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OS 98 sees less memory than BIOS

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by trinhpham54

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HI! I am using windows 98, when put 64Mb OF memory in the system, the BIOS can see 64mb but when get into the OS it can only see 48mb,that happens on two different systems, I am thankful for help.

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by thechas

I suspect that your systems have on board (built into the motherboard AGP graphics.

The BIOS is set to allocate 16MB of your system memory to the graphics system.

If you need more memory for applications, you need to trade memory between the graphics and the system.

In the BIOS settings, there should be a setting for how much memory is allocated to the graphics. I would not set this below 8MB.

If you need more memory, I would either add memory to the system, or install a seperate graphics card, and disable the on-board graphics.

by shanghai sam

thank you very much, it is a big help. yes, there is on board AGP, I understand now . Thanks again

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