want to try Readyboost?

mukki

i have tried about 10 different usb key drives and a few different flash cards in a usb adaptor and none are ready boost compatibal


i was thinking of buying a readyboost compatibal 2gb usb card off the web for €20

until today i found i have a readyboost compatibal flash card, its my sony PSP, its got a 2 gig card and a 1 gig card and both are accepted as readyboost compatibal

so if you have a PSP you can try before you buy

turns out its pretty pathetic, so saved me €20

8T8

A) Readyboost only makes a difference on systems with 512MB - 1GB of RAM, the more RAM the less benefit it offers. On systems with large amount of RAM it will only have a very marginal difference like shaving the load time from a regularly played game from 15-12 seconds you get the idea.

Most new USB drives should support it a full list of over 770 devices can be found here.

C) It needs time to take effect as Vista learns what you use the most and then places that in the cache.

ethernet

You can hack Vista to force it to use any memory stick:
1. Setup

Plug the device in. Ignore AutoPlay if you have the enabled, and go to Computer in the start menu. When it pops up, right-click the USB stick and select ‘Properties’.
2. Disable the stick

Click on the ReadyBoost tab on the properties menu and check ‘Stop retesting this device when I plug it in’. Click OK and unplug the stick from your computer.
3. Edit the registry

Don’t panic, it’s not as frightening as it sounds. Firstly, you need to open ‘regedit’, by opening the start menu and typing ‘regedit’, then hit enter. The registry window should load up.


Using the left-hand pane, work your way through the following folders: HKLM (Local Machine) -> SOFTWARE -> Microsoft -> Windows NT -> CurrentVersion -> EMDgmt.


You’ll have a list of USB devices the computer has encountered, one of which should be your USB stick. Click on it.


There are a few details you need to edit here. Double click on Device Status and change the value to 2, then click on OK. Do the same for ReadSpeedKBs and WriteSpeedKBs, changing both their values to both.


Exit the ‘regedit’ and breathe a sigh of relief.
4. And back in again

Now, all that’s left to do is put the stick back in and once again go to the device properties (Computer -> Right-click on drive). If you look under the ReadyBoost tab, you’ll be able to now select ‘Use this device’.

mukki

thats brilliant!!!! wonder can i force vista to use my usb floppy adapter :rolleyes:

ethernet

mukki wrote:

thats brilliant!!!! wonder can i force vista to use my usb floppy adapter :rolleyes:

I'm sure -- with such wide bandwidth and write speeds! I haven't tried it myself but I'm assured it works.