How do I check speed of my RAM?

A list of RAM benchmarking tools is available at http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/be_memory.html There are a lot of freeware tools there.

"If you're planning on adding hardware to a machine, then it sounds like you shouldn't be afraid of a screwdriver.

Open up the flap on the bottom of the laptop and have a look at what RAM is already in there.

1) it will almost certainly have a sticker on it telling you what speed/size is currently installed.

2) It should be obvious if you have a spare ram socket (to upgrade) or whether you will have to remove what is already there and replace it with something larger.

Hope this helps."

If you need yet another free tool, I recommend Speccy, a powerful and appealing tool that shows information on your RAM and much more.

Some Linux Live CDs like KNOPPIX offer to boot into memtest, which shows you RAM type, MHz and more. You can also download ISOs from http://memtestdotorg/