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Neo,
I don't know what you mean by "I use a simple memory monitor on my desktop to
follow RAM usage. If it goes
over 512 MB I reboot." Are you saying you have 512 MB's physical memory and
when your combined physical and swap file memory goes above 512 MB's you
reboot? You shouldn't have to do this.
I looked these web pages:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q253/9/12.asp
http://support.crucial.com/scripts/crucial.exe/solution?11=001213-0007&130=000976726652&14=&2715=&15=&2716=&57=faq&58=&2900=&25=-1
Also the page Peter Gialames posted:
http://www.dewassoc.com/support/win98/win9x_512memory.htm
I haven't decided if I want to install more than 512 MB's. I might take a
chance and see if the SYSTEM.INI command fixes the problem. I set the
MAXFILECACHE command about a year ago. If you have a lot of memory, over 128
MB's on a Windows 9x O/S, and you don't set the MAXFILECACHE command, you will
actually experience a performance slowdown. Windows slows down because it must
search through your huge VCACHE to search for what it needs before accessing
your HDD. I currently have 192 MB's and this is in my SYSTEM.INI.
[vcache]
maxfilecache=21000
256 MB DDR Registered DIMM's are so cheap now, $45 (and free shipping), it would
only cost me $90 to find out if my Windows 98 works with 1 GB. It's amazing how
cheap they are. Did you ever enter the MAXFILECACHE setting in your SYSTEM.INI
file? Theoretically, because Windows 9x is a 32-bit O/S, it should be able to
handle 2^32 bytes or 4 GB's. Of course, there's always a difference between
theory and practice. With Windows 2K, I know a lot of people who have 768 MB's
to 1 GB and they report no problems.
Daniel.
neo wrote:
> Daniel
>
> I would suggest not adding more than 512 MB of memory. I tried to do this
> about a year ago. In Win98 there is a dedicated area of memory called the
> System Memory. It handles memory addressing, DOS programs, graphics, etc.
> When it did not work I spoke with one of the senior engineers at Micron who
> confirmed the problem. When Win98 was first programmed, no one had any idea
> of the amount of RAM people would be using.
>
> I use a simple memory monitor on my desktop to follow RAM usage. If it goes
> over 512 MB I reboot. Things that take a lot of memory are large file
> operations. I have a problem when either doing large file transfers,
> deletions, or certain system tests and explorations with MetaStock. Win98
> reclaims very little memory once used so the only option I have found that
> works is to monitor it and reboot when needed.
>
> Windows 98 allows one to set ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1 so that all RAM is
> used before the swapfile. Unfortunately with Win2000 one is not able to give
> it this command so more memory is just a waste (see Microsoft knowledge
> base). I hope this is fixed with XP.
>
> neo
>
> ~ -----Original Message-----
> ~ From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ~ [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Daniel Martinez
> ~ Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 8:48 AM
> ~ To: Equis Metastock ListServ Post
> ~ Subject: Windows 98(1) More than 512 MB's Memory
> ~
> ~
> ~ Hello,
> ~ I'm thinking about installing more than 512 MB's of memory on my
> ~ motherboard. I want to install 1 GB of memory on my motherboard. I
> ~ will be initially using Windows 98(1). Is anyone here using more than
> ~ 512 MB's of memory on their Windows 98(1) machine? If you have
> ~ already set your Disk Cache size, are you still having problems?
> ~
> ~ Daniel.
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