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Answer::If you have more than 512MB RAM and are
running Windows 95, 98, 98SE, or ME, you may not have enough cache to
handle all of your memory. Solutions to this problem can be found at
Microsoft's Web site :
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q253/9/12.asp
Microsoft
has a tendency to change the links to KB articles, so if a link fails
to work enter the article's Q number in the search box on the following
page. As you can determine from the information in the link itself, the
Microsoft link above leads to the article with the Q number of Q253912.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo&
Too much RAM can cause problems with some versions of Windows
Note
that if you are upgrading your RAM memory, a computer using Windows 95
or Windows 98 (first edition) will not recognise more than 256MB.
Moreover RAM that Windows cannot cache (recognise) will be accessed as
slowly as the virtual memory swap file (win386.swp) that Windows
creates on the boot hard disk drive to use when the amount of RAM runs
out. Therefore, adding too much RAM can slow down a system
considerably. Unless you are using
a non_Windows operating system such as Linux, and unless you employ the
fix a link to which is provided below, your must have Windows 98SE or
run a later version to use more than 256MB of RAM.
This limitation does not apply to Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Moreover,
it has now become known the Windows 98 SE (second edition) has trouble
with 512MB of RAM and more. Windows 9.x systems were not designed to
use large amounts or RAM. Most home users of Windows 9.x are unlikely
to require this much RAM in any case, so, if possible, it is advisable
to install less than 512MB. If you need to use more, use Windows 2000,
or Windows XP, both of which are based on the Windows NT architecture.
Windows
95, 98, and Me are based on Windows 95 architecture.
If
you have more than 512MB of RAM installed and this causes any problems,
you can restrict the amount of RAM used to 512MB (or any other amount)
by entering msconfig in the Start => Run box, clicking the Advanced
button, and enter the appropriate restriction in the Limit memory to...
box - and enable it with a check mark.
There
is a configuration file fix that can be applied to make Windows 98
function with as much RAM as you are likely to throw at it. See this
excellent article - Windows 98 & WinME Memory Management -
http://aumha.org/a/memmgmt.htm
You can also read more about this in a Knowledge Base article Q253912 at Microsoft's site
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q253/9/12.asp
Microsoft
has a tendency to change the links to Knowledge Base articles, so if a
link fails to work enter the article's Q number in the search box on
the following page. As you can determine from the information in the
link itself, the Microsoft link above leads to the article with the Q
number of Q253912.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo&
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