More Ram = Slower Boot/ Program Load Times?

In general the more the memory per module, the more is the latency of the ram, but this will not make the system very much slow, indeed a 0.5 % slow for the programs which can also run in the previous memory configuration very fine and will be much faster for the programs which need a lot of memory which was inadequate for the previous memory configuration


I think the problem with your system is the Operating System, Windows Xp 32 bit. Windows Xp 32 bit has a problem in handling 4Gb of memory

try to shift to a 64 bit Operating System or remove a 2 GB stick and replace with a 1 GB previous stick so that, you have a 3GB of memory

Unless you have "Quick memory test" turned on in the BIOS or standard memory test turned OFF, boot times [/b]will[/b] be longer. But more memory should give you a more responsive system.

You can always test the memory if you suspect a problem.