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by amdforme

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I just built a new system, AMD Barton 2500 w/ 1 gig
of memory, and a 120 gig harddrive. Running Windows ME. I keep getting a message saying I have low system memory.

I have memory to burn. How do i fix this?

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by thechas

This is one of those situations where more is NOT better.

The core Windows 9X code (Me uses the core 9X code) has a 'bug' when you install more than 511MB of RAM.

This bug is VERY configuration dependant. Some systems will work fine with 1GB of RAM, others will lock up and not boot at all.

Microsoft supports 3 work-arounds for the large memory bug.

1. Reduce the amount of RAM to less than 512MB. I would suggest dropping down to 384MB, which is the most I install on a 9X box.

2. Add a maxmem command to the system files (msdos.sys?) to limit the amount of memory that Windows will see to less than 512MB.

3. Upgrade to either Windows 2000 or XP.

As a side note, you need Windows XP with service pack 1 to use hard drives larger than 132GB.

Chas

by brddog

You built a new system and installed garbage o.s. start over with win 2000 or xp

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