Tips to Upgrade Your Computer's RAM

1. Check motherboard manual to determine if RAM is parity or non-parity.
2. Find out the speed of RAM
3. Check whether the computer uses regular, FPM, EDO, or Synch DRAM.
4. Check computer uses single in-line memory modules (SIMMs) or dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs).
5. Check the number of pins on the motherboard:whether it is 30, 72 or 168.
6. Determine the number of slots present in the computer body, by removing the top cover, Usually at least two of those sockets will contain RAM - ruler-shaped circuit boards with chips on one or both sides.