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Follow-up: Thanks BH, for the link. I was able to read up on the subject and learn more about what I needed to add to my computer. This weekend I bought a USB 2.0 PCi card and I installed it on my own. It was a cinch, and now I can plug my PDA into my computer!!

Thanks for the help. There is no limit to how helpful this community can be, I tell ya.

USB 2.0 is a beautiful thing, you should be pretty happy with the upgrade in speed.

Chris Luva Luva wrote:USB 2.0 is a beautiful thing, you should be pretty happy with the upgrade in speed.

More than anything, being able to plug in certain items to my CPU is a blessing.

Speaking of speed, I'm considering purchasing an external hard-drive to store a lot of my files away from my CPU, thinking that that will help my computer speed up, as it still runs a litte slow. Will that help?

Of approximately 9 GB of internal memory, my CPU has less than 2 GB available. Can that slow down a CPU?

If I want to speed it up what else do I need to do, short of upgrading the entire computer?

REDEEMEDSKIN wrote:

Chris Luva Luva wrote:USB 2.0 is a beautiful thing, you should be pretty happy with the upgrade in speed.

More than anything, being able to plug in certain items to my CPU is a blessing.

Speaking of speed, I'm considering purchasing an external hard-drive to store a lot of my files away from my CPU, thinking that that will help my computer speed up, as it still runs a litte slow. Will that help?

Of approximately 9 GB of internal memory, my CPU has less than 2 GB available. Can that slow down a CPU?

If I want to speed it up what else do I need to do, short of upgrading the entire computer?

I was like WTH!! 9 GB OF RAM?!?

Then I realized you were reffering to your HDD. The only way your HDD will bog down your PC is if its heavily fragmented. Run the disk defrag and it should help a tiny bit. Ive been told that the version of defrag that comes with windows is a POS but use what you got, I doubt thats your biggest problem.

I'd say clear out your start up folder. If you have 20 billion programs trying to start up with 128MB of RAM then you're definately going to wait.

The 2nd thing to do is buy MORE RAM! There can never be enough ram. People ask me, "do you think I need a new PC?" and most of the time they dont. Bump the ram up and save urself a $1000, it'll seem like a new PC.

Chris Luva Luva wrote:

REDEEMEDSKIN wrote:

Chris Luva Luva wrote:USB 2.0 is a beautiful thing, you should be pretty happy with the upgrade in speed.

More than anything, being able to plug in certain items to my CPU is a blessing.

Speaking of speed, I'm considering purchasing an external hard-drive to store a lot of my files away from my CPU, thinking that that will help my computer speed up, as it still runs a litte slow. Will that help?

Of approximately 9 GB of internal memory, my CPU has less than 2 GB available. Can that slow down a CPU?

If I want to speed it up what else do I need to do, short of upgrading the entire computer?

I was like WTH!! 9 GB OF RAM?!?

Then I realized you were reffering to your HDD. The only way your HDD will bog down your PC is if its heavily fragmented. Run the disk defrag and it should help a tiny bit. Ive been told that the version of defrag that comes with windows is a POS but use what you got, I doubt thats your biggest problem.

I'd say clear out your start up folder. If you have 20 billion programs trying to start up with 128MB of RAM then you're definately going to wait.

The 2nd thing to do is buy MORE RAM! There can never be enough ram. People ask me, "do you think I need a new PC?" and most of the time they dont. Bump the ram up and save urself a $1000, it'll seem like a new PC.

RAM - How much is too much RAM? Where's a good source of RAM (Excluding the NYJETS )?

Also, with the 20 billion programs, if I want to keep them all, where can/should I store them?

REDEEMEDSKIN wrote:

Chris Luva Luva wrote:USB 2.0 is a beautiful thing, you should be pretty happy with the upgrade in speed.

More than anything, being able to plug in certain items to my CPU is a blessing.

Speaking of speed, I'm considering purchasing an external hard-drive to store a lot of my files away from my CPU, thinking that that will help my computer speed up, as it still runs a litte slow. Will that help?

Of approximately 9 GB of internal memory, my CPU has less than 2 GB available. Can that slow down a CPU?

If I want to speed it up what else do I need to do, short of upgrading the entire computer?

I assume you are talking about disk space as opposed to RAM. How much RAM do you have? Getting an external hard drive will not speed up your CPU, but you may want more storage. It really depends on what you are using the computer for. Hard drive storage retrieval times are dependent on the hard drive itself. Have you tried
defragmenting your hard drive? Do you have a spyware detector installed. What type, and how fast is your CPU? (ex Pentium III / 2.4 Ghz)

If you know anyone thats pretty PC savvy then ask them to help you out. I could tell you how to do certain things but I doubt you want to risk screwing your PC up.

At your own discretion.

1. You can type "msconfig" from the clicking on "run" from the start menu and a window will appear. Click the "Startup" tab and it will list all the programs that start when Windows starts. Everything in that list is most likely checked. Deselect programs that arent needed upon booting the PC and you should notice an improvement. Crap like AIM, DVD/CD burning software aren't needed when you 1st turn your PC on.

2. RAM isn't too expensive but its not cheap either . Without knowing the make/model of your PC I can't recommened any brand. Id recommend AT LEAST 512MB of RAM. I have 1.5 GB of RAM and I love it. I may bump it up to 2GB when I get some extra dough.

I just bought some RAM and installed last week. My computer is 6 yrs old, so it was hard to find 512m of ram for it. I was directed to a website newegg.com and I think I saved about 50% on my RAM.

Chris, thanks for the tip on cleaning up the startup programs. I will give that a shot.

My computer runs much faster since upgrading my RAM. Went from 256mb of total memory to just over 1G.

HOSS wrote:I just bought some RAM and installed last week. My computer is 6 yrs old, so it was hard to find 512m of ram for it. I was directed to a website newegg.com and I think I saved about 50% on my RAM.

Chris, thanks for the tip on cleaning up the startup programs. I will give that a shot.

My computer runs much faster since upgrading my RAM. Went from 256mb of total memory to just over 1G.

Ive found that you can deselect everything and Windows will reselect anything thats is needed to run windows.

Also, Ive found that you can reinstall windows over top of itself without losing your files. I believe you select repair instead of a new build (you'd have to format your HDD).

Yea, Im glad you found the light. For people not doing anything CPU intensive (audio, graphic design) a simple ram boast will help even the most dusty PC.

I swear by NewEgg. Its the best PC site in the world with fast, cheap and reliable shipping. Ive never had an issue with anything thing Ive ordered.

Chris Luva Luva wrote:For people not doing anything CPU intensive (audio, graphic design) a simple CPU boast will help even the most dusty PC.

My CPU is better than yours.
Is that simple enough?
I can't wait to see the results.

JSPB22 wrote:

Chris Luva Luva wrote:For people not doing anything CPU intensive (audio, graphic design) a simple CPU boast will help even the most dusty PC.

My CPU is better than yours.
Is that simple enough?
I can't wait to see the results.

I actually corrected that quote.

Chris Luva Luva wrote:

JSPB22 wrote:

Chris Luva Luva wrote:For people not doing anything CPU intensive (audio, graphic design) a simple CPU boast will help even the most dusty PC.

My CPU is better than yours.
Is that simple enough?
I can't wait to see the results.

I actually corrected that quote.

Chris Luva Luva wrote: a simple ram boast will help even the most dusty PC.

My ram is better than yours.