1024mb of memory to Win98SE

[Wmaker]

I've read all kinds of stuff on how to get 1024mb of RAM to work with Win98SE. So far I haven't been able to do it.

I haven't looked into it for a good while now and don't remember the .txt that needed to be edited...and even though I edited the right line from 512 to 1024 98SE refused to start up.

I have a finnish Aces High Con coming up this week end and would love to get 1024 of RAM working before that.

Anyone been able to do it?

Any info/help?

[streakeagle]

I got my start tweaking 98SE to use 1GB of RAM from this web page:

http://thpc.info/ram/vcache98.html

After a little bit of experience, I learned what worked for me best:

In the SYSTEM.INI file, under [VCACHE], I used:

maxfilecache=522240 (or sometimes I used 524288 or 491520)
chunksize=2048
namecache=4096
directorycache=96

I never saw any improvements using:
ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1

The only thing that absolutely has to be there is the:
maxfilecache=522240

Try out all of the options yourself. I found that the minfilecache did nothing for me and the maxfilecache could affect stability. So I never used the minfilecache and kept the maxfilecache at 491520 or higher.

I only abandoned Win98SE because MS no longer does hardware certification for Win98SE or ME, so getting video drivers updated to fix glitches in the latest games is getting hard to come by.

[Wmaker]

Thanks!

I put line "maxfilecache=491520" and it worked right off the bat!!

I'll try different settings and tweak some more later.

Thanks again!

[streakeagle]

Here's a little secret: that one line is all you need

I will say that depending what entries you use, some programs may crash. I found the setting you chose to be the best one