30/01/2008

How To Upgrade Computer Memory

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How To Upgrade Computer Memory
by: Michael Cottier


Computer memory, also known as Random Access Memory (RAM), is just like your short term memory in your brain. It stores everything you are currently working on and recently worked on. As you can see that makes it a very essential part of your PC because it stores vital information that you are using and need access too immediately. No matter what the data is, pictures, sounds or just text, if you get a good amount of memory your computer will load that data much faster and store it better.

Many people want to do a RAM upgrade there selves, but always run into the problem of figuring out which type of memory to buy and installing it. If you didn’t already know, there are many different types of RAM available on the market, and you need to get the type that corresponds with your motherboard. If you don’t know what a motherboard is, it’s the big circuit board inside of your computer that connects everything together.

First, let’s talk about the two main types of RAM that are in use today, SDRAM and DDR. SDRAM stands for Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory, and is the most common amongst PC’s today. Most likely your desktop computer uses this type of RAM. I use to have SDRAM, and I thought it was okay because it got the job done. I have switched though to DDR RAM, which is replacing SDRAM. The speed of DDR RAM is twice that of SDRAM, so you can imagine the difference. If your motherboard currently only has SDRAM slots, then you have no choice but to get that type of RAM. If you want to change to DDR RAM, then you have to buy a whole new motherboard and install it. To find out what RAM your computer uses just look at the instruction manual that came with it, or if it is custom built, look at the motherboard’s instruction manual.

For all you laptop and PDA owners out there, the type of RAM in your laptop or PDA is called SODIMM. Available at the same memory store you purchase your desktop computer RAM from, just a little more expensive and harder to install.

Now that you know the different types of RAM, you need to know where to buy it from and how to install it. To buy it, I suggest your local computer store because there will be a person there to help you and they will make sure that you buy the correct RAM. Here’s a tip to, bring your computers instruction manual with you to the store and they will definitely know the correct type of memory you need. If you want to buy online, then NewEgg.com and TigerDirect.com are two great online computer stores that will deliver your RAM into your mail box.

And last but not least, you need to install your new RAM. Believe it or not this is the easy part. First shut down and unplug everything from your computer and then remove your computer’s case cover, to gain access to the motherboard inside. Once you can clearly see the motherboard, locate your RAM. You should know what it looks like since you just bought some and you can look at that. When you find it, you will notice a latch connected to the slot that holds it on each end. Push down both of the latches to unhook them, and then gently pull the RAM stick out. It should slide out with ease, but if it doesn’t, then wiggle it a little bit while pulling.

After that you just need to insert your new RAM. First count how many slots you have available for RAM and how many of them currently have RAM in it. Some times you will see 2 slots occupied and 1 open, or all three slots could be used. Either way, you have to insert your new RAM into an open slot, or if all are used then remove the oldest and least amount of RAM to clear a slot. Then gently insert your new RAM and pull the latches back up on both sides, securing your memory into place. After that just screw your case cover back on, hook your computer back up to everything and then power it back on. Your computer will automatically detect the new RAM and no further installation process is needed.

Well that is about it, I hope I have helped you. Just remember to keep your computer clean plus maintain properly, and it will live a long life.


Copyright 2006 Michael Cottier
About The Author
Michael Cottier
If you need help upgrading other parts of your computer or portable devices, then Michael Cottier can help you. Go to his website at: http://www.computer-customizing-guide.com/.

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05/01/2008

How To Make 1 Million Dollars

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Would you like to know how to make 1 million dollars? There are at least 1 million ways to make 1 million dollars. But you will need to devise an action plan to make it a reality, and to implement that action plan will require some effort, possibly beyond your comfort zone. Let's break it down into numbers, so as to put the numbers and the effort into perspective:

You can make 1 million dollars ($1,000,000.00) by selling a million copies of something electronically on the Internet for a net profit of $1 a piece. If the cost to produce, license, or reproduce that product is zero, such as an e-book or an affiliate commission, then all you have to do is focus on mass-marketing your product to a wide enough audience so that you can find a million people to sell your product or service to. If your conversion rate is 1%) that means that your website would need to receive one hundred million clicks (100,000,000), out of which if 1% of them were to result in sales, you would make 1 million dollars that way. But what if your click through ratio was itself 1%? That means that your website would need to receive ten billion page views, out of which 1% would have to result in clicks, which is 100 million clicks. Out of those 100 clicks, 1 million people will buy your product at $1 a piece.

Now that sounds all well and good on paper, but generating that type of traffic would be an immense effort. Even if you were to aim for ten billion pages views spread over ten years, that is still one billion page views per year, or 83 thousand page views per month, or over 2.7 million page views per day. Only the big guys, like Google or Yahoo could achieve, let alone sustain, that magnitude of traffic.

Perhaps you could then adjust the price of your product to $100 net profit per sale. With the same conversion ratios, it would look like this: To make 1 million dollars net profit at $100 per sale, you would have to make 10,000 sales. At a 1% conversion rate, that means that your site would need 1 million clicks, which would be 1% of 100 million page views. If you wanted to make your 1 million dollars over 10 years, then you could afford to have 10 million page views per year, or 833 thousand page views per month, which is about 27 thousand page views per day. That is a little bit more doable, but still requires a lot of heavily targeted traffic to get in front of that many viewers.

Those click-through rates and conversion rates of 1% each are extremely conservative. If you have a high-demand product that people are hungry for, and you are able to target your advertising effectively, perhaps you could get as high as a 20% click through rate and a 2% conversion rate. Let's see how those numbers work, at a $100 per sale.

$100 per sale to make a $1 million dollars is 10,000 sales. At a 2% conversion rate, that means you would need to receive 500,000 clicks. At a 20% click through rate, you would only need 2.5 million page views. Spread out over 10 years, that is 250 thousand page views per year, or 20,833 page views per month, which comes out to about 694 (let's say 700) views per day.

Phew! That sounds much easier! If you can find advertise a product such that you can get 20 out of every 100 people to view your advertisement to click through to view your product page, then 2 of those 2 people should end up buying it. If you can get 10,000 people to buy your product at this rate, you will surely make 1 million dollars.

Can this be done. Absolutely. People are doing it all the time on the Internet. Is it easy? No. It requires a great deal of patience, perseverance, trial-and-error, and fine-tuning of your Internet advertising campaigns to make this happen. Will you make 1 million dollars instantly? Not likely, unless you are starting with a substantial amount of seed money. Can you make 1 million dollars starting with zero money, if you are flat broke?

Absolutely yes! You can spend a couple of hours a day at your local library using their Internet computers for free, and start making serious money. Once you start making some serious profit, you can reinvest those profits to accelerate your efforts to reach your goal of making 1 million dollars.

To get started on your action plan for making money, visit http://12-month-internet-millionaire.info

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