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To: Dan Duchardt who wrote (23295)	11/9/2001 12:39:14 AM
From: Steven Ivanyi	Respond to of 110652

Win 2000 is faster than any version of Win 98. There is no doubt about that. I have been using Win 2000 and now Win XP and I have been very happy with NT stability and speed. Also Win 2000 and XP will allow you to have as much memory as you can imagine having. I have 2 gigs of memory on my machinge. Steven

To: Dan Duchardt who wrote (23295)	11/9/2001 1:44:49 AM
From: Nick Morvay	Respond to of 110652

Dan, my daughters machine is dual-boot, Win98SE and Win2K with 512M RAM. The HDD has 2 partitions, a FAT32 for Win98SE, and NTFS for Win2K. There are no problems running this configuration. Is Win2K slower than Win98SE? Reviews indicate that it is. However, in real life I would be hard pressed to notice the difference on this P3 1Ghz machine. Realize that Win2K has a lot more overhead than Win98SE in memory management and disk management resulting in a much more stable and robust system. Here are a few links to understand Windows memory management and related problems: support.microsoft.com aumha.org Regarding the memory test. Did you reseat the memory to insure a good connection? There are a lot of pins on a stick and some sockets can get loose. Sometimes memory can be intermittent. Pull a stick and use the machine as normal for a few days to determine if memory errors occur. If there are no problems exchange the stick you pulled with one in the box. Use it as normal and monitor for errors. It's a pain I know, I've been there. It may also be a timing issue. Is the memory of the correct speed? Is the BIOS set to the correct memory speed? Some more useful Win98 links: pe.net Regards, Nick

To: Dan Duchardt who wrote (23295)	11/9/2001 7:54:41 AM
From: alraz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

Hello Dan, I have an Abit BE-6II rev 2.0 MB with a Pentium III 1 ghz processor and 768 meg of ram (PC133) installed. The OS is Win98SE, and I do not have any memory problems, so as far as Win98SE not being able to handle more than 128meg of ram, I would tend to disagree. When I first increased to 768 meg, I did have a problem. It was caused by a cheap, generic memory stick that was not compatible with my MB, during boot-up it would not always recognize all the installed memory. I replaced it with name brand memory and all the memory was then recognized during boot-up. After replacing the bad memory, I used a program called "Doc Memory Diagnostic" to confirm that all memory was working properly. simmtester.com I also use a program called "Cacheman" to manually set all my memory caches, I disable virtual memory, and set my swapfile to a specific size (I use 100 meg). This program claims that it, "corrects generic problems on systems with more than 512MB of RAM", so it might help with your situation. outertech.com Hope this helps you in some way. alraz