hi guy s can you help I keep getting the dreaded blue screen of death when doing normal thing like copying folders from my cd-rom
they always mention

ERROR IN VCACHE(1) AND THEM RANDOM NUMBERS ALONG THE SAME LINE

if i dont get these errors then the machine will just reboot without warning

can anybody help :(

Windows will certainly take advantage of at least 512MB. It can use up to that amount for the VCache alone (virtual file cache). Beyond that depending on your processor it can utilize more for functions such as starting DOS sessions and replacing the swap file. If you make the following entry in the [386Enh] section of system.ini:
ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1

Also set a fixed swap file size, it will avoid using the swap file entirely until the physical RAM is exhausted.

If you are not running applications that will use your memory, of course you will not notice a difference. But if you run applications which open large files and/or a lot of multiple apps simultaneously (Like Autocad or 3D Max Studio) you will notice the difference.

Also make sure that with the additional RAM you have the [vcache] MaxFileCache setting is at least 1/4 of your RAM. So for 256 to 512 MB RAM the settings would be

In System.ini vcache section
minfilecache=8192
maxfilecache=65536

In 386enh section
ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1

Thanks to KeyMaster for some part of above info. :tup: