But isnt it a known fact that win98 will squeal at too
much Ram? (definately will balk over 768.)
Sometimes I fail to see why people would want to push
win98's limits on this; and if the OP is a gamer, then prudence
suggests a more qualified OS for the purpose.
I have 512 on my dual boot 98/xp and it runs anything I
toss at it. (without getting ridiculous of course)

...Rex..
"PCR" wrote in message
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| 6. Save the file, and then restart your computer.

Use Alt-F-X-ENTER (pressed separately) to exit EDIT.
(TAB to get to buttons. ENTER to accept a button.)


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

"PCR" wrote in message
...
| 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.
|
|
| --
| 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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