Memory sticks on Win98

[dcronje]

I am a teacher at a relatively poor country school where we still have PCs with Windows 98. Can we download some driver or patch which will enable the PCs to take any brand of memory stick like Windows ME or later?

[mendhak]

Memory sticks, RAM, are hardware. New memory sticks require a better bus speed, so this depends on your mother board, if it can accept those faster bus speed memory sticks or not.

However, I'm not sure what you mean by "take any brand of memory stick like Windows ME or later", because memory stick is hardware and Windows ME is an operating system (software).

[RobDog888]

You will have to check the motherboards compatible RAM speeds and type (consult your mobo manual). There are numerous types of RAM: SIMM, SDRAM (which is probably what you have), DDR, DDR2, DDR3. Once you have the type of RAM your board supports you can check to see what size your RAM sticks are. Upon opening of the computer case you can count the number of sticks and compare against the total physical ram installed (right click My Computer > Properties). If you have a single stick then its easy as your total physicl is the amount on your single stick. If you have multiple sticks then it could be any combination of sizes to make the total.

Also, look if you have any empty RAM slots as you may be able to just add in one or more to increase your total RAM.

Note: do not touch any electronics in your computer unless you have discharged yourself from ESD or are wearing a ground strap.

[Lord Orwell]

windows 98 requires aftermarket drivers to support a specific memory stick. Whether or not one is available is up to the manufacturer. And even then you might not be able to get it to work. I got a driver for win98 for a jump drive and never did get win98 to recognize it.

[dcronje]

What I meant by Windows ME or later, is that a PC running on Win ME or later can take almost any brand of memory stick.

However, I did some research last night on the internet and I downloaded a generic driver for Win 98 which seems to work fine.

[riteshjain1982]

can you post the link of Generic driver....even i need one for win98

[dcronje]

http://www.technical-assistance.co.u...ge-drivers.php

[mendhak]

USB != Memory Stick.

USB would be used for external storage, such as flash drives or external hard drives.

[RobDog888]

Wow, Im surprised it worked but did you try it first without installing the drivers? mendhak is right that those are drivers for a USB controller and not for RAM memory which is why I ask about trying it before hand.

[dcronje]

OK, sorry, please bear in mind that English is not my first language and the people here often use the wrong terminology. I was actually talking about a flash drive.

[RobDog888]

Oh ok yea that makes thing completely different. No prob.

So this thread is Resolved then?

[Lord Orwell]

OK, sorry, please bear in mind that English is not my first language and the people here often use the wrong terminology. I was actually talking about a flash drive.

Never doubted you for a second. I have seen them called that before.