Win7 PC added new RAM now lost link to screen!

[Midknyte]

In the main the only thing that I have ever messed around with inside PCs and laptops is RAM. When computers become sluggish, (despite all manner of regular scans!), I just upgrade the RAM.

If your system is not maxing out the RAM use, adding more RAM won't make much of a difference. 8GB is more than enough for basic web browsing. You'd get a bigger performance gain by installing an SSD.

[Train]

Run Win 10 pro 64bit on a old Dell Optiplex 755 with 2 GB of ram.
I DO USE a SSD though and find it pleny fast enough.

Getting more than 5 MB in the temp folders does slow it down, therefore I use TFC (Temp File Cleaner)by oldtimer to clean up once week.
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/files...r-by-oldtimer/

Even use it on this new Toshiba which has 6GB of ram.

Since windows can not do this, here are the specs , yes I booted to a USB linux stick.

inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 4.0.5-antix.2-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.9.2)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8
           Distro: antiX-15-V_x64-full Killah P 30 June 2015
Machine:   System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite E45W-C v: PSLZAU-00L00E
           Mobo: FF40 model: 06A0 v: 2.0 Bios: INSYDE v: 5.00 date: 07/01/2015
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i3-5015U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 8383
           clock speeds: max: 2100 MHz 1: 804 MHz 2: 799 MHz 3: 799 MHz
           4: 2100 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1366x768@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.5, 256 bits)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Card-2 Intel Broadwell-U Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
           Sound: ALSA v: k4.0.5-antix.2-amd64-smp
Network:   Card: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 508.1GB (0.5% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: HGST_HTS545050A7 size: 500.1GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: JumpDrive size: 8.0GB
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0C mobo: 27.8C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 192 Uptime: 0 min Memory: 206.0/5885.5MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301) inxi: 2.2.25

[Train]

I vary seldom hit 2 GB used.

[cglassback]

Thanks for all tips. Like the Old Timer scan. I am getting a laptop and will then start messing with the PC once the laptop is capable of the PC's tasks! Updating the BIOS and then swapping the RAM around. Your comments have been a real education! I have been watching the Windows Task Manager....Performance. Typically the memory usage runs at 88%. (There are 4 blocks of 4GB seen but only 2 of them active! So that is 88% of 8.183GB). I think that ultimately it will be a new motherboard and an SSD!

[Train]

That SSD will have you jumping for joy!
I go with a 240 for Windows.

Yes, TFC by oldtimer is a winner.