determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

[tuuf]

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

 

[PD43]

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

Run Belarc Advisor

Google it.

 

[PD43]

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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.

 

[Lisa]

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

 

[Lisa]

What's your point?

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

 

[Daave]

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

 

[HeyBub]

What's your point?

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

 

[Lisa]

So is connecting to the internet.

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

 

[PD43]

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

While that's a nice philosophy and we're awed by the depth and breadth
of your knowledge, it's a ridiculous thought when one visits a website
of a reputable manufacturer or other entity.

 

[3c273]

CPU-Z is a freeware program that will tell you. Google it.
Louis

 

[Daave]

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

Doesn't that depend on the Web source?

 

[PD43]

Doesn't that depend on the Web source?

Of course it does.

I believe Windows Updates uses Active-X, doesn't it? I wonder how
HeyBub gets his updates?

Osmosis?

 

[Kelly]

Other available info can be found here: Start/Run: msinfo32

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[Lisa]

You don't uninstall ActiveX controls, you delete them.

 

[Bill in Co.]

Really? Sounds a bit too simplistic (and assuming you can even find
them).
I don't think it's generally a good idea to just delete OCX files, if that's
what you're suggesting.

 

[Daave]

Please do tell us the EXACT process to do that which is the SAME for
every AX object installed.

What is wrong with the method referenced on this page (IE7 is
required)?:

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2612/ie7_remove_disable_add_ons_activex_plugins