Work and browse faster: Upgrade computer RAM & get a fast SSD. There are two major limiting factors to any office PC or laptop: its RAM and hard drive. Your first limitation is your PC’s available physical memory (the RAM) where your computer holds the programs that you’re using. Think of RAM as your PC’s short-term memory. Right click the Windows task bar and select Task Manager. Click on the Processes tab. Sort the processes by Memory and look for programs at the top of the list that you don’t recognize. If you spot any problem applications, go into the Control Panel, click on Programs and Features, and uninstall those problem applications.
If your computer's memory slots are full, some or all the memory chips need to be removed before other memory can be added. Below are the steps on how to remove memory from your computer.
When you turn off your PC, all the data held in your system memory is wiped. That means that the quickest route to clearing your Windows memory cache is to just turn your PC off. Restart it or switch it off and boot it up again manually —either way, the brief interruption in power will erase the data held within.
Warning
Before proceeding, make sure your machine is turned off and that you are grounded to avoid damage by ESD. We recommend using a ground wrist strap.
If the computer is not already opened, open the computer and locate the memory in the memory slots you want to remove.
If all memory slots are occupied and you don't know what memory to remove, use a third-party tool, such as the online Crucial Memory Scanner, to display your memory information. The picture is an example of what the results of this memory scanner may show. The example computer has 8 GB of memory with 2 GB memory cards in each of the available slots. If you wanted to upgrade this to a total of 16 GB of memory, you would remove all 2 GB memory sticks and replace them with 4 GB memory modules.
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Once you've located the memory you want to remove, you should notice two tabs on either side of the memory slot, as shown in the picture below. Press each tab down and away from the memory slot. If done successfully, the memory should pop out and once both tabs are away from the memory module you can lift the memory out with no effort.
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- See our memory definition for further information and related links.