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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">From:
neo
To: <A title=metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 9:11
AM
Subject: RE: Windows 98(1) More than 512
MB's Memory
Thanks KevinI have tried RamBooster and it caused
system lock ups.neo~ -----Original
Message-----~ From: <A
href="mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx~
[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of kevin miles~
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 1:45 AM~ To: <A
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>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" <<A
href="mailto:DanM@xxxxxxxxxx";>DanM@xxxxxxxxxx>~ To: <<A
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>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:~ > <A
href="http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q253/9/12.asp";>http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q253/9/12.asp~
>~ <A
href="http://support.crucial.com/scripts/crucial.exe/solution?11=001213";>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:~
> <A
href="http://www.dewassoc.com/support/win98/win9x_512memory.htm";>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: <A
href="mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>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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