Hello,
I have a Gateway M350WVN with a Pentium 4 2.4 GHz Processor, 1 GB of RAM and a 120 GB hard drive. Even though it is four years old (it has a 3.5 in floppy disk drive on it and no memory card reader), I like this computer and it works well. But as you can imagine, the increasing complexity of the software we use is outstripping the abilities of this hardware setup and I'd like to improve it as much as I can.
I've called Gateway to inquire about increasing the RAM beyond 1 GB and they said that 1 is the maximum for this model. Short of a new motherboard (which I understand is hugely expensive), is there some way I can make this computer recognize more than 1 GB of RAM? Are there any software changes that might make such a thing possible? I would like to take it to at least 2 GB, but 3 is my preference. Thank you for your help.
I have a Gateway M350WVN with a Pentium 4 2.4 GHz Processor, 1 GB of RAM and a 120 GB hard drive. Even though it is four years old (it has a 3.5 in floppy disk drive on it and no memory card reader), I like this computer and it works well. But as you can imagine, the increasing complexity of the software we use is outstripping the abilities of this hardware setup and I'd like to improve it as much as I can.
I've called Gateway to inquire about increasing the RAM beyond 1 GB and they said that 1 is the maximum for this model. Short of a new motherboard (which I understand is hugely expensive), is there some way I can make this computer recognize more than 1 GB of RAM? Are there any software changes that might make such a thing possible? I would like to take it to at least 2 GB, but 3 is my preference. Thank you for your help.