Insufficient Memory After Upgrading RAM

[allanc]

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.

 

[Ron Badour]

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.

 

[Peter Keller]

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.
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