more than 256 megs of ram

[jotto84]

i have 512 megs of ram in my WINDOWS 98 BOX, i've noticed recently that when I utilize more than 256 megs of ram, I have problems. Windows thinks that i am out of memory. Does windows 98 support a maximus of 256 megs of ram? Is there any way to increase this? I know that win2k support a lot more, but I dont want win2k on this box. I do have a copy of WindowsME, and regardless of all the bugs... is it any good when dealing with 512 megs of ram??:eek:

[HAL9000]

I have WinME, don't find it any "buggier" than Win95/98, runs great with 512Mb, uses it instead of the swap file. With Win98, you can add under the [386Enh] in the SYSTEM.INI file a line that reads

ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1

This will force Windows to use the RAM instead of the swap file.

[galaxian]

With over 512MB installed, you need to restrain vCache, otherwise it takes over all the virtual addresses.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q253/9/12.ASP

Try setting MaxFileCache=384000 (75% of 512)

[jotto84]

well, i think i am gunna switch to winME tomarrow, HAL.. what is the line to make winme utilize the ram for swap?

[HAL9000]

You won't need to do anything with WinME, it handles the memory better than Win98 does.

[jotto84]

it uses ram for swap allready?

[HAL9000]

It will use the RAM before using the swap file. Checking system monitor right now, I'm showing 13Mb of unused physical RAM, Swapfile size is 120Mb, swapfile used is 2Mb.