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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Performance / July 2005System Memory upgrade
I am running a gigabyte motherboard which has its bios and drivers all updated The OS is 98se and all is well with 512MB of memory installed When I increase the memory up to 1GB by an extra 512 stick or by pulling the lot and inserting a 1GB stick the system hangs The bios reports the amount of memory on boot correctly However when I finaly get the system to boot nothing works properly because windows has disabled virtual memory On one occasion I got a dos message which said that windows could not continue loading due to insufficient memory. Strange since I had actually doubled the memory. Hardware suppliers have run out of options and seem to think that there are no problems with the equipment. Is it possible that I have a windows problem and if so how might I over come this ? > I am running a gigabyte motherboard which has its bios and drivers all updated > The OS is 98se and all is well with 512MB of memory installed > > When I increase the memory up to 1GB by an extra 512 stick or by pulling the > lot and inserting a 1GB stick the system hangs Answered some months ago . . . Tim Slattery MS MVP(DTS) Slattery_T@bls.gov posted: You can have much more than 512MB (up to 3GB, IIRC), but you > have to make a tweak in system.ini. In system.ini, find the [vcache] > system, and add this line: > > MaxFileCache=512000 How chuffed am I, finaly ive got a machine that goes at a decent speed. If only I could have known it was that simple it would have saved weeks of sending suspect memory sticks back to my very patient supplier THANK YOU VERY MUCH now if you could just tell me the meaning of life............................ > > I am running a gigabyte motherboard which has its bios and drivers all > updated [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > > MaxFileCache=512000 =?Utf-8?B?bGVpZ2ggbWFydGlu?= <leighmartin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:3776CFFC-BE31-48CF-804F-2A2BA806BF53@microsoft.com: > How chuffed am I, finaly ive got a machine that goes at a decent speed. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > now if you could just tell me the meaning of > life............................ 42 >> > I am running a gigabyte motherboard which has its bios and drivers >> > all [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> > >> > MaxFileCache=512000 > > You can have much more than 512MB (up to 3GB, IIRC), but you > > > have to make a tweak in system.ini. In system.ini, find the [vcache] > > > system, and add this line: > > > > > > MaxFileCache=512000 Hi, I have a spare 256 Ram stick but have been wary about putting it in alongside my existing 512 due to issues I've read in other groups. You make it seem easy so I'll ask you if there is any particular method. 1)Should the change be made to sys.ini before or after Ram is put in? 2)Does the new text go directly under the [vcache] (mine has nothing under it at the moment) cheers ..Rex.. Rex I made the change to the [vcache] before I inserted the memory and booted the machine with its original memory to check all was well. Mine was blank underneath the heading as well so I input the new line using the same spacing as per other entries in the system.ini file I then inserted the 1GB stick and rebooted. Everything was fine. It is worth mentioning however that my machine still wont wok with the 1GB and original 512 stick inserted together even though the motherboard can support upto 2GB. I think this may be because the two sticks of memory are not matched which I have read can cause problems in some systems. My 2 sticks were the same spec except different manufacturers and memory size. THis may effect you if the sticks are different. Cheers Leigh > > > You can have much more than 512MB (up to 3GB, IIRC), but you > > > > have to make a tweak in system.ini. In system.ini, find the [vcache] [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > ...Rex.. Thanks Leigh, is much appreciated. The biz about the sticks being mis-matched is a pain in the proverbial, why dont these flippin' manufacturers have universal standards. (I take that back, I Know why, ti's the all important $$$) Anyhow, I will follow your lead, I believe it is the way I would have gone too. cheers ..Rex.. > Rex > I made the change to the [vcache] before I inserted the memory and booted [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > > > ...Rex.. > Rex > I made the change to the [vcache] before I inserted the memory and booted [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Cheers Leigh It is not the motherboard that is the problem, nor probably even the mismatched memory sticks. It is rare when Win98 will work properly with more than 1.5 GB of ram. There is another simple tweak that may allow you to use the whole 1.5GB of ram, but I can't remember what it is at this time. However, do you really need more than 1GB for your programs? To find out, use System Monitor (found under System Tools) and pick out the "swapfile in use" selection and then let it record while you run your most memory intensive programs for a half=hour or so and then check it. If it is much above 20MB , then more ram may just help. If it is less, then more ram most likely will not give you a noticeable improvement. If you do a search in this newsgroup, you will find out more info on using 1.5GB of ram in Win98. Enjoy your new ram. PS: If you want to give away your 512 stick, post back. :-) Buffalo Add the line in system.ini BEFORE you add the memory! As for the entry under vcache....put all of the following....which will also help with system performance [vcache] MaxFileCache=512000 ChunkSize=4096 NameCache=6144 DirectoryCache=128 PathCache=128  SignatureAll problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution, the more ludicrous the analogy! > > > > You can have much more than 512MB (up to 3GB, IIRC), but you [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > ..Rex.. |
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