memory addressing in 2k

[Wayne A Lewis]

Another tech told me that because of different memory addressing schemes
between 98 and 2k, that an SDRAM stick that was burned in on a 98 machine
probably wont run correct on a 2k machine if it is a flaky brand. I am A+
and Network+ certified and have never heard of such a thing. Is there any
truth to this. It makes no logical sense to me, knowing that physical
addressing has nothing to due with system addressing (I think.)

Any comments?

Thanks

 

[Dusko Savatovic]

Good SDRAM stick will work on both Win95 and Win9x.
However, I did have experience (in the past) where I got blue screen when
installing Win2000. The system worked well on Win9x before. It indeed turned
out to be faulty SDRAM stick. I attribute this behaviour to Win2000 being
more demanding and driving system components at higher speed than Win9x.
Addressing schemes have nothing to do with it because you can install
multiple OS's on the same physical system.

Dusko Savatovic

 

[Wayne A Lewis]

Can you explain how the win 2k OS could be more demanding on hardware, or
where I can get his info?

Thanks

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Can you explain how the win 2k OS could be more demanding on hardware, or
where I can get his info?

Hi Wayne,

The guys are right. Win2k is much more fussy about hardware than
Win95/98. This is a good thing. If you really want to look into why,
you'll need to look at the history of NT4.

 

[Wayne A Lewis]

Thanks

Hi Wayne,

The guys are right. Win2k is much more fussy about hardware than
Win95/98. This is a good thing. If you really want to look into why,
you'll need to look at the history of NT4.