Whats up with that win9x issue with more than 512MB ram? [Archive]

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JayMan

07-13-2001, 04:55 PM

I just bought a stick of 512MB PC133, which makes a total of 640MB ram. I remember reading somewhere a while ago that win9x has problems using more than 512Mb ram for whatever reason. I was wondering how do i find out if i am affected by this problem? What can i do (beside getting rid of ram) to fix the problem.

Also does anyone know some programs to test how stable your computer is (like doing a stress test or something)

Thanks

JayMan

DanU

07-13-2001, 04:57 PM

Here's what MS has to say about that:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q253/9/12.ASP

Just tweak your MaxFileCache and you should be fine.

JayMan

07-13-2001, 05:59 PM

Ok, but i just tried opening a ms-dos promt and didn't have any problems, does this mean i don't have to worry about changing the MaxFileCache?

JayMan

beaver

07-13-2001, 09:35 PM

I got same problem (just installed 768MB. The link is right to ask it and I am going to takr off 512MB only leave 256 there. My AGP got display error often.

Thanks for the link