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October 28, 2002 at 09:37 AM
maggot

SDRAM LIMITS WINDOWS 98SE

by maggot . Updated 23 years, 8 months ago

I RECENTLY BOUGHT 2 512MB MEMORY MODULES FOR MY
COMPUTER. THE MANUAL STATES IT SUPPORTS THIS CONFIGURATION. INSTALLED FIRST MODULE, FIRED IT UP
IT WAS GOOD, INSTALLED SECOND MODULE OH-BOY!!
WHAT A MESS, IT BLEW OUT THE DRIVERS FOR THE VIDEO
CARD:GFORCE2 100/200 64MB. AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS TO FIX. TOOK COMPUTER BACK TO VENDER THEY
FLASHED THE BIOS, AND TESTED THE MEMORY SLOTS
ALL WAS FINE BUT THEY DIDN’T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE REAL PROBLEM WAS. “OH YES I BOUGHT THE MEMORY FROM THEM” BOARD HAS A ONBOARD VIDEO CARD 16MB,
BIOS CONFIGRATION IS SET TO PCI, BIOS IS AMIBIOS-
AMERICA MEGATRENDS.
I’VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON MICROSOFTS SITE. IT LOOKS LIKE WINDOWS ONLY SUPPORTS 512MB RAM.
PLEASE HELP!! OH-YEA COMPUTER WORKS JUST FINE ON 512MB RAM.

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