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21 Nov 2002, 20:10
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RAM problem
Since a few weeks I am having a problem with my RAM, windows keeps on bringing up a message that I have insufficient RAM, and I checked it and indeed 500/512 mb is used. Then I quitted all my programs and made sure there weren't any programs running in the background, and I monitored it again and it appeared that there was still about 450mb used. Even when I rebooted and quitted all programs it was still about the same.
Do any of you have an idea what the problem might be, and how to take care of it?
Thanks already,
Apoc
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21 Nov 2002, 20:23
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ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
Join Date: May 2001
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What version of Windows?
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21 Nov 2002, 20:31
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21 Nov 2002, 20:49
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2001
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win98 doesnt support 512mb ram
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21 Nov 2002, 20:54
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Rawr rawr
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Quote:
Originally posted by sh@dow
win98 doesnt support 512mb ram
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no?
I thought all Win9x supported up to 512 mb RAM.... hence, that's why I have 512meg in my comp and not 1gig (for the win9x support).
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21 Nov 2002, 21:02
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Erm, win98 does even support 1024mb ram if needed, and it sure does support 512 too as I've been using this system for about a year now and I haven't had any problems till now..
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21 Nov 2002, 22:24
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Infallible
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Milton Keynes, UK
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Win98 barely supports 256mb of RAM.
I have 384mb, and upgraded to XP Pro because I allways had close to 360mb used.
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21 Nov 2002, 23:13
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Cooki-Monster
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Ireland
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get ram booster from download.com i usually use it before i put a game on or if im laggin from downloading and the pc's been on for hours
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21 Nov 2002, 23:20
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Not a Cow
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Brighton, UK
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Ideally, get a better version of Windows, as 98 is mouldy poo
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21 Nov 2002, 23:38
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-=Murderous Plush Toy=-
Join Date: Nov 2001
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My old system had 384mb RAM and often needed to reboot when I got those "memory is low" type messages.
I found no decent cure to it.
However, having said that, my new system only has 256MB ram w/ Win98SE and I've been running the same number of programs, probably a few more and I've not had desktop windows memory shortages....
games is a different matter though....
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22 Nov 2002, 03:31
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
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I thought that cutoff for win98 was 7-something? Anyway, thats a real odd problem. Take some **** off your startup menu (start > run > msconfig > startup tab) and reboot.
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22 Nov 2002, 10:54
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Born Sinful
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Loughborough, UK
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Wrong forum - moved.
BTW, win 98 memory leaks left right and centre.
Also, putting larger ammounts of ram in 9x systems (such as 512Mb) actually slows them down.
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22 Nov 2002, 12:11
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ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
Join Date: May 2001
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Windows 9x memory management was written by someone with the coding skills of a below-average chimp. Get NT.
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22 Nov 2002, 12:24
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Not a Cow
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Location: Brighton, UK
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Quote:
Originally posted by xtothez
Windows 9x memory management was written by someone with the coding skills of a below-average chimp. Get NT.
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George Bush worked for Microsoft?
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24 Nov 2002, 02:44
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Retired
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: BONNY SCOTLAND
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Quarterdeck's magnaram was created and designed for exactly this problem,
unfortunately it stopped being made in 97/98.
have a look about for it on some dubious sites of file sharing worth..
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