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Can anyone clarify the maximum amount of RAM that Win98 can use?
I think it's 512MB, I've read 768MB , my bro says 258MB...

Only hard evidence need reply... lol

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:35:12 GMT, "natural_4u" <> wrote:

>Can anyone clarify the maximum amount of RAM that Win98 can use?
>I think it's 512MB, I've read 768MB , my bro says 258MB...
>
>Only hard evidence need reply... lol
>

What does the MS knowledge base say?

Tom

Tom MacIntyre wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:35:12 GMT, "natural_4u" <> wrote:
>
>
>>Can anyone clarify the maximum amount of RAM that Win98 can use?
>>I think it's 512MB, I've read 768MB , my bro says 258MB...
>>
>>Only hard evidence need reply... lol
>>
>
>
> What does the MS knowledge base say?

Found an article Q253912 that comes close to answering the question but
doesn't quite nail it down definitively.

The article deals with reported memory problems on systems with more
than 512MB of RAM. One of the workarounds is to reduce memory in the
system to 512MB or less.

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They say 1.5GB is the max RAM for Win 98, Win 98SE, and Win ME.
Any more would cause the system to reboot continuously. I didn't know
that...
So I guess my 512 MB of RAM is not a waste.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304943


"Tom MacIntyre" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:35:12 GMT, "natural_4u" <> wrote:
>
> >Can anyone clarify the maximum amount of RAM that Win98 can use?
> >I think it's 512MB, I've read 768MB , my bro says 258MB...
> >
> >Only hard evidence need reply... lol
> >
>
> What does the MS knowledge base say?
>
> Tom

Sorry... they say 1GB. More than 1 GB can lead to potential system
instability .
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304943

"natural_4u" <> wrote in message
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> They say 1.5GB is the max RAM for Win 98, Win 98SE, and Win ME.
> Any more would cause the system to reboot continuously. I didn't know
> that...
> So I guess my 512 MB of RAM is not a waste.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304943
>
>
> "Tom MacIntyre" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:35:12 GMT, "natural_4u" <> wrote:
> >
> > >Can anyone clarify the maximum amount of RAM that Win98 can use?
> > >I think it's 512MB, I've read 768MB , my bro says 258MB...
> > >
> > >Only hard evidence need reply... lol
> > >
> >
> > What does the MS knowledge base say?
> >
> > Tom
>
>

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 13:49:41 GMT, "natural_4u" <> wrote:

>They say 1.5GB is the max RAM for Win 98, Win 98SE, and Win ME.
>Any more would cause the system to reboot continuously. I didn't know
>that...
>So I guess my 512 MB of RAM is not a waste.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304943
>

It is if you never use all of it.

The biggest issues with RAM are usually the motherboard's cacheing
capability and whether you will actually ever come close to maxing out
the RAM. Once the RAM gets to the point where the swap file in use is
minimized, you don't need any more, as I recall.

Tom

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>"Tom MacIntyre" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:35:12 GMT, "natural_4u" <> wrote:
>>
>> >Can anyone clarify the maximum amount of RAM that Win98 can use?
>> >I think it's 512MB, I've read 768MB , my bro says 258MB...
>> >
>> >Only hard evidence need reply... lol
>> >
>>
>> What does the MS knowledge base say?
>>
>> Tom
>

I have read that there is a limitation in Win98 to the number of
addresses that it can address. I forget just what the amount of ram
it can address is but I think it is around 140 (odd number I know). I
think that any more that 256 in Win98 is wasted.

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 14:29:19 GMT, Tom MacIntyre
<> wrote:

>On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 13:49:41 GMT, "natural_4u" <> wrote:
>
>>They say 1.5GB is the max RAM for Win 98, Win 98SE, and Win ME.
>>Any more would cause the system to reboot continuously. I didn't know
>>that...
>>So I guess my 512 MB of RAM is not a waste.
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304943
>>
>
>It is if you never use all of it.
>
>The biggest issues with RAM are usually the motherboard's cacheing
>capability and whether you will actually ever come close to maxing out
>the RAM. Once the RAM gets to the point where the swap file in use is
>minimized, you don't need any more, as I recall.
>
>Tom
>
>>
>>"Tom MacIntyre" <> wrote in message
>>news:. ..
>>> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:35:12 GMT, "natural_4u" <> wrote:
>>>
>>> >Can anyone clarify the maximum amount of RAM that Win98 can use?
>>> >I think it's 512MB, I've read 768MB , my bro says 258MB...
>>> >
>>> >Only hard evidence need reply... lol
>>> >
>>>
>>> What does the MS knowledge base say?
>>>
>>> Tom
>>

384 mb - W98
512 mb - ME

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"Tom MacIntyre" <> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:35:12 GMT, "natural_4u" <> wrote:
>
> >Can anyone clarify the maximum amount of RAM that Win98 can use?
> >I think it's 512MB, I've read 768MB , my bro says 258MB...
> >
> >Only hard evidence need reply... lol
> >
>
> What does the MS knowledge base say?
>
> Tom

98 chokes after 384 mb, doesn't know what to do with the extra high mem, ME
does the same after 512. Well known fact in the gaming world.

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"natural_4u" <> wrote in message
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> They say 1.5GB is the max RAM for Win 98, Win 98SE, and Win ME.
> Any more would cause the system to reboot continuously. I didn't know
> that...
> So I guess my 512 MB of RAM is not a waste.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304943
>
>
> "Tom MacIntyre" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:35:12 GMT, "natural_4u" <> wrote:
> >
> > >Can anyone clarify the maximum amount of RAM that Win98 can use?
> > >I think it's 512MB, I've read 768MB , my bro says 258MB...
> > >
> > >Only hard evidence need reply... lol
> > >
> >
> > What does the MS knowledge base say?
> >
> > Tom
>
>

There is no maximum that I'm aware of, BUT if you have more than 512
megs, you need to modify one of the configuration files (manually add a
line) or there will be problems due to a bug in the swap file code.
Details are on the Microsoft web site in the knowledgebase.


natural_4u wrote:
> Can anyone clarify the maximum amount of RAM that Win98 can use?
> I think it's 512MB, I've read 768MB , my bro says 258MB...
>
> Only hard evidence need reply... lol
>
>
>
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