Win98 only reports 65 meg of ram!?

[lordmeatball]

I have a system with Windows 98 which has 256 meg of ram installed. When it boots, it tests and shows 256 meg of ram. Once Windows has loaded, if I right click on 'My Computer' it only shows 65 meg of ram. I had put in one stick of 256, then I tried 2 sticks of 128. Same outcome. Any ideas? Windows patch or motherboard patch? It is a FIC motherboard.

Is there any other way to determine if Windows is using more than the 65 meg of ram?

Thanks.

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[delpart]

You're going to have to find out if your BIOS and motherboard support over 64Mb of RAM. Just because it counts it doesn't necessarily mean that it sees it.

en Xristos

 

[Crashman]

Probably the memory is too high a density to be read properly by the chipset. Check the FAQ post in the Memory forum. Also check <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=50822#50822" target="_new">THIS RELATED POST</A>. I'm guessing that your memory is 4 chip, or that you're using a VX chipset with 16-chip memory. If the later is true, you're lucky it's giving you 64MB instead of 32MB.

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