Can't use TSG Sysinfo as the machine has no memory at all at present, but it is a pretty old Fujitsu Scenic P300 with 2.4G Pentium (reasonable), enough disk space and 128MB memory. It belongs to a friend, and was running so slowly as to be unusable - you could practically cook and eat a meal while IE was loading, not that I would use IE anyway, but that's what she has. I put it down to the gradual bloating of security software over the years (I will post a question about that in the XP forum) and our broadband speed which is about a quarter of a megabit on a good day. For comparison, it's bearable on my machine, which is similar spec and XP also but I have 2G memory.
So having tried all the usual things to speed up the Fujitsu, I decided to put more memory in - well, it was obvious, but hardware is not my thing, and I try to avoid opening up other people's cases. I have, however, replaced memory in my own box, and was reasonably confident. I downloaded the manuals both for the P300 and for the motherboard, and it looked straightforward.
There was a 512MB stick left over from my own upgrade, and it seemd to fit the spec, so I tried that first, but couldn't get it to go down into the slot, and I was afraid to damage the m/b; so I gave that up and ran the Crucial diagnostic, ordered up a 1GB stick, and for good measure emailed their support with all the information to make sure I had the right thing - they said I had.
It arrived and I opened up the case again. The accompanying notes said that the larger module should go in slot 0, so I pulled out the old module, with some difficulty, and tried to put the new one in. It wouldn't go. I pushed as hard as seemed reasonable, but nothing happened. So I removed it, compared it visually to the new one - they were identical - and tried to put the old one back. It wouldn't go in. My hands are not very strong, but I ended up putting practically my whole weight on it. (There was no cracking noise from the mobo.)
The notes said not to "help" the clips into position, but with no memory in I wiggled the clips a bit, and it was incredibly difficult, but it could be done. So the question is: would it be so dangerous if I just helped them a little, gently, while pushing down on the module? I think they are just too stiff.
Or has anyone any other ideas?
Thank you in anticipation .....
So having tried all the usual things to speed up the Fujitsu, I decided to put more memory in - well, it was obvious, but hardware is not my thing, and I try to avoid opening up other people's cases. I have, however, replaced memory in my own box, and was reasonably confident. I downloaded the manuals both for the P300 and for the motherboard, and it looked straightforward.
There was a 512MB stick left over from my own upgrade, and it seemd to fit the spec, so I tried that first, but couldn't get it to go down into the slot, and I was afraid to damage the m/b; so I gave that up and ran the Crucial diagnostic, ordered up a 1GB stick, and for good measure emailed their support with all the information to make sure I had the right thing - they said I had.
It arrived and I opened up the case again. The accompanying notes said that the larger module should go in slot 0, so I pulled out the old module, with some difficulty, and tried to put the new one in. It wouldn't go. I pushed as hard as seemed reasonable, but nothing happened. So I removed it, compared it visually to the new one - they were identical - and tried to put the old one back. It wouldn't go in. My hands are not very strong, but I ended up putting practically my whole weight on it. (There was no cracking noise from the mobo.)
The notes said not to "help" the clips into position, but with no memory in I wiggled the clips a bit, and it was incredibly difficult, but it could be done. So the question is: would it be so dangerous if I just helped them a little, gently, while pushing down on the module? I think they are just too stiff.
Or has anyone any other ideas?
Thank you in anticipation .....