Memory or OS Help

[PAEMS1]

Okay here we go. After finalling getting all the parts together. I tryed to install my full version of Windows 98 in hopes to use my upgrade of Windows XP. After installing the first stage of windows 98 and the system rebooted to begin the second stage, I got this message about not enough memory to load windows. something like try quiting some of the memory-resident in your config.sys and autoexec.bat. After some looking this up on the internet. I found that windows 98 has a minor bug in it that it does not see memory above 512 when installing. As you can see I have 4gb. What I was wondering is if anyone has a fix for this or has a 512 stick of DDR2 PC-2 5300 667MHz 240pin non-EEC unbuffered they would let me borrow untill I get XP installed. Or if anyone has a full version of XP or Vista they can burn a copy of for me so I can just install it that way. I was so heart broken when that popped up on my screen. All I want to do is play and now I have the cool computer sitting dorment in the corner. If anyone can supply the latter you can be sure that all I want to do is get a OS on my computer to start playing.


Case> NZXT Tempest EVO Case
Motherboard> Asus P5N SLI Core2 Duo LGA775
CPU> Intel Core2 DUO e7300 2.66GHz CPU
CPU Fan> Artic Cooling Freezer 7 pro
Power Supply> (700W) Cooler Master UCP 700W
Hard Drive> Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB
Memory> Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC-2 5300 667MHz 240pin
Video Card> Zotac GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 256-bit GDDR3
DVD/RW> H&L LG DVD+RW Burner Dual Layer SATA Labelflash Black
Fan Control> AeroCool FP-01 55 in 1 Card Reader w/FlipLCD Screen
Media Device> Antec Multimedia Station Premier Deluxe IR Receiver
Monitor> Acer 22" LCD Monitor-5ms, 1920 x 1080, 20000:1.60Hz, HDMI Black

[Sir Mandrake]

You could try this idea: A lot of newer motherboards have an option in the BIOS called Install OS mode. Turning this on will limit the amount of memory detected and allow an OS to install. After successful installation of the OS, go back into the CMOS and turn that option off to access all of your memory. Good Luck!

[PAEMS1]

No luck< :( Any other ideas? Unless you can help me out with one of the above?

[Sir Mandrake]

The Windows 32-bit protected-mode cache driver (Vcache) determines the maximum cache size based on the amount of RAM that is present when Windows starts. Vcache then reserves enough memory addresses to permit it to access a cache of the maximum size so that it can increase the cache to that size if needed. These addresses are allocated in a range of virtual addresses from 0xC0000000 through 0xFFFFFFFF (3 to 4 gigabytes) known as the system arena.

On computers with large amounts of RAM, the maximum cache size can be large enough that Vcache consumes all of the addresses in the system arena, leaving no virtual memory addresses available for other functions such as opening an MS-DOS prompt (creating a new virtual machine).

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use one of the following methods:

Use the MaxFileCache setting in the System.ini file to reduce the maximum amount of memory that Vcache uses to 512 megabytes (524,288 KB) or less. For additional information about how to use the MaxFileCache setting, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/108079/EN-US/ ) 32-Bit File Access Maximum Cache Size

Use the System Configuration utility to limit the amount of memory that Windows uses to 512 megabytes (MB) or less.For additional information about how to use the System Configuration utility, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181966/EN-US/ ) System Configuration Utility Advanced Troubleshooting Settings

Reduce the amount of memory that is installed in your computer to 512 MB or less.