How to determine the amount of RAM installed on your computer

Posted on March 21, 2007 at 9:46 am

If your computer is running a little slow and you think it might have something to do with the amount of RAM installed, but you aren’t able to figure out where to find this number, here are the steps!

1. Click on Start, Control Panel and click on System.

If you do not see the System icon, click on Switch to Class View in the upper left hand corner.

Once the System Properties dialog open, you’ll see the amount of RAM listed at the bottom of the General tab.

Another way to determine the amount of RAM is to go to Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools and click on System Information.

The System Information main dialog will have the amount of RAM listed under Total Physical Memory. You can also find out a lot more information about the computer including office settings, components, Internet settings, etc using this dialog.

You can get an idea of whether or not you need to buy more RAM by looking at the “Available Physical Memory” field. If this value is low while you are doing normal computer work (less than 15% of the total physical RAM), then that might be causing your problem!

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