the 2GB you already have is much

> more than necessary. My guess is that if you reduced it to 1GB (or

> maybe even 512MB) you couldn't tell the difference.

> You often hear people saying that more memory is better, but that's

> true only up to a point.Beyond that point (and you're probably already

> way beyond it), more memory doesn't hurt, but it doesn't help either.

> More memory helps only when what you are running causes you to use the

> page file instead of RAM. If you're in that situation, adding RAM

> reduces (or eliminates) page file use, and speeds up performance.

> If you're not in that situation, the RAM does next to nothing for you.

> --

> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

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On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 14:40:28 -0400, "Johnny"

<nospamcandj01@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Thank you.

You're welcome. Glad to help.

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message

> news:82qf83hbksg71q3epqe5680an4c32gu8vc@4ax.com...

> > On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:54:35 -0400, "Johnny"

> > <nospamcandj01@mindspring.com> wrote:

> >

> >> When installing more memory in windows XP home do you need to do a repair

> >> install

> >

> > No.

> >

> >> Or will windows just see it?

> >

> > If your motherboard accepts it and you put the right type in, and you

> > do it correctly, yes.

> >

> >> With memory so cheap I have 2G. But

> >> with memory so cheap I was thinking about putting in 2G more.

> >

> > Why? Regardless of how cheap it is, unless you run particularly

> > memory-hungry applications it will do *nothing* for you. In fact, for

> > the great majority of people, even the 2GB you already have is much

> > more than necessary. My guess is that if you reduced it to 1GB (or

> > maybe even 512MB) you couldn't tell the difference.

> >

> > You often hear people saying that more memory is better, but that's

> > true only up to a point.Beyond that point (and you're probably already

> > way beyond it), more memory doesn't hurt, but it doesn't help either.

> > More memory helps only when what you are running causes you to use the

> > page file instead of RAM. If you're in that situation, adding RAM

> > reduces (or eliminates) page file use, and speeds up performance.

> > If you're not in that situation, the RAM does next to nothing for you.

> >

> > --

> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

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July 1, 200717 yr

"Johnny" <nospamcandj01@mindspring.com> wrote

> When installing more memory in windows XP home do you need to do a repair

> install Or will windows just see it? With memory so cheap I have 2G. But

> with memory so cheap I was thinking about putting in 2G more.

> I have a Asus A8V-XE with a AMD Athlon 64 4000 and Asus EN7600GS video

> card. Use DSL for internet.

In addition to Ken's reply, though a 32bit OS can address up to 4GB or RAM

some of that address space is used by hardware, so the OS will see less than

4GB, somewhere in the range of 2.7-3.5GB, so there is little point in

installing more than 3GB or RAM.

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html

Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 13:22:29 -0700, "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote:

> "Johnny" <nospamcandj01@mindspring.com> wrote

> > When installing more memory in windows XP home do you need to do a repair

> > install Or will windows just see it? With memory so cheap I have 2G. But

> > with memory so cheap I was thinking about putting in 2G more.

> > I have a Asus A8V-XE with a AMD Athlon 64 4000 and Asus EN7600GS video

> > card. Use DSL for internet.

> In addition to Ken's reply, though a 32bit OS can address up to 4GB or RAM

> some of that address space is used by hardware, so the OS will see less than

> 4GB, somewhere in the range of 2.7-3.5GB, so there is little point in

> installing more than 3GB or RAM.

Thanks for the addition. I had meant to mention that myself, but

forgot.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

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July 3, 200717 yr

Johnny wrote:

> When installing more memory in windows XP home do you need to do a repair

> install Or will windows just see it? With memory so cheap I have 2G. But

> with memory so cheap I was thinking about putting in 2G more.

> I have a Asus A8V-XE with a AMD Athlon 64 4000 and Asus EN7600GS video card.

> Use DSL for internet.

Generally do you NOT have to to a repair install if you add more RAM.

http://www.bootdisk.com/

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