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Thanks Kevin
I have tried RamBooster and it caused system lock ups.
neo
~ -----Original Message-----
~ From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
~ [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of kevin miles
~ Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 1:45 AM
~ To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
~ Subject: Re: Windows 98(1) More than 512 MB's Memory
~
~
~ Neo,
~
~ instead of rebooting, i suggest you try "rambooster", a freeware program
~ that will free up all avail. ram for you without having to restart.
~
~ you should be able to find it online with a simple search
~ engine. if not,
~ let me know and i will send you the exe file.
~
~ regards,
~
~ kevin
~ ----- Original Message -----
~ From: "Daniel Martinez" <DanM@xxxxxxxxxx>
~ To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
~ Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 7:54 PM
~ Subject: Re: Windows 98(1) More than 512 MB's Memory
~
~
~ > 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=0
~ 00976726652&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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