One of my clients recently requested a memory
upgrade to his Windows 98SE PC. He had been
running 512 MB and wished to increase it to
1 GB. I confirmed that his motherboard would
accept up to 3 GB of PC2100 RAM. Rather
than mix memory modules, I obtained two new
512 MB PC2100 modules and installed them.
The machine booted fine, but Windows refused
to load, giving me a plethora of error
messages related to the config.sys and the
autoexec.bat files. This client runs a few
DOS aps, and needs these files. They both
appeared to be normal. After testing the
memory, which was fine, I removed the second
512 MB module and tried again. The PC booted
OK and Windows started up and ran fine. I
don’t recall if Win 98SE has a maximum
memory limit or not. The client stated that
DOS 6.2 was installed first, then Windows
3.1 and finally, a Windows 98SE upgrade.
I don’t see any aps on this box that needs
1 GB of RAM, but it would be nice to be able
to tell the client that Win 98SE can only
address 512 MB. Can anyone confirm?