Memory problems

[Silent]

With Windows ME, and 384 ram, my system was fine. I bumped it up to 512 ram and I keep getting fatal errors. I bought another card to bump it up to 512 with a different stick, and same thing.

Does WinME have a problem with 512+ ram crashing the system?
Should I try going to 512 or higher after I get WinXP Pro?

Thanks

[YODA74]

Take it back to what you had it will not run on the 512, 384 is about all you will get it to take.And yes XP loves memory

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[This message has been edited by YODA74 (edited 06-11-2002).]

[mamba]

hmm seems i have the same problem only thing is i got 1 stick of 512 so i cant take out one stick. what can i do so it will run smoother. i thought there was a fix for this somewhere you edit something or other im not sure . idunno if anyone has heard of this but if you did can you post it so i can run winme . its no biggie . i can always reformat and put xp on this pc it ran better with it anyway

[mjc]

Yes, ME can have problems with more than 512 MB....you can edit system files to limit the amount of RAM available to Windows.
http://www.ivnet.com/512mb_max.htm

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[old_kid]

Hmmmm:

I have been running 512meg no prob on WINme for a year now - Damn, can't remember if 2 128's and a 256 or 2 256's but had no problems - thought limit was higher - I know I couldn't do 750 wouldn't even boot

But Maybe there may be some Mother Board issues or whatever that are contributing in combination with WINme


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[old_kid]

Oops Silent:

DId you try going to COMS and doing a save & exit??

SHeeshh - brain dead me http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif

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[mjc]

Actually old_kid....it is a configuration issue 512MB is the starting point for the problems...certain video card configurations will make it worse (Like AGP aperature size), certain sound cards/video card combos also seem to impact it somewhat. Whetehr or not you let Windows control things like the Vcache or set it yourself, several other "tweaks" have been known to impact it and finally on some systems it just plain works OK....

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