Insufficient Memory After Upgrading RAM

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One of my clients is running a dual boot XP PRO and Windows 98
computer.
The PC used to have 256 Mb of RAM and there were no issues except the
computer ran slow.

In order to speed up the computer, I installed a total of 2 Gb of RAM.
Now, XP PRO is much faster.
However, according to the client, when he boots into Windows 98 the
following is displayed:
HiMem testing
Insufficient memory to run Windows 98

All assistance is appreciated.
 
Re: Insufficient Memory After Upgrading RAM

Here's some info on ram you might find helpful:

Over 512 mb or more of ram:

"Out of Memory" Errors with Large Amounts of RAM Installed [Q253912]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q253912

This article contains instructions which basically say: add this line in
system.ini, under [vcache]: MaxFileCache=512000
***************************

1 gb or more of ram:

Error Message: Insufficient Memory to Initialize Windows [Q184447]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q184447
***************************

1.5 gb or more of ram:

Computer May Reboot Continuously with More Than 1.5 GB of RAM [Q304943]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q304943


W98 on that box just may not work even with the above tweaks.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008


"allanc" <allan.for.g.groups@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:a5a5d8b1-e6e6-424a-924c-3776e2f95a63@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> One of my clients is running a dual boot XP PRO and Windows 98
> computer.
> The PC used to have 256 Mb of RAM and there were no issues except the
> computer ran slow.
>
> In order to speed up the computer, I installed a total of 2 Gb of RAM.
> Now, XP PRO is much faster.
> However, according to the client, when he boots into Windows 98 the
> following is displayed:
> HiMem testing
> Insufficient memory to run Windows 98
>
> All assistance is appreciated.
 
Re: Insufficient Memory After Upgrading RAM

allanc wrote:
> One of my clients is running a dual boot XP PRO and Windows 98
> computer.
> The PC used to have 256 Mb of RAM and there were no issues except the
> computer ran slow.
>
> In order to speed up the computer, I installed a total of 2 Gb of RAM.
> Now, XP PRO is much faster.
> However, according to the client, when he boots into Windows 98 the
> following is displayed:
> HiMem testing
> Insufficient memory to run Windows 98
>
> All assistance is appreciated.
Have a look here: http://members.aol.com/rloew1/Programs/Patchm.htm
 
Re: Insufficient Memory After Upgrading RAM

The instructions in the KB article resolved the problem after some
more tweaking as follows:
1. Change MaxPhysPage=30000
2. Power down/up. Choose 'Safe Mode'. HiMem error persists.
3. Power down/up. Choose 'Safe Mode with step by step
confirmation' (or some similiar wording). HiMem error does not occur.
4. Power down/up. Windows 98 boots properly without HiMem error.

On Jan 3, 5:44 pm, "Ron Badour" <So...@NoAddress.com> wrote:
> Here's some info on ram you might find helpful:
>
> Over 512 mb or more of ram:
>
> "Out of Memory" Errors with Large Amounts of RAM Installed [Q253912]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q253912
>
> This article contains instructions which basically say:  add this line in
> system.ini, under [vcache]:  MaxFileCache=512000
> ***************************
> --
> Regards
>
> Ron Badour
> MS MVP 1997 - 2008
>
> "allanc" <allan.for.g.gro...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:a5a5d8b1-e6e6-424a-924c-3776e2f95a63@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > One of my clients is running a dual boot XP PRO and Windows 98
> > computer.
> > The PC used to have 256 Mb of RAM and there were no issues except the
> > computer ran slow.
>
> > In order to speed up the computer, I installed a total of 2 Gb of RAM.
> > Now, XP PRO is much faster.
> > However, according to the client, when he boots into Windows 98 the
> > following is displayed:
> > HiMem testing
> > Insufficient memory to run Windows 98
>
> > All assistance is appreciated.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
 
Re: Insufficient Memory After Upgrading RAM


"Peter Keller" <petekeller@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:c7KdnahqRPjg9ODanZ2dnUVZ_jydnZ2d@comcast.com...
> allanc wrote:
> > One of my clients is running a dual boot XP PRO and Windows 98
> > computer.
> > The PC used to have 256 Mb of RAM and there were no issues except the
> > computer ran slow.
> >
> > In order to speed up the computer, I installed a total of 2 Gb of RAM.
> > Now, XP PRO is much faster.
> > However, according to the client, when he boots into Windows 98 the
> > following is displayed:
> > HiMem testing
> > Insufficient memory to run Windows 98
> >
> > All assistance is appreciated.
> Have a look here: http://members.aol.com/rloew1/Programs/Patchm.htm

That's $20 and well worth it. He also has cab files available to replace those in the Win98 installs
so you don't have to patch on a reinstall.

Galen
 
Re: Insufficient Memory After Upgrading RAM

On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 16:07:15 -0800 (PST), allanc
<allan.for.g.groups@gmail.com> wrote:

>The instructions in the KB article resolved the problem after some
>more tweaking as follows:
>1. Change MaxPhysPage=30000
>2. Power down/up. Choose 'Safe Mode'. HiMem error persists.
>3. Power down/up. Choose 'Safe Mode with step by step
>confirmation' (or some similiar wording). HiMem error does not occur.
>4. Power down/up. Windows 98 boots properly without HiMem error.

So you didn't actually make any changes between steps 2 and 3. And
yet it worked better. Ugh. I tend to hate that sort of thing, but
otoh I'm glad I know about it.
>
>On Jan 3, 5:44 pm, "Ron Badour" <So...@NoAddress.com> wrote:
>> Here's some info on ram you might find helpful:
>>
>> Over 512 mb or more of ram:
>>
>> "Out of Memory" Errors with Large Amounts of RAM Installed [Q253912]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q253912
>>
>> This article contains instructions which basically say:  add this line in
>> system.ini, under [vcache]:  MaxFileCache=512000
>> ***************************
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> Ron Badour
>> MS MVP 1997 - 2008
>>
>> "allanc" <allan.for.g.gro...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:a5a5d8b1-e6e6-424a-924c-3776e2f95a63@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > One of my clients is running a dual boot XP PRO and Windows 98
>> > computer.
>> > The PC used to have 256 Mb of RAM and there were no issues except the
>> > computer ran slow.
>>
>> > In order to speed up the computer, I installed a total of 2 Gb of RAM.
>> > Now, XP PRO is much faster.
>> > However, according to the client, when he boots into Windows 98 the
>> > following is displayed:
>> > HiMem testing
>> > Insufficient memory to run Windows 98
>>
>> > All assistance is appreciated.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -


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