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Thread ID: 20439	2002-06-05 06:58:00	What's the max Ram you can have	Guest (0)	Press F1

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52562	2002-06-05 06:58:00	What is the maximum amount of RAM you can have with Windows ME and Windows XP. I seem to remember hearing that over 512MB RAM Windows becomes unstable. Is that true? Thanks	Guest (0)
52563	2002-06-05 07:20:00	It all depends on the motherboards maximum RAM compatibility. Most recent PCs take about 1 gb (1024mb) SD RAM so new ones probably take 2gb DDR? Look up your motherboards specs to find out. Don't know about that 512mb windows problem - that sounds like win95 - win 3.1 probably maxed out at 32mb?	Guest (0)
52564	2002-06-05 07:26:00	Hi, They are all different. Win 95 hits the roof at around 512Mb from memory, it could be 768MB? Win98 I think is 768MB. Win2k and XP have huge amounts of addressing, could be 4GB? Not all that sure of any of those figures, but I know that XP Pro can do 2GB just fine, as I sold one with those specs and there was no problem. Never tried 4GB but no doubt M$ will tell you what you can do. Quite possibly if you tell them you'd like 4GB of RAM, they'll offer you a copy of Win2k Advanced server, which can do something crazy like 32GB!!!! MMMM 32GB, why not just have a RAMDrive :) Erin	Guest (0)
52565	2002-06-05 09:19:00	copied from MS- 'windows 95 Can Access Up to Two GB of RAM The information in this article applies to: Microsoft Windows 95 SYMPTOMS If you install more than two gigabytes (GB) of memory (RAM) in your computer, you may be able to use only two GB of RAM in Windows 95. CAUSE Although Windows 95 has the ability to address up to four GB of virtual memory, it can access and use only two GB or less of physical RAM. Additional query words: 2GB 4GB 2 4 64 limit maximum' the odds the limit will be imposed by the motherboard. some boards for eg will max out at 512meg. win98 does get unstable above 512meg ram due to a fault with vchache. easly fix thou by tweaking the vcache settings.	Guest (0)
52566	2002-06-05 09:51:00	G, You are correct in saying Win9x/WinME can have problems when installed RAM exceeds 512Mb (especially around 768Mb). A client of ours who is a graphics designer used to use Win98SE with 512Mb RAM and had very few problems. he decided to upgrade RAM to 768Mb (Freehand/Photshop/Pagemaker etc very intensive) to alleviate what he thought would be HDD swap file thrashing. The upgrade was done by the shop he orignally bought the computer from ok. From that moment on he had all sorts of BSOD's and I might add MOST of them were 0E / 0D errors which usually point to memory. To cut a long story short!! The following URL points to a Support article from Microsoft describing the issues when Win95/98/98SE/ME have RAM greater than 512Mb. support.microsoft.com I took the approach of modifying the VCACHE setting MaxFileCache to 524288 (512Mb) and ALL the bsod's memory problems (and including not even being able to run the DOS Command Prompt) went away for ever. If this is any help to you (or others) great!! Cheers, Babe.	Guest (0)
52567	2002-06-05 11:48:00	Current 32bit intel chips are limited by their hardware to 4gb of address space (2^32), but you couldn't use all 4gb because some of the address range is used by other stuff.	Guest (0)
52568	2002-06-05 12:10:00	I don't think so, I think it is hard ware based not software. I have had a win 98 se with 1024 mb ram without problem, I bet others have too!	Guest (0)
52569	2002-06-05 12:30:00	My home office system uses 1024 of ddr ram in two blocks of 512 with WinME, I had to adjust the vcache to suit but apart from that all goes well running a mix of programs including regular work using Adobe Photoshop. You will be limited of course by your motherboard but the newer boards should not be a problem.	Guest (0)
52570	2002-06-06 22:40:00	What sort of sicko would waste hareware like that by running Wintendo 9x on it! Bah!!	Guest (0)
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