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2004-01-02 by Lyons Cox
I'm one of the many who, to upgrade to Photoshop CS, will have to upgrade the OS to XP. Since the 512 RAM was a limitation of Win98, I was wondering if people were upgrading their RAM at the same time? I've stuck other equipment into the box but haven't done a RAM upgrade yet and was wondering if its a simple? I'd like to go from 512 to 1G. Suggestions? Thanks, Cleavis
2004-01-02 by Bob Michaels
with XP: turn off machine, insert RAM, turn on machine. It doesn't get much simpler. --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Lyons Cox" <lyonscox@c...> wrote: > I'm one of the many who, to upgrade to Photoshop CS, will have to upgrade > the OS to XP. > > Since the 512 RAM was a limitation of Win98, I was wondering if people were > upgrading their RAM at the same time? > I've stuck other equipment into the box but haven't done a RAM upgrade yet
> and was wondering if its a simple? > I'd like to go from 512 to 1G. Suggestions? > > Thanks, > Cleavis
2004-01-02 by Robert Zwemer
Should not be a problem. Depends on your system. Most conventional motherboards allow 3 dimm slots. depending on what your current configuration is will determine if you can save your current memory. There are a number of places which sell memory, do a google or froogle. Here is one I have used and reccomended and not heard anything but positive comments. You can enter your pc model etc. it returns info. on the type and size of memory available. http://www.memorysuppliers.com/ Bob Lyons Cox wrote:
>I'm one of the many who, to upgrade to Photoshop CS, will have to upgrade >the OS to XP. > >Since the 512 RAM was a limitation of Win98, I was wondering if people were >upgrading their RAM at the same time? >I've stuck other equipment into the box but haven't done a RAM upgrade yet >and was wondering if its a simple? >I'd like to go from 512 to 1G. Suggestions? > >Thanks, >Cleavis > > >Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other resources as they are often being updated. > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > >If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same page. > >Please follow these basic guidelines: >- As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep them short. >- Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or flames. Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed from the membership without notice. >- Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital B&W printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be removed from the membership. >- By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules and guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the group Owner and Moderators. See \ufffdGroup Topic, Rules and Guidelines\ufffd in the Files section: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/ > >BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE \ufffdOWNER\ufffd AND \ufffdMODERATORS\ufffd OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE \ufffdOWNER\ufffd AND \ufffdMODERATORS\ufffd OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP. > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > >To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/ > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > >
2004-01-02 by johnglodge
It may or may not be simple. Depenent on the age of your system. The older ones can only support 256M RAM If you have one of those the RAM cards are quite specific and you likely have only 3 slots so you will get to 768M. Otherwise 512M cards are possible or the less expensive 256M cards that can alos be used. When changing memory it is quite likely that you will get a bad contact first time around. Look at your motherboard manual and see what memory combinations you can support. I would suggest not changing everything at once. Put one new RAM in (not in the first slot) see what happens if it is recognised properly promote it to the first slot and then put in the others step by step. There is nothing like flying completely blind by changing every thing and facing a machine that only manages to beep a warning but will not boot. At every memory change some machines insist on going through the CMOS setup even though they recognise the memory change. You also need to figger how to turn your machine off. The on/off you are accustomed to is really a soft on/off there may be another on the back of the machine or just pull the plug out of the wall. For many machines if you fiddle with expansion slots or memory slots while the machine is only soft off you will kill the motherboard and an unspecified number of what is connected to it. In summary it is a very simple job to change memory but the margin for error can be non-existent. --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Lyons Cox" <lyonscox@c...> wrote: > I'm one of the many who, to upgrade to Photoshop CS, will have to upgrade > the OS to XP. > > Since the 512 RAM was a limitation of Win98, I was wondering if people were > upgrading their RAM at the same time? > I've stuck other equipment into the box but haven't done a RAM upgrade yet
> and was wondering if its a simple? > I'd like to go from 512 to 1G. Suggestions? > > Thanks, > Cleavis
2004-01-02 by Steven Karafyllakis
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Lyons Cox" <lyonscox@c...> wrote: > I'm one of the many who, to upgrade to Photoshop CS, will have to upgrade > the OS to XP. > I'd like to go from 512 to 1G. Suggestions? > Nothing complicated about it, buy the right kind and stick it in. My research indicates that it is more efficient to have a single large chip than several small ones, so buy it in one chip if your MOBO will support it. Also, while you're at it, if you can afford to, buy more. I've had CS only a few days and I'm already going to 2G of ram from one. It seems editing in 16-bit raises the overhead a lot! Steve Karafyllakis
2004-01-02 by Editor P.O.V. Image Service
Paul D. DeRocco wrote: >>From: Lyons Cox [mailto:lyonscox@...] >> >>I'm one of the many who, to upgrade to Photoshop CS, will have to upgrade >>the OS to XP. >> >>Since the 512 RAM was a limitation of Win98, I was wondering if >>people were >>upgrading their RAM at the same time? >> >> YES.. >>I've stuck other equipment into the box but haven't done a RAM upgrade yet >>and was wondering if its a simple? >>I'd like to go from 512 to 1G. Suggestions? >> >> > >Since when did Win98 have a 512M RAM limitation? > > Since it plopped onto the scene: <http://www.buycomputermemory.com/faq.html> Workarounds are available.. They didn't work for me, but an M$ Knowledge Base article on those is at: <http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q253/9/12.asp&NoWebContent=1> Keith Krebs "Just some guy," caretaker of the Multiverse's largest EPSON printer User Community (highly recommended by Vogon Poets and MegaDodo Publications), at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSON_Printers/ and the Multiverse's largest Canon printer User Community at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Canon-printers "For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together guys"
2004-01-02 by Paul D. DeRocco
> From: Lyons Cox [mailto:lyonscox@...] > > I'm one of the many who, to upgrade to Photoshop CS, will have to upgrade > the OS to XP. > > Since the 512 RAM was a limitation of Win98, I was wondering if > people were > upgrading their RAM at the same time? > I've stuck other equipment into the box but haven't done a RAM upgrade yet > and was wondering if its a simple? > I'd like to go from 512 to 1G. Suggestions? Since when did Win98 have a 512M RAM limitation? Your mobo may have a limitation, however. Check the manual, or go to the support area of the mobo manufacturer's web site if you can't find it. The physical act of adding RAM is generally easy, although after pushing ribbon cables around to get at the RAM sockets, make sure their connectors haven't come unseated. -- Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco Paul mailto:pderocco@...
2004-01-03 by Anthony G. Atkielski
Lyons Cox writes: > Since the 512 RAM was a limitation of Win98 ... I don't recall Win98 being limited to 512 MB, although it handled large amounts of RAM quite poorly. > ... I was wondering if people were upgrading their > RAM at the same time? You can never have too much RAM, and modern bloatware requires more and more of it to accomplish the same things. > I've stuck other equipment into the box but haven't done a RAM upgrade yet > and was wondering if its a simple? Usually it's just a matter of opening the box and plugging in some new memory (with the computer off). Then you turn things back on and you're in business. > I'd like to go from 512 to 1G. Suggestions? Buy some memory and plug it in. Look at the memory you have installed, first, though. To get to the maximum on a machine, you'll have to install the largest memory modules you can, and if smaller modules were installed at the factory, you'll have to unplug those and plug in new ones to reach the configuration limit. In any case, many PCs won't handle more than 1.5 GB from a hardware standpoint, and Windows XP can't go past 2 GB, I think. The 32-bit architecture for the hardware can't directly support more than 4 GB. All of this is more than enough for most purposes, but when you edit images, you can never have enough RAM. I have the maximum of 1.5 GB installed on my machine, and it is still just barely enough to load MF scans. If I went to a higher resolution scanner or a larger film format, I'd be unable to process scans at all, since neither the OS nor the hardware will configure enough memory to do it.