video memory

[bloo]

well i have win98se installed on my pc

with 756mb ram but only 32 mb shared memory for the video

i got an integrated video card.

how do i increase the veido memory?

else my sytem keep crashin wen i open many windows at same time

[noguru]

Win98 won't handle 512 Mb ram or more very good. There are a lot's of topic's on this forum about that, search for vcache if you want to know more. But what you need to do is very simple:

Add this to system.ini

[vcache]
MaxFileCache=524288

If you still have problems you can try 393216, this seems to work better for me, I have 512Mb.

You can set your video memory in your system BIOS.

[puntoMX]

i got an integrated video card.

how do i increase the video memory?

Like noguru said, use 512MB max. for Windows98se.

To set your Video RAM go into the BIOS of your computer and set it there by hand. Some can be set from 8 to 256MB but most go as far as 64 to 128MB.

If you tell us what chipset it´s using we can help you further .

[bloo]

thnx guys.

not yet tried yet though.

well where will i get info on my chipset?

[bloo]

well the max video memory i can select in bios is only 32mb

wat to do

[puntoMX]

I would take out the 256MB from those 768MB.

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Yeah take a ramstick out. Or search the forums for how to optimize 98 for more than 512 megs ram.

You CANNOT increase your shared video more than that.

Honestly 32 megs is more than enough for 98se if your not gaming or doing graphics.

It is the amount of ram you are using or your ram has gone bad.

Also run this --> http://hcidesign.com/memtest/ and see if you get any errors. (Let it run for a long time)

[bloo]

i looked 4 that on the site

but cud not find it

both the memories r fine

[MDGx]

Sounds like your mobo BIOS setup is limited to 32 MB video "shared" memory, which is taken from system RAM and "shared" with your AGP video controller [must be AGP, PCI can't share memory, and PCIe (PCI express) works in a different way].

IMO = 2 solutions:

1. Go to your mobo vendor/manufacturer web/ftp site and download + install the current BIOS firmware upgrade for your specific mobo.

It might give you more options to increase the amount of video memory beyond 32 MB.

2. If #1 not available, ask a programmer friend who knows low level hardware programming to hex your BIOS firmware and try to add more options (if possible).

But this is not as easy as it seems, and is potentially *risky*, it can fry your computer mobo if not done right.

my 2 ¢

HTH [Hope This Helps]

[bloo]

BIOS Type: Phoenix-Award

BIOS Date: October 26th 2004

BIOS ID: 10/26/2004-P4M266-8237-6A6LWM4GC-00

BIOS OEM: W7095VMS V1.0 102604 13:45:42 - 6.00 PG

Chipset: VIA 82C3148 rev 0

SuperIO: Winbond 697HF rev 2 at port 002E

Manufacturer: VIA Technologies, Inc.

Motherboard: P4M266-8237

OS: Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

Maximum Memory: 768MB

Installed Memory: 768MB

Memory Config: Slot1:512 Slot2:256 Slot3:0

i got this info

but cannot find the bios update

any help