FLASH: [OT] PC Memory

[Eric Stewart]

I'm sorry about the OT but this is driving me crazy. I recently, last month,

installed more memory in my 450Mhz PIII, from 128 to 256MB of SDRAM, and am

running Windows 98 Second Edition. I use Windows Resource Meter to monitor

my resources, since I started doing this my number of crashes has gone from

5-10 an month to 1 or 2.

	Now for the problem. After installing the second 128MB of ram I see

absolutely no change in performance. I run the same number of application at

a time as I did with only 128MB and I still run out of memory at roughly the

same time. Am I wrong in assuming that since I have doubled my memory, that

I should at least get a 50% increase in resources and 100% at most? Does

Windows 98 SE not take of advantage of more than 128MB of memory, so the

other 128 isn't even being used? Are there any configuration changes that I

need to make or does windows automatically configure the OS to handle more

memory? I have exhausted myself trying to find out these answers, can anyone

tell me what is the problem, or if there is any?

Eric Stewart



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