SD cards and ready boost

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Guest

I have a 512 sd card from san disk that will let me use it as ready boost I
am using a sandisk sd card reader to read from the cards, now here is the
really strange thing, I purchased a 2 gb san disk and I can not use it for
the ready boost...... I have been through about 10 thumbdrives and no luck,
even called san disk last night asking about the micro cruzer 2 with u3, the
guy on the other end I am assuming in India kept telling me it will work
under vista DUH it will for files only and not the ready boost. I work in
retail and sell them all the time I told him I guess that I will have to
really start screening my customers and find out if they plan on using it as
ready boost and tell them not to buy the sandisk since IT WILL NOT WORK AT
ALL so I am open to all suggestions HELP!!!
 
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Dale White

Are you getting a message that the drive is not fast enough for readyboost ?

I forogt the exact specs, but there is a minimum speed that is required
across the memory chip for it to work. I'm in the same boat, though i don't
need readyboost. I've read several reviews where teh OCZ Rally 2GB memory
card works fine and is plenty fast. I have the 4GB version and both my home
system and Laptop, it tells me the 4GB one isn't fast enough. I've got a
friend who has the 2GB version that I plan to borrow to see if it works.

I think the quick answer is, that most of the Flash memory makers are
expected to offer a "Readyboost" certified on their chips that are fast
enough. In the mean time, you'll have to google around town and see which
models work and which ones don't. I think one review had 6 out of 10 that
didn't pass the requirement
 
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Shane Nokes

There are certain speed requirements that you have to have in order to use
ReadyBoost with any device.

With any type of flash memory the larger it gets the slower it goes, that
should be common knowledge for anyone selling the drives.

Another thing is that the manufacturers are starting to sell cards and
sticks that are labeled as ReadyBoost capable.

Look for that on the device before you sell them to someone wanting to use
ReadyBoost.
 
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Tom Brown

This is a late reply but I just wanted to tell you that I have a Cruzer
Titanium 2.0 GB and it works fine in the Ready Boost mode. When I plug it
in, it gives a dialogue box that asks if I want to use it to store files or
make my computer faster. If I choose "Faster", it asks how much memory I
want to dedicate to the Ready Boost and it recommends the maximum.

Tom
 
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Guest

laceytee said:
I have a 512 sd card from san disk that will let me use it as ready boost I
am using a sandisk sd card reader to read from the cards, now here is the
really strange thing, I purchased a 2 gb san disk and I can not use it for
the ready boost...... I have been through about 10 thumbdrives and no luck,
even called san disk last night asking about the micro cruzer 2 with u3, the
guy on the other end I am assuming in India kept telling me it will work
under vista DUH it will for files only and not the ready boost. I work in
retail and sell them all the time I told him I guess that I will have to
really start screening my customers and find out if they plan on using it as
ready boost and tell them not to buy the sandisk since IT WILL NOT WORK AT
ALL so I am open to all suggestions HELP!!!
 
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AJR

Nothing to suggest - some devices will function as ReadyBoost devices -
others will not - even from the same manufacturer.

Whether or not a device is ReadyBoost capable depends on its Read/write
speeds which is not constant across various deivces.

ReadyBoost is not a RAM boost - Superfetch uses it in page file functions
and if the device does not match or exceed the capabilities of the HD Vista
will not affirm it as a ReadyBoost device- a reason why a device will not
function as such on a desktop but will on a laptop (slower drives).

Manufactureers are now indicating so on packaging if the device is
ReadyBoost suitable.
 
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Hula Baloo

I have numerous flash drives ranging from 1 to 4 gig. Only the 4 gig
Adata one (I bought from Fry's) will work. But the thing of it is that
I saw NO PERFORMANCE BOOST with it. I let Vista put a 1.5 gig ready
boost file on it (I'm running with 1 GB of RAM, 3.2 GHz P4 HT, and a
Western Digital HD. I think ready boost is like Aero - WAY OVERHYPED,
almost all fluff and very little stuff! :-(
 

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