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Vista ReadyBoost Question

  • 11-05-2007 10:34am
    #1
    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,991 ✭✭✭


    I recently put Vista on my new Lidl Laptop.
    It has 1G of Ram which I know is not enough. It also has a Turion X2 TL-52 and a GeeForce Go 7600. It gets a rating of 4.4 for my "Vista Experience". It still seems quite slow to me.
    I popped in a 1G SD card into the built in reader. When the Autoplay box pops up it does NOT include the option to "help speed up your computer" so I can't start Ready Boost. As far as I know it did not test my card and find it lacking (or if it did it did it really fast which seems unlikely based on my experience to date).
    As far as I know ReadyBoost should work with SD cards.
    Any suggestions as to how I can get it to work would be greatly appreciated.


Comments

  • #2
    MenloPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 321 ✭✭MenloPete


    This should happen automatically, but to do it manually one needs to follow these steps.

    1. Open Windows Explorer and Navigate to Computer.

    2. Right click on the USB drive and select properties, a window opens, with multiple tabs on it.

    3. Select the ReadyBoost Tab. If there is no ReadyBoost tab displayed then, the selected USB drive does not meet the requirements to make use of ReadyBoost feature. Try a different device.

    4. Click “Use This Device” option in the tab.

    5. Now, set the amount of space to be reserved for the ReadyBoost. And then click the Ok button.


  • #3
    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,991 ✭✭✭Johnny Storm


    Thanks for the reply, MenloPete.

    I finally got it to work by uninstalling and deleting the card reader driver, then the system (with no input from me) installed a different, more generic driver. After that the "help speed up your computer" autoplay option did pop up when I inserted the SD card.

    ReadyBoost has not made any noticable difference in performance.


  • #4
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    The improvement can vary and it takes time for it to kick in as Vista learns what software you use the most and adapts the Readyboost cache to match.


  • #5
    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,991 ✭✭✭Johnny Storm


    That's cool. Thanks.

    slightly OT: I have to say that so far I have been somewhat underwhelmed by Vista. It certainly doesn't seem to me to be the major advance that e.g. Windows 95 was over 3.1
    I suppose I will just have to fork out the 250 or so yoyos and get 2Gigs of Ram.


  • #6
    rabbitinlights
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,008 ✭✭✭rabbitinlights


    What ram is €250?

    http://www.crucial.com/eu/


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  • #7
    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,991 ✭✭✭Johnny Storm


    Good point, dude! More like €96 in fact! Thanks for posting.
    €250 is what I was quoted from a shop in Dublin.


  • #8
    rabbitinlights
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,008 ✭✭✭rabbitinlights


    No problem, the prices for ram in shops can be rediculous....


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