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2003-09-19, 03:40 PM
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Ok, so I just got a 512 stick for my woefully underpowered and old comp. Before installing that, I had a 64mb stick, and a 256 stick. I planned on replacing that 64 mb stick with the 512 one.
So, I install it and everything is fine till I try to log on with my ISP. Kept getting an error saying the connection port is invalid or busy. I figured I must have knocked something accidentally. Then, I remembered somewhere, a looong time ago, I heard that Windows 98 cant perform well with more than 512 mb of RAM. I then take out the 256 stick, leaving only the 512. Now, everythings running fine (havent tested any games yet) So, my question is, did I really just knock something loose in the modem back there? Or can Windows 98 just NOT handle 512+? Thank you in advance. 
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2003-09-19, 07:26 PM
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I don't think that 98 would have a prob with 512+ ram, but i could be wrong. Even if it did i dunno why it would interfere with your modem...But yeah like i said, not to sure on this cuz i dont really deal with win98 much, sry
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2003-09-19, 09:38 PM
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Just remembered something that might be why its interfering with my modem. The power supply thingy hasnt been upgraded since I first bought the origional comp. (3-4 years ago at least) I'm thinking that *maybe* the RAM takes additional power to use, and there just isnt enough to go around.
I'm probably wrong though, and I'd still like to know just what happened.
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2003-09-19, 09:50 PM
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2003-09-19, 10:17 PM
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Ah, ok. I'm betting that WAS the problem then. Time to ask my friends for Win XP.
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) its win98 has a problem with too much ram... it tends to ignore it over a certain limit.. (though I cant remember what teh details are)
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