Jan 1, 2019 - The Windows 95/98/SE/ME RAM Limitation Patch Program patches Windows 95, 98, 98SE or ME to support Computers with more than 512MB.

I've been running 768MB RAM with my Win98se box and i've noticed it's been getting quite unstable (now that i'm using it more). It seemed ok to begin with without installing patches or messing around with configs.

I've since installed the unofficial service pack which is supposed to fix the 512MB RAM limit, but it's made no difference. Memtest reports all modules as ok too!

I'm thinking about maybe dropping down to 512MB (2 sticks) to see if it solves anything. 3d modelj rozi. Does anyone else have stability issues with more than 512MB? Random freezes/lockups etc.?

Oldbie Posts: 738 Joined: 2009-6-27 @ 00:07 Location: UK. Gamecollector wrote:By the way, the msconfig with /maxmem is just editing the MaxPhysPage value in [386enh] section of system.ini. So - just set this value to 1FFFF (512 MB).

This method is working even with the Win9x installation process. Now I don't need to remove DIMMs if I want to reinstall WinME. The unofficial service pack (as early as v1.2 ) already includes the memory fix, so i'm thinking maybe my motherboard or even the Powerleap adapter isn't playing nice with the RAM maxed out? I'm now running 512MB with no issues at all. It would mainly crash when copying large files (especially from USB sticks) when i had more than 512MB RAM. I like this thread on the subject Look for posts by someone named 'gosh' who claims to be a former tech support rep for MS and how his comments are responded to by the community.

His comments are basically of the 'Windows 98 sucks so you should upgrade to XP' type and he gets smacked down for his lack of knowledge of the current (unofficial) state of Windows 98 before the mods step in to diffuse the situation before it explodes into a 9x vs NT flame war. L33t++ Posts: 5754 Joined: 2010-6-25 @ 13:02. Sliderider wrote:I like this thread on the subject Look for posts by someone named 'gosh' who claims to be a former tech support rep for MS and how his comments are responded to by the community. His comments are basically of the 'Windows 98 sucks so you should upgrade to XP' type and he gets smacked down for his lack of knowledge of the current (unofficial) state of Windows 98 before the mods step in to diffuse the situation before it explodes into a 9x vs NT flame war. The thread would have been better off without his posts. I don't want XP on this machine (ever!). I also don't fancy spending $20 on a 'Ram Limitation Patch' by R.

I'm thinking maybe i should just do a fresh install of Win98 again and then install the latest/LAST unofficial service pack 3-b4. I can install Windows 98se fine with all 768mb RAM installed. Oldbie Posts: 738 Joined: 2009-6-27 @ 00:07 Location: UK. TELVM wrote:To make W98SE run OK with 768MB of RAM, just add this line to system.ini, below [VCache]: [VCache] MaxFileCache=262144 Then add this line to system.cb (for safe mode): [VCache] MaxFileCache=65536 Thanks, but the unofficial service packs do this automatically. It seems people have different results depending on the figures used and hardware setup. I also read somewhere that the amount of VRAM and even certain Ethernet drivers can affect the overall RAM limit too (all about available memory address space afaik).