me and 1024 megs ram

[nutxo]

OKie, if i edit config.sys to run a gig of ram will the os use it or will only 512 be in use?

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: nutxo
OKie, if i edit config.sys to run a gig of ram will the os use it or will only 512 be in use?

Huh? First off, what OS?
Bill

 

[nutxo]

ME, win9x

 

[EeyoreX]

CAUSE

Windows Me and Windows 98 are not designed to handle 1 GB or more of RAM. 1 GB or more of RAM can lead to potential system instability.

This is the cause of several Microsoft Knowledge Base articles on using Windows ME/98 with 1 GB RAM. Apparantly there are some tweaks/settings that can be made to either OS to make 1GB RAM work. IMHO it is a total waste to have that much RAM with a 9x based OS. I don't know the tweaks, but if you search the forums and/or Google, that should provide the answers.

\Dan

 

[stevewm]

As others pointed out its possible. But a big question is whats the point?

The memory management and VM systems in 9x was originally created 8 years ago. It was optimized for PCs that have 32 to 128MB of RAM. Sure you can put a Gig in, but the OS itself will never really use it. The ONLY time all that extra RAM will be used is if you load a application that requires that much RAM. Unless you do some heavy editing with extremely high resolution photos, or do any type of video editing then all of that RAM is just going to sit idle.

The OS will perform at its MAX with 256MB. 512MB may be beneficial if you are playing newer games such as BF1942, UT2k3, etc... Anything over that is just pointless.

If you really want to get a Gig of RAM I suggest getting a OS that will actually make use of it. And won't require myriad of workarounds for it to be functional. Windows 2000 and XP both have modern memory management systems that properly handle and will actually utilize that much RAM.

 

[THUGSROOK]

1024 mb of ram works just fine in win9x.

you need to edit your system.ini file.
scroll down to where it says [vcache] and add this line under it MaxFileCache=524288

it would also be in your best interest set your own swap file to 1024mb minimum, do not adjust max.

also ~ do not use any other custom tweaks you may have previously applied!

HTH 🙂

 

[nutxo]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
1024 mb of ram works just fine in win9x.

you need to edit your system.ini file.
scroll down to where it says [vcache] and add this line under it MaxFileCache=524288

it would also be in your best interest set your own swap file to 1024mb minimum, do not adjust max.

also ~ do not use any other custom tweaks you may have previously applied!

HTH 🙂

thanks! 🙂 I couldnt remember exactky what i had doen previously to make it work!