"marvin" wrote:
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> I have an Acer Aspire 5100 running Home Premium. My computer (laptop) has an
> AMD Turion 64 MK-36 processor and ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 graphics. At the
> time of purchase, my system had 1gb RAM installed. I have since upgraded the
> RAM to 3gb (2gb + 1gb). Prior to the 3gb upgrade, i had a previous upgrade
> where I upgraded the initial 1gb to 2gb (2 x 1gb). At the time of the 2gb
> upgrade , my WEI was for graphics, and subsequently, for my whole system was
> 3.1. The RAM installed is DDR2 PC5300 (667mhz). When I installed the 2gb
> module (bringing system memory to 3gb), the WEI dropped to 2.4. I really
> didn't think it that big of a deal, except that I lost some functions in
> Photo Gallery and Media Center (transition effects). I was told that having
> different manufacturer RAM modules is not the sticking point; rather that as
> long as both RAM modules are the same frequency then there wouldn't be any
> performance degradation. Now I am beginning to believe different. Do I in
> fact need to have same manufacturer, as well as frequency, to bring my WEI
> score back up and regain that functionality that I have lost?
And let me add that I have tried to update my score configuring my computer
in various ways: changing/disabling indexing, changing display setting
(resolution, special effects, etc.), and changing the graphics card settings.
I have all drivers updated as well.