Maximum RAM that W98 will address?

Win98 was not meant to handle more than 512, yet it can handle upwards of 768-1GB of Ram. Anything past 1GB it refuses to handle. To stay safe limit to 512mb if you can. It may depend on several factors, mfg of mother board, applications running etc..

"Windows Me and Windows 98 are not designed to handle more than 1 GB of RAM. More than 1 GB can lead to potential system instability."

Here are some references. Type the Q number in the search box at support.microsoft.com.

Computer May Reboot Continuously with More Than 1.5 GB of RAM

Q304943

"Out of Memory" Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM Installed

Q253912

Windows 98 will handle up to 1 GB of memory,but anything over 512 and it will create error messages.The other part of this is how much memory the motherboard will support

Theoretically Micrsoft has noted that installing over 128mb using Windows 98 will render the OS unstable.

You can reference previous TechRepublic questions pertaining to this topic

As the other responders have stated, Windows will not deal with mor ethan 1GB of RAM.

For many configurations, it will not deal with 512MB.

I personally limit my maximum RAM on W9X systems to 384MB.

Check out MS Knowledge Base Article Q253912.

Chas

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