Emanuel053197
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How much RAM do I really have?
When booting, the BIOS reports 64MB of RAM. That's what's supposed to be there. But both Control Panel (of my Win98) and WinTune98 report 56MB only. Why?
Do you have an onboard video card that shares the memory? and have it set to share 8MB in CMOS setup?
If the BIOS shows 64mb, then I would take that as the answer to your question.
bill
bill
Emanual, here are some of the things that cause a difference between installed memory and the memory Windows 98 reports.
- Himem.sys is not using all the memory on an EISA computer.
- A driver or program loading from the Config.sys or Autoexec.bat file is
claiming a portion of random access memory (RAM).
- A virtual device driver loading from the System.ini file is claiming a
portion of RAM.
- A protected-mode driver is causing the memory mismatch.
- The registry is damaged.
- A CMOS setting is disabling some of the RAM.
- You have the "maxphyspage=" setting in your System.ini file set to restrict
Windows from using some of the installed memory.
- Ramdrive.sys is being loaded in the Config.sys file.
- You are using a video adapter that is integrated into the motherboard.
- Himem.sys is not using all the memory on an EISA computer.
- A driver or program loading from the Config.sys or Autoexec.bat file is
claiming a portion of random access memory (RAM).
- A virtual device driver loading from the System.ini file is claiming a
portion of RAM.
- A protected-mode driver is causing the memory mismatch.
- The registry is damaged.
- A CMOS setting is disabling some of the RAM.
- You have the "maxphyspage=" setting in your System.ini file set to restrict
Windows from using some of the installed memory.
- Ramdrive.sys is being loaded in the Config.sys file.
- You are using a video adapter that is integrated into the motherboard.
Emanuel, see if this is in assistance.
At the config.sys file of window98, add an option at the end of the line of HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SY
pslh
At the config.sys file of window98, add an option at the end of the line of HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SY
pslh
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