How much memory can win98se take? on intel board D845GRG?

[Busie23]

I'm running win98se on an intel D845GRG board. It came with 256 ram and I wanted to upgrade to 1gb for some heavy duty scanning/pdf'ing. The system will boot fine with one 512 stick but whne two are in there I get a black screen saying windows protection error. It is crucial ram that was selected by the memory selector and it has been re-seated, order switched, etc. Does win98 only handle so much ram? According to the intel site D845GRG board it can take up to 2gb of ram?

Whats going on?

Thanks,

Busie23

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Win98se cant handle that much ram if you want 1gb you need win2k or winxp.

 

[mechBgon]

Win98 takes up to 512Mb of RAM by default. Apparently there is a work-around that would let you run Win98SE with more than 512Mb, see here.

I second the motion for upgrading to Win2000 or WinXP Pro for what you're planning to do.

 

[Wind]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Win98 takes up to 512Mb of RAM by default. Apparently there is a work-around that would let you run Win98SE with more than 512Mb, see here.

I second the motion for upgrading to Win2000 or WinXP Pro for what you're planning to do.

Me too. Stable...just the right OS for your heavy use !