Comments on: Upping the RAM on the Eee PC 900. No Change. http://blog.laptopmag.com/upping-the-ram-on-the-eee-pc-900-no-change News and views on today's hottest laptops, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:36:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ben http://blog.laptopmag.com/upping-the-ram-on-the-eee-pc-900-no-change/comment-page-1#comment-21843 Ben Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:06:21 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=1568#comment-21843 I am planning to go for more memory. Mandriva 2009 works fine, but occasionally irritatingly slow. Any tips of brands/types I should prefer, or avoid? I am planning to go for more memory. Mandriva 2009 works fine, but occasionally irritatingly slow. Any tips of brands/types I should prefer, or avoid?

]]> By: Brian http://blog.laptopmag.com/upping-the-ram-on-the-eee-pc-900-no-change/comment-page-1#comment-21462 Brian Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:31:18 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=1568#comment-21462 Actually on an SSD turning on a swap file will hurt your performance, the write speeds on these machines are very low. Best bet is put as much memory as you can in and turn off the swap file! Actually on an SSD turning on a swap file will hurt your performance, the write speeds on these machines are very low. Best bet is put as much memory as you can in and turn off the swap file!

]]> By: diwndle http://blog.laptopmag.com/upping-the-ram-on-the-eee-pc-900-no-change/comment-page-1#comment-19932 diwndle Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:49:26 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=1568#comment-19932 If you do not have exactly the right ram, it won't work right or not at all. And yes, once you have a solid 1gb (or better yet 2) just dump your swap altogether. Swap space is too slow and inefficient for a tiny computer you're not running hard programs on. If you do not have exactly the right ram, it won’t work right or not at all. And yes, once you have a solid 1gb (or better yet 2) just dump your swap altogether. Swap space is too slow and inefficient for a tiny computer you’re not running hard programs on.

]]> By: faro airport transfers http://blog.laptopmag.com/upping-the-ram-on-the-eee-pc-900-no-change/comment-page-1#comment-16567 faro airport transfers Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:01:35 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=1568#comment-16567 just got a eepc it is fantastic small compact just what i need for travelling just got a eepc it is fantastic small compact just what i need for travelling

]]> By: Ronnie http://blog.laptopmag.com/upping-the-ram-on-the-eee-pc-900-no-change/comment-page-1#comment-16476 Ronnie Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:23:46 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=1568#comment-16476 Insead of using swap space, you can actually edit the /etc/fstab file, and use the ram for swap. This will also increase the life of your drive. There are several guides for it, give it a google! =) Insead of using swap space, you can actually edit the /etc/fstab file, and use the ram for swap. This will also increase the life of your drive. There are several guides for it, give it a google! =)

]]> By: Pete http://blog.laptopmag.com/upping-the-ram-on-the-eee-pc-900-no-change/comment-page-1#comment-15018 Pete Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:58:15 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=1568#comment-15018 Exactly, Dan. "2x RAM for swap" went out with the 1990s. I'm a Solaris sysadmin and work in all flavors of Unix too and have been working without doing it that way for years. Exactly, Dan. “2x RAM for swap” went out with the 1990s. I’m a Solaris sysadmin and work in all flavors of Unix too and have been working without doing it that way for years.

]]> By: Dan http://blog.laptopmag.com/upping-the-ram-on-the-eee-pc-900-no-change/comment-page-1#comment-14920 Dan Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:14:37 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=1568#comment-14920 RHCT: While in a normal configuration swap is usually used, the shear amount of ram available versus drive space is almost 1:1-1:2. Xandros comes stock with no swap. Mine came with 512mb and usually runs about 300mb or so with firefox and an another app or two open. The whole 2x your swap space rule isn't really followed in the real world anymore though. Usually for a desktop nowadays you have 1-2gb ram so 512mb to 1gb is enough to last you. I have 2gb on my machine and I run a couple of virtualizers, firefox, a couple of xterms, and whatever else a guy will have open on his X display. (with kde) Of course.. when it comes to a normal IDE or SATA desktop, 1gb is cheap and you can toss 10gb into swap without a worry... what the hey :) RHCT:
While in a normal configuration swap is usually used, the shear amount of ram available versus drive space is almost 1:1-1:2.
Xandros comes stock with no swap. Mine came with 512mb and usually runs about 300mb or so with firefox and an another app or two open.
The whole 2x your swap space rule isn’t really followed in the real world anymore though. Usually for a desktop nowadays you have 1-2gb ram so 512mb to 1gb is enough to last you. I have 2gb on my machine and I run a couple of virtualizers, firefox, a couple of xterms, and whatever else a guy will have open on his X display. (with kde)

Of course.. when it comes to a normal IDE or SATA desktop, 1gb is cheap and you can toss 10gb into swap without a worry… what the hey :)

]]> By: Michael Kelly http://blog.laptopmag.com/upping-the-ram-on-the-eee-pc-900-no-change/comment-page-1#comment-14623 Michael Kelly Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:34:03 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=1568#comment-14623 Hey There I have a EEE PC 900 and it came with XP Home and 512m RAM. I of course formatted it immediately and put on Ubuntu EEE which is fantastic. I use it for basic email with Thunderbird, Web with Firefox and run LAMP Server to develop websites on the go. It all works great, but I do notice when I ALT-TAB between Gedit and Firefox it can get really laggy, and When typing an email, the type can lag. Do you think more ram would help this? And if so where should I get the RAM? Money isn't really an issue, but quality is. I hear horror stories about dead RAM in these things. Thanks! I love the thing, just want it to be a little less laggy multitasking. Hey There I have a EEE PC 900 and it came with XP Home and 512m RAM. I of course formatted it immediately and put on Ubuntu EEE which is fantastic. I use it for basic email with Thunderbird, Web with Firefox and run LAMP Server to develop websites on the go. It all works great, but I do notice when I ALT-TAB between Gedit and Firefox it can get really laggy, and When typing an email, the type can lag. Do you think more ram would help this? And if so where should I get the RAM? Money isn’t really an issue, but quality is. I hear horror stories about dead RAM in these things. Thanks! I love the thing, just want it to be a little less laggy multitasking.

]]> By: Alec http://blog.laptopmag.com/upping-the-ram-on-the-eee-pc-900-no-change/comment-page-1#comment-14497 Alec Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:51:06 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=1568#comment-14497 i believe that xandros on the eee doesnt support ram over 1 gb. i have an eee 900, with ubuntu 8.10 intrepid, works great, takes a little doing to get wireless working, but runs great and would support 2gb ram if installed. i believe that xandros on the eee doesnt support ram over 1 gb. i have an eee 900, with ubuntu 8.10 intrepid, works great, takes a little doing to get wireless working, but runs great and would support 2gb ram if installed.

]]> By: RHCT http://blog.laptopmag.com/upping-the-ram-on-the-eee-pc-900-no-change/comment-page-1#comment-13486 RHCT Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:01:56 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=1568#comment-13486 If you haven't noticed much performance increase in Linux after adding replacing the 512 MB with 2 GB of RAM, it's probably because you didn't reconfigure your swap space. Swap should be twice the size of physical memory. When the machine shipped, the swap partition was probably set to 1 GB. Since you added memory, a swap file should be added to equal double the newly installed total RAM. If you haven’t noticed much performance increase in Linux after adding replacing the 512 MB with 2 GB of RAM, it’s probably because you didn’t reconfigure your swap space. Swap should be twice the size of physical memory. When the machine shipped, the swap partition was probably set to 1 GB. Since you added memory, a swap file should be added to equal double the newly installed total RAM.

]]>