Are you sure you are getting the lines into the right section of
System.ini? Here is how to do it in DOS...

1. Restart your computer. When you see the "Starting Windows 95"
message, press the F8 key, and then choose Command Prompt Only from the
Startup menu.
For Windows 98, restart your computer, press and hold down the CTRL key
until the Startup menu appears, and then choose Command Prompt Only.

2. Type...
EDIT C:\Windows\System.ini
...., and then press ENTER.
4. Add the following line in the [386Enh] section of the file
MaxPhysPage=30000
5. Add the following line in the [vcache] section of the file
MaxFileCache=524288
6. Save the file, and then restart your computer.


http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q184447
Insufficient Memory

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;253912
"Out of Memory" Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM Installed

(1) "START, Run, MSConfig, System.ini tab, [vcache] section".
Don't just open the section; click it to highlight.
(2) Click the "New" button
(3) Type in: "MaxFileCache=524288"
(4) Click "Apply" and "OK". Reboot.

JUST, don't exceed usable RAM, as seen at "START, Run, MSInfo32"...
376MB RAM, it says for me, because Video has grabbed away 8 MB.


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"iso_dsl" wrote in message
news:3_1719676_a64631046a609d2d19aa3944a2cc8cf4@wi ndowsforumz.com...
| I just upgraded an existing dual boot 98SE/2000 machine to 1GB RAM,
| from having prior 512MB. Machine is a Barton 2600, Asus A7N8X-E
| nForce2 Ultra 400 chipset. Video card is a GeForce4 MX 420.
|
| I can no longer get 98SE to boot. I tried the ’vcache’,
| ’maxphyspage’, and ’ConservativeSwapfileUsage’ tricks. Also tried the
| ’msconfig’ limit RAM thing. None of these tricks work for me.
|
| Depending on certain combinations of the above 3 tricks, sometimes it
| will boot to a 640x480 screen and not allow me to change resolution.
| Sometimes it will just boot to a messed up screen. Sometimes it will
| boot to a blank desktop.
|
| Are there any other things I might try? I’m wondering if it has
| something to do with my configuration of hardware. Looking around the
| Internet it seems everyone else is able to solve this problem. Thanks
| for any help.
|
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