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651173 2008-03-22 05:52:00 hi Everyone , i remember 2days ago i traded my 256mb stick for the amd athlon 1ghz cpu upgrade from 750mhz duron and the computer probaly died because of the ram being changed around, Thanks Alexhughes79 (6949)
651174 2008-03-22 06:30:00 Should I get 512mb ram for vista Alexhughes79 (6949)
651175 2008-03-22 07:31:00 512MB is the bare minimum for running Vista. It's the equivalent of running XP on 64MB ram. Slow as.

Get at least 2GB (2048MB) for Vista, as well as a decent graphics card (at least 128MB memory on it)

If you haven't got those specs, or money to upgrade, stick with XP. it's much faster and less of a system hog, and will run on almost anything from about 2000 onwards.
jwil1 (65)
651176 2008-03-22 07:53:00 Hi , Ive got a custom build computer and i was on it this morning and turned it off to add 64mb more ram and turned it back on and no screen,so i tested onboard graphics and added graphics card but nothing and tried rebuilding it still nothing. I tested monitor and thats working. Help please?

Specs

AMD athlon 1.00ghz stk462 CPU
128mb PC133 SDRAM
20GB Harddrive
300watt psu
Kl-133 motherboard
32x CDROM


Should I get 512mb ram for vista

But according to your latest signature you have 1.5 Gigs of RAM.
What gives? In fact most of the system has changed.

Should I get 512mb ram for vista
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Specs

Amd Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0Ghz
1.50gb DDR PC3200 ram
Ati radeon HD2600XT GDDR4 256mb
500watt Silverstone strider Power supply
Silverstone TJ04 W/Windows case
250GB Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive
Asus A8N-VM MOBO
Sweep (90)
651177 2008-03-22 18:05:00 about that , the first one is the stuffed computer and the new specs are in my gaming computer.So they are to different computers Alexhughes79 (6949)
651178 2008-03-22 18:07:00 Hi, About vista would vista Home basic lag on 512mb ram, 1ghz athlon , 20gb hdd, Alexhughes79 (6949)
651179 2008-03-22 19:49:00 Hi, About vista would vista Home basic lag on 512mb ram, 1ghz athlon , 20gb hdd,

Yes. Maybe beyond usability :p

Consider the minimum specs for RUNNING (not using!) Vista Basic:
800MHz Pentium III or above
512MB RAM or above
20GB HD space or above
32MB graphics card

MS say to run Vista well you need:
1000MHz Pentium III or above (I recommend at least 1500MHz)
1024MB RAM or above (I recommend at least 1.5GB)
40GB HD space or above (I recommend at least 80GB)
128MB graphics card for Aero

So save some dough and headaches and stick with XP for as long as you can. It will run much better than Vista on any platform (well, probably ;) )
jwil1 (65)
651180 2008-03-22 19:50:00 Hi, About vista would vista Home basic lag on 512mb ram, 1ghz athlon , 20gb hdd,

Yes really really badly. Don't even try it.
stormdragon (6013)
651181 2008-03-22 20:01:00 I tried the motherboard with all different components and still no screen so maybe stuffed bios Alexhughes79 (6949)
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