Memory Upgrade but Same Performance

[Charlie Smith]

Hi All,

At work I run Windows XP Pro on a Dell Laptop with a Pentium 3 processor at
700 MHz. This week I upgraded my RAM from 128 MB to 384 MB by adding a 256
MB module. The new memory is accounted for when I go to the System
Information screen. My page file is a single 192 MB file, as a custom file
size.

However, I do not perceive any improved performance in general. Also, when I
go to the Performance tab in Windows Task Manager, the Page file usage
appears to be the same.

Do I need to set/reset anything to get XP to use the new memory correctly?
Like changing Virtual memory settings, changing page file settings, deleting
the page file, etc.

Thanks.

Charlie

 

[Papa]

You did the right thing in adding more RAM, but 700 MHZ is not a very fast
CPU for Windows XP (OK but not a speed demon). I have one computer that uses
a CPU at 950 MHZ, and another computer that uses a CPU at 1300 MHZ. The
latter is noticeably faster even though it has less RAM (384 MB) than the
950 MHZ machine (512 MHZ).

However, try upgrading to 512 MB of RAM before considering anything as
drastic as changing your CPU.

 

[Rich Barry]

Charlie, remove the old 128MB Module and see what happens.