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| 235029 | 2004-05-07 11:47:00 | Real Mode system Memory Allocation Failed. Running windows 98 with AMD 800 & 1024 PC133 Ram. Soltek 75KAV Motherboard. Computer was running perfectly 2 months ago. Been overseas and upon return and setting up and starting the above error is shown. Any assistance appreciated!!! |
Donzai (3198) | ||
| 235030 | 2004-05-07 12:36:00 | sound like fault ram..... could also be a virus that is in your boot sector. MS says.... "This issue can occur if a virus hooked the INT21h or INT13h chain before Microsoft Windows is loaded, an unsafe device driver is detected, or a protected-mode driver is missing or damaged in the Iosubsys file located in the Windows\System\Iosubsys folder. " |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 235031 | 2006-02-07 21:36:00 | You need to change your C:\config.sys file. Boot into Safe Mode and change it so it reads: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:ON SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:1024 /P LASTDRIVE=Z Delete everything else. :badpc: :badpc: The reason for this problem is that there are 2 or more calls being made on the same addressing in the first 640K of your physical RAM. Since only one instruction can occupy an address at a time, you get a freeze when something is not properly written. Having DOS=HIGH,UMB and certain other entries in your config.sys file is ok, as long as there is no conflict. Leaving some of these instructions out of the config.sys file lets Windows manage these things. These instructions are a holdover from Win95 when there was no Plug-n-Play. |
JamesMeinken (5623) | ||
| 235032 | 2006-02-07 21:43:00 | win9x didn't like more than 512mb ram.......try removing some..... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 235033 | 2006-02-07 22:04:00 | Yes, Win98 & Win98SE degrade significantly with more than 512 MB of RAM, although you get a different error message with that condition. A nice free program for Win98 & Win98SE if you can still find it is Cacheman v5.11. You are able to set many internal settings for better performance and greater stability that Windows doesn't let you have access to on your own. The best you can have is 512 MB of RAM and set the paging file to be fixed at either 128 MB or 256 MB. There is a setting in Cacheman that forces Windows to use physical RAM first before going to the paging file. Essentially with this much RAM you never use the paging file and performance is much better. |
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