Editing Windows 98 (section)

=== Limitations ===
The original release of Windows 98 may fail to boot on computers with a processor faster than 2.1&nbsp;GHz. The Active Channels Channel bar will also not set up properly on computers with a processor faster than 1.5&nbsp;GHz.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Windows 98 is only designed to handle up to 512&nbsp;[[Megabyte|MB]] of RAM without changes;<ref name="Microsoft_2007_KB253912">{{cite web|title="Out of Memory" Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM Installed|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253912/EN-US|edition=2.1|date=2007-01-27|work=Support|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|access-date=2013-09-03|id=253912|quote=If a computer running Windows contains more than 512 megabytes (for example, 768 megabytes) of physical memory (RAM), you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: You may be unable to open an MS-DOS session (or command prompt) while Windows is running. Attempts to do so may generate the following error message: "There is not enough memory available to run this program." The computer may stop responding (hang) while Windows is starting, or halt and display the following error message: "Insufficient memory to initialize Windows."|archive-date=September 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922050847/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253912/EN-US|url-status=dead}}</ref> the maximum amount of RAM the operating system is designed to use is up to 1&nbsp;[[Gigabyte|GB]] of RAM. Systems with more than 1.5&nbsp;GB of RAM may continuously reboot during startup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304943|title=Computer May Reboot Continuously with More Than 1.5 GB of RAM|work=Microsoft Support|publisher=Microsoft|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602223109/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/304943|quote=Windows Me and Windows 98 are not designed to handle more than 1&nbsp;GB of RAM. More than 1&nbsp;GB can lead to potential system instability.|archive-date=June 2, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=April 17, 2019}}</ref>

Windows 98 may have problems running on hard drives of capacities larger than 32&nbsp;GB in systems with certain Phoenix BIOS configurations. A software update fixed this shortcoming.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/WURecommended/S_WUFeatured/bigide/Default.asp|title=Windows 98 Large IDE Update|date=December 28, 1999|work=Microsoft Windows Update|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001205173800/http://www.microsoft.com/Windows98/downloads/contents/WURecommended/S_WUFeatured/bigide/Default.asp|archive-date=December 5, 2000|url-status=dead|access-date=August 30, 2006}}</ref>