Older Laptop

[Justwondering]

I have an older laptop and have maxed out the ram capacity. While it functions it is very slow and sometimes freezes. My question, is there a way to add memory via USB or some other external connection to allow this unit to function just a little bit longer?

 

[AMDIsTheBest010]

nope windows XP doesnt support USB RAM Caching. Windows Vista is the first OS that will natively support using USB keys to supplement system RAM. download and run CCleaner. its a program that delets old windows junk files, and it roots out old, invalid registry entries. It removed 600MB of junk the first time i used it.

...AMD

 

[Nodsu]

If it freezes, then too little RAM is not your problem. You should do a throrough cleanup of Windows or even format and reinstall. Maybe test the RAM and the hard drive just in case.

 

[N3051M]

Yes, a good cleanup is advised, especialy if its old and havn't been cleaned maintained for a while..

Have a read of this great tutorial made by one of our very own at TS:

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