Win Me not accepting more than 512 megs

[griffoso]

first off I have a gigabyte ga-8iexp 533fsb motherboard w/ 845e 533fsb
this motherboard should accept 3gig RAM of pc2100
I am running pc 2700 (1) 512 stick (ddr 2700 333) ..but when I install more than one stick the system will not boot
I understand that my memory is auto reclocked to 2100 but would like to add more than 512mb ram
is there a work around to doing this other than a swap file in windows? or could I install another system that might more readily accept this configuration?

 

[griffoso]

almost forgot to add I am running a P4 2.4 533 fsb also

 

[Pettytheft]

Use Win2k or XP, Win9x cannot handle over 512MB of memory.

Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.

 

[griffoso]

I was kinda thinking that might be the only fix that was stable...

 

[Crashman]

Do you mean it won't boot at all or it just won't load Windows?

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[griffoso]

it will boot yes, but wont load windows

 

[phsstpok]

Get a copy of Cacheman 5.11

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Install it while you have 512 MB or less then shutdown and install the extra memory.

<b>99% is great, unless you are talking about system stability</b>

 

[griffoso]

yes stability is a must I am a graphics artist and run alot of high end rendering programs, so yes I need as much speed and stability as possible

 

[Rob423]

dam man, GET XP PRO... i can't stand the older versions of Windows anymore.

Is THG Slightly Slacking??

 

[marneus]

There is a knowledgebase doc at microsoft on a poss fix for using over 512mb but W9x is just not suited to this amount of memory... Win2000 or XP REALLY is required as they are a LOT more efficient at handling large amounts of memory...

is it summer already ??? oh, its just the heat haze coming off my PC...

 

[jlanka]

dump me. nuff said.

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

 

[dhlucke]

yes stability is a must I am a graphics artist and run alot of high end rendering programs, so yes I need as much speed and stability as possible

Get rid of ME. Use WinXP Pro.

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