On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 21:52:44 -0500, meijin <[log in to unmask]> posted article
<[log in to unmask]>, which said:

> With the low price of RAM now, I am upgrading my system (primarily used for
> video capture and edit) to the max amount of RAM supported. In this case,
> the mobo is an Abit BE6-II with an Intel P-III 1 GHz CPU (133 MHz FSB). It
> supports a max of 768 megs.
>
> Someone told me though, that Win98 will not use this much and also as a
> limit of 128K of system resources. Is this correct? It just strikes me as
> totally wrong...

You can put more than 512 megs of RAM on your PC.  This issue was just
discussed on Tech TV's Screen Savers a few days ago.

Here's a link with excellent, detailed information on this issue:

Tech TV | RAM Limitations in Windows
Got a ton of RAM in your PC, but Windows can't use it?  Here's why.
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/windowstips/story/0,23008,3337233,00.html

Ethan

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