You Can Never Be Too Rich or Have Too Much RAM

After the Windows 7 install the PC seemed just a touch more sluggish doing certain things than it had under XP. I thought it odd because I had 2GB of RAM which was double the minimum requirement. So I downloaded a memory test program and ran it to see if I had a bad stick of RAM or something. When it started up it reported I had 1024M of RAM. Yikes! One stick is not working. On further investigation, it turns out that 3 years ago I upgraded the RAM with a kit that consisted of two 512M sticks and that Dell says that is the maximum amount this PC can handle.

A little bit of internet sleuthing comes up with the fact that the motherboard in my Dimension can indeed handle 2GB and a page that gives me a list of memory manufacturers with part numbers that folks have been successful using to break the one gig barrier, so I ordered 2 sticks of WINTEC 1GB 184-Pin DDR 400 SDRAM from NewEgg. it was suggested that I upgrade my BIOS and that went off without a hitch. Now I just need to go wait by my mailbox…

The title of this post is a quote from computer book author, Janice Rice Howd, from her book, Exchange System Administration (1999). It is based on the quote, “You can never be too rich or too thin.? which is attributed to Wallis Simpson who was obviously thin enough to ensnare three rich men with the objective to test the first part of that statement, the third of which even abdicated the British crown for her.