Hi. I am new on the forums, but I have been reading the news on the front page forever. Anyway, I really need some help getting this thing running.
The Specs:
P4 3.2GHz
2GB DDR SDRAM
Abit IC7-Max3 Board with SATA disabled (using only IDE in the Win98 setup)
Nvidia Quadro FX 3000 256MB
1 14GB and 1 60GB (partitioned into 2 equal sections) HDDs
1 FDD
1 DVD+/-RW
Win98
The Problem:
I am trying to setup Win98 on my system to play some of my older games but it is giving me fits. I am aware of the memory problems, and I have tried to implement MS's recommended fixes:
System.ini file-
To get Win98 to run at all required them. However, I keep getting out of memory errors when I run programs under windows. Since I am still updating the system I have mostly noticed this with installer and updater applications, but Alcohol 120% won't allow me to create a virtual drive because it fails to load its device driver with this error:
Set device maps failed!
Error ID: 2
Message: Dll or driver was unable to allocate memory for its internal needs.
I am not sure how windows deals with the RAM on the video card, so I tried to set the MaxPhysPage and MaxFileCache values to 20000 and 262144 respectively. I was hoping to cut the memory values for the system by 256MB and only allow it to see 256MB on the system plus the 256MB of video card RAM. This didn't seem to change any of the problems though.
As an aside, because I am not sure if it is relevant, the OS is seeing my processor as:
x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9
according to the general tab under system properties. I am guessing that this is because the OS was never programmed to recognize a P4 processor, but I am not sure.
Any help you give would be appreciated, I am really jonesing for some retro gaming.
Thanks,
Z
The Specs:
P4 3.2GHz
2GB DDR SDRAM
Abit IC7-Max3 Board with SATA disabled (using only IDE in the Win98 setup)
Nvidia Quadro FX 3000 256MB
1 14GB and 1 60GB (partitioned into 2 equal sections) HDDs
1 FDD
1 DVD+/-RW
Win98
The Problem:
I am trying to setup Win98 on my system to play some of my older games but it is giving me fits. I am aware of the memory problems, and I have tried to implement MS's recommended fixes:
System.ini file-
Code:
[386Enh]
MaxPhysPage=30000
[vcache]
MaxFileCache=524288
To get Win98 to run at all required them. However, I keep getting out of memory errors when I run programs under windows. Since I am still updating the system I have mostly noticed this with installer and updater applications, but Alcohol 120% won't allow me to create a virtual drive because it fails to load its device driver with this error:
Set device maps failed!
Error ID: 2
Message: Dll or driver was unable to allocate memory for its internal needs.
I am not sure how windows deals with the RAM on the video card, so I tried to set the MaxPhysPage and MaxFileCache values to 20000 and 262144 respectively. I was hoping to cut the memory values for the system by 256MB and only allow it to see 256MB on the system plus the 256MB of video card RAM. This didn't seem to change any of the problems though.
As an aside, because I am not sure if it is relevant, the OS is seeing my processor as:
x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9
according to the general tab under system properties. I am guessing that this is because the OS was never programmed to recognize a P4 processor, but I am not sure.
Any help you give would be appreciated, I am really jonesing for some retro gaming.
Thanks,
Z