determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?

tuuf <tuuf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?

Run Belarc Advisor

Google it.

"tuuf" wrote in
<news:F49ABFAC-866C-43EF-8D47-E56055C66664@microsoft.com>:

> How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?

Read the motherboard or computer manual to see how many memory slots are
available.

Get a 3rd party utility to scan your hardware to tell you how many slots
are occupied.

Aida32 (because Everest Home which stopped being free; might find Aida32
for download somewhere with a Google search). Use "SPD" (Serial
Presence Detect) to see how many modules (sticks) there are since the
SPD is shown for each module. It shows physical RAM slots under
"Motherboard" but I'm not sure it is always accurate, so read the manual
for the physical slot count.

CPU-Z might also give the same info.


You sure that removing 2 screws and swinging out the side panel isn't
easier?

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

>"tuuf" wrote in
><news:F49ABFAC-866C-43EF-8D47-E56055C66664@microsoft.com>:
>
>> How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?
>
>Read the motherboard or computer manual to see how many memory slots are
>available.
>
>Get a 3rd party utility to scan your hardware to tell you how many slots
>are occupied.
>
>Aida32 (because Everest Home which stopped being free; might find Aida32
>for download somewhere with a Google search). Use "SPD" (Serial
>Presence Detect) to see how many modules (sticks) there are since the
>SPD is shown for each module. It shows physical RAM slots under
>"Motherboard" but I'm not sure it is always accurate, so read the manual
>for the physical slot count.
>
>CPU-Z might also give the same info.
>
>
>You sure that removing 2 screws and swinging out the side panel isn't
>easier?

GEEZ but yer a long-winded bastage.

Belarc advisor does it all... and telling the OP that takes only one
freakin' line.

Crucial.com has an excellent online scanner that will tell you everything
you need to know.

"tuuf" <tuuf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?

"Lisa" wrote in <news:#e$rSbGzIHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>:

> Crucial.com has an excellent online scanner that will tell you everything
> you need to know.
>
> "tuuf" <tuuf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F49ABFAC-866C-43EF-8D47-E56055C66664@microsoft.com...
>> How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?

You'll need to allow installation of their ActiveX control to run that
scanner.

What's your point?

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
news:mN-dncAw7duiec3VnZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> "Lisa" wrote in <news:#e$rSbGzIHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>:
>
>> Crucial.com has an excellent online scanner that will tell you everything
>> you need to know.
>>
>> "tuuf" <tuuf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F49ABFAC-866C-43EF-8D47-E56055C66664@microsoft.com...
>>> How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?
>
> You'll need to allow installation of their ActiveX control to run that
> scanner.

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
news:mN-dncAw7duiec3VnZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> "Lisa" wrote in <news:#e$rSbGzIHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>:
>
>> Crucial.com has an excellent online scanner that will tell you
>> everything
>> you need to know.
>>
>> "tuuf" <tuuf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F49ABFAC-866C-43EF-8D47-E56055C66664@microsoft.com...
>>> How do I find this information out without looking inside the
>>> computer?
>
> You'll need to allow installation of their ActiveX control to run that
> scanner.

Not necessarily.

Using Firefox, a page appears with the following text:

Browser Incompatibility

The online Crucial System Scanner requires Internet Explorer browser and
the use of ActiveX® technology to scan your system. If you use a
different Web browser, such as Opera™ or Mozilla's Firefox™, please use
our 112KB downloadable System Scanner instead.

Our downloadable System Scanner allows you to run the Crucial System
Scanner locally — get upgrade results on Crucial.com in any browser with
an internet connection.

Download:
http://images.crucial.com/drivers/CrucialScan.exe

Lisa wrote:
> What's your point?
>

That installing Active-X components from a web source is a spectacularly bad
idea.

So is connecting to the internet.

"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Lisa wrote:
>> What's your point?
>>
>
> That installing Active-X components from a web source is a spectacularly
> bad idea.
>