Hi, my Dell PC gets really slow after being turned on for a day or so and I
have to restart it to get it to react with any speed. It is only twelve
months old. The hardware is as follows if that helps at all.

Dell dimension DV051
Pentium 4 3.00Ghz
2.99Ghz, 248Mb of RAM
It runs Mcafee virus scan and sundries.


I have a hunch it may have something to do with the small amount of RAM i
have. Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Richie

If it were mine I would at least double the memory.
"Ritchie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C373554A-935E-4CA8-8518-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, my Dell PC gets really slow after being turned on for a day or so and
> I
> have to restart it to get it to react with any speed. It is only twelve
> months old. The hardware is as follows if that helps at all.
>
> Dell dimension DV051
> Pentium 4 3.00Ghz
> 2.99Ghz, 248Mb of RAM
> It runs Mcafee virus scan and sundries.
>
>
> I have a hunch it may have something to do with the small amount of RAM i
> have. Any help would be appreciated.
> Cheers,
> Richie

But should the amount of time it has been turned on have anything to do with
it?

"Unknown" wrote:

> If it were mine I would at least double the memory.
> "Ritchie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C373554A-935E-4CA8-8518-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi, my Dell PC gets really slow after being turned on for a day or so and
> > I
> > have to restart it to get it to react with any speed. It is only twelve
> > months old. The hardware is as follows if that helps at all.
> >
> > Dell dimension DV051
> > Pentium 4 3.00Ghz
> > 2.99Ghz, 248Mb of RAM
> > It runs Mcafee virus scan and sundries.
> >
> >
> > I have a hunch it may have something to do with the small amount of RAM i
> > have. Any help would be appreciated.
> > Cheers,
> > Richie
>
>
>

Richie;
Have you checked for spyware, viruses and other malware:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

Doubling or even tripling your memory should also help although
something else is happening if the computer slows over time.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Ritchie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C373554A-935E-4CA8-8518-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, my Dell PC gets really slow after being turned on for a day or
> so and I
> have to restart it to get it to react with any speed. It is only
> twelve
> months old. The hardware is as follows if that helps at all.
>
> Dell dimension DV051
> Pentium 4 3.00Ghz
> 2.99Ghz, 248Mb of RAM
> It runs Mcafee virus scan and sundries.
>
>
> I have a hunch it may have something to do with the small amount of
> RAM i
> have. Any help would be appreciated.
> Cheers,
> Richie

On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 13:59:00 -0800, Ritchie
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi, my Dell PC gets really slow after being turned on for a day or so and I
>have to restart it to get it to react with any speed. It is only twelve
>months old. The hardware is as follows if that helps at all.
>
>Dell dimension DV051
>Pentium 4 3.00Ghz
>2.99Ghz, 248Mb of RAM
>It runs Mcafee virus scan and sundries.
>
>
>I have a hunch it may have something to do with the small amount of RAM i
>have. Any help would be appreciated.
>Cheers,
> Richie

That is a very small amount of RAM. Check your available memory
slots, determine the kind of RAM needed, and install 2 GB. Should
cost about $100, maybe less. You may have to remove your existing
RAM. Crucial.com has always been good to me.

On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:51:02 -0800, Ritchie
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>But should the amount of time it has been turned on have anything to do with
>it?

There are memory leaks in a lot of software. (Programmers are not as
tidy as they used to be.)

Thanks for all the suggestions guys, just one more question though, will my
processor support that much RAM or do I need to do anything to my system to
support it? Thanks again, much appreciated.



"Phisherman" wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 13:59:00 -0800, Ritchie
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Hi, my Dell PC gets really slow after being turned on for a day or so and I
> >have to restart it to get it to react with any speed. It is only twelve
> >months old. The hardware is as follows if that helps at all.
> >
> >Dell dimension DV051
> >Pentium 4 3.00Ghz
> >2.99Ghz, 248Mb of RAM
> >It runs Mcafee virus scan and sundries.
> >
> >
> >I have a hunch it may have something to do with the small amount of RAM i
> >have. Any help would be appreciated.
> >Cheers,
> > Richie
>
> That is a very small amount of RAM. Check your available memory
> slots, determine the kind of RAM needed, and install 2 GB. Should
> cost about $100, maybe less. You may have to remove your existing
> RAM. Crucial.com has always been good to me.
>

The processor is not the issue, the motherboard is.
Use the Crucial Memory Advisor:
http://www.crucial.com/index.aspx?&pid=1316453

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Ritchie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:AB5F0FAC-B778-46DE-96B2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for all the suggestions guys, just one more question though,
> will my
> processor support that much RAM or do I need to do anything to my
> system to
> support it? Thanks again, much appreciated.

Thanks heaps once again, i really appreciate the help.


"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

> The processor is not the issue, the motherboard is.
> Use the Crucial Memory Advisor:
> http://www.crucial.com/index.aspx?&pid=1316453
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "Ritchie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:AB5F0FAC-B778-46DE-96B2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks for all the suggestions guys, just one more question though,
> > will my
> > processor support that much RAM or do I need to do anything to my
> > system to
> > support it? Thanks again, much appreciated.
>
>