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RAM 1GB
Disk space: Hmmm, 2TB(terrabyte) I believe I just read that a few days ago researching other limitations like shelliconcache and root folder of 500.
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Hi radon, hi Kevin,
Take a look at:
#94823 How much memory can i max in Win98?
#94630 Max memory for Wn 98 SEI don't know whether you'll have a true conclusion but you'll get many responses!
Gérard from Paris, France
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Yes, you'll get a few responses - The amount of RAM that the "OS" can address is 2 gigs. However, there are apparently some issues that "may" occur with older 16 bit applications (and DOS device drivers).
There was a good post that referenced an article from MS addressing PC's running in excess of 1.5 gigs (already over the 1 gig limitation). I've inquired to MS, but haven't had a complete explanation on the article as yet.
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Good point Ellis, I guess I felt uncomfortable saying over 1GB since I would not trust the stability myself. But those are some of the articles I read recently.
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Hi Radon, Kevin, Ellis,
Very interesting new points of view on the subject, thank you! in former posts, we had several figures; you give here new elements!
>>There was a good post that referenced an article from MS addressing PC's running in excess of 1.5 gigs (already over the 1 gig limitation).
Ellis, could you give us the post number you're talking about please? thank you!
Gérard from Paris, France
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Oops, wrong link, but a good one none the less, LOL
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q253912
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This is the one that says Win98 was not designed to handle over 1Gig RAM and can be unstable with more than that: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q304943&GSSNB=1
Windows Me and Windows 98 are not designed to handle more than 1 GB of RAM. More than 1 GB can lead to potential system instability.
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Interesting articles - however, if an OS runs in a 31 bit addressing mode, just do the math.
2 to the power of 31 (which is where MS came up with 32 bit OS, the number of choices between 0 and 31 is: 32) - the value returned is: 2 gigs.
In a brief explanation I receive back from MS there was an indication that the limitation was due to it's support of 16 bit applications.
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If one wanted to install 2 GB of RAM (wow that's a lot!) how would you do it? I mean that I've only seen ram in modules as big as 256 MB. If I worked it out right, you would need:
7 * 256 MB
1 * 128 MB
1 * 64 MB
1 * 16 MBfor a total of 2000 MB...right? Or does ram come in a new economy size of 512MB or 1024MB? I'm assuming that we are going to stick with multiples of 8.
Any thoughts? Am I way off?
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I thought the RAM amount was dependent on the PC its installed on?, I mean my system running win98se with a 466mhz processor and 100mhz bus speed can only use 256mb ram. I tried to put more but get errors when doing so. Sometimes I just got a long beep and nothing would happen.
Joe
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The amount of RAM you can put in you system does depend on you motherboard and bios settings and capabilities. Some systems can only handle 256MB or less.
My question was simply, how much can Windows handle. How much will it recognize and use. The same with disk space.
radon
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@radon
Some time ago Kingstons released 1024 MB DRR RAM Modules.
So there should be no problem with the right equipment to get your computer over the 2 gig barricade.
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