I was told to match up my sticks of RAM so they will be compatible. I only have 256MB of RAM and I keep getting the message, "virtual memory is to low". My wife went to Best Buy and the Geek behind the counter said they don't carry that anymore and we'll have to pay around a hundred bucks to get one on line. I need to know if this is true. Can I get a stick of RAM anywhere that is compatible? It doesn't have to be another 256 stick does it?
The 8100 uses Rambus memory which must be installed in pairs. RDRAM memory is very, very expensive. This is unfortunate, but that's your only option. The 512MB RDRAM modules are nearly $200 in some places, with is about five times what regular DRAM costs.
However, I have seen it cheaper on ebay, so you should search there.
You can solve your virtual memory problems without adding RAM. Go to the System tool in Control panel and search for the Performance tab. You'll see a page there where you can increase the virtual memory size. Virtual memory is simple a chunk of hard disk space used as a swap file. If you have the room on your disk (the tool will show you home much space you have), increase it to one to two gigabytes. That will get rid of those messages, and you should see some increase in performance.
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