W98 doesn't see all of my RAM! WTF?

[JPS]

I am working on a friend's box and have noticed that W98 doesn't see all of the RAM in the box. She has 1x128MB stick and 1x256MB stick and W98 reports only 284MB, not 384MB? WTF?

I don't use W98 much at all, so I would appreciate any info on correcting this issue.

Thanks....

 

[JPS]

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[AndyHui]

What motherboard?

Does the motherboard POST show up all 384MB?

Please list contents of CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. Certain legacy settings in these files can make RAM "disappear" for Win9x.

 

[JPS]

Figured it out. Bad RAM stick!

 

[Zach]

It's definetly a bad stick of RAM.

 

[JPS]

Hey lookie @ Zach...another fellow in Corvallis!

 

[Kazi]

umm weres that @??

 

[JPS]

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