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Add or Replace Ram

MEMORY is an essential part of your computing experience if you spend great amounts of time on your computer and/or use your computer for important personal or business dealings. There are too many stories of people who have lost all of their files due to system crashes or computer viruses to ignore. When you backup your files, you are storing your files separately from your computer.

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Instructions on how to install RAM

Determine what kind of RAM you need, and whether your computer has enough open slots to hold it.

  • Step 1  The new RAM should match the existing RAM's specifications and configuration.

  • Step 2 Shut down the computer and leave it plugged into the surge suppressor.
  • Step 3  Disconnect all peripheral devices, such as the monitor, from the computer.
  • Step 4  Remove the computer cover.
  • Step 5  Ground yourself to the computer with professional grounding equipment like an anti-static wristband or hold a metal part of the chassis.
  • Step 6  Remove any cards or internal components necessary to give yourself unobstructed access to RAM sockets.
  • Step 7  Pick up your SIMM (single in-line memory module) or DIMM (dual in-line memory module) by the ends without touching pins or chips.
  • Step 8  If adding a SIMM, find the notched end and turn the SIMM so that it is parallel to the existing RAM card(s). Insert the SIMM into the socket at a 30-degree angle. If adding a DIMM, insert the DIMM straight in so that it is perpendicular to the motherboard.
  • Step 9  Use slight pressure to keep a SIMM from backing out while rotating the module to an upright position perpendicular to the motherboard.
  • Step 10  Make sure the small holes on each side of a SIMM fit into holders.
  • Step 11  Feel or hear retaining clips lock a SIMM into the socket; close the side clips on a DIMM.
  • Step 12  Gently try to pull the module out to ensure it is locked in position.
  • Step 13  Replace all internal components.
  • Step 14  Leave the cover off and reconnect the monitor, keyboard and mouse.
  • Step 15  Turn on the computer.
  • Step 16  Check the amount of RAM by right-clicking the My Computer icon in Windows and choosing Properties. On a Mac, use the About this Macintosh command in the Apple menu.
  • Step 17  If you don't see the right amount of RAM, turn off the computer and try "reseating" the SIMM or DIMM (take it out and put is back in) and reboot. If that doesn't work, call a technician.
  • Step 18  Shut down the computer and disconnect the peripherals again.
  • Step 19  Replace the cover and reconnect all the peripherals.