Anyone Using ReadyBoost

GDay All,

I've just installed a USB flash memory drive that is capable of
supporting ReadyBoost.

After setting up the memdrive to use ready boost all it seems to do is
sit there and blink it's little LED's heart out.

Is this normal when using ReadyBoost or is there a problem here??

Aside from that, I don't see any changes or benefits to my system.

Is there away to test/check to see if readyboost is functioning correctly??


--
Regards
Andy M

No, can't say that I use it.


"Andy M" <> wrote in message
news:...
> GDay All,
>
> I've just installed a USB flash memory drive that is capable of supporting
> ReadyBoost.
>
> After setting up the memdrive to use ready boost all it seems to do is sit
> there and blink it's little LED's heart out.
>
> Is this normal when using ReadyBoost or is there a problem here??
>
> Aside from that, I don't see any changes or benefits to my system.
>
> Is there away to test/check to see if readyboost is functioning
> correctly??
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Andy M

Andy M wrote:

> GDay All,
>
> I've just installed a USB flash memory drive that is capable of
> supporting ReadyBoost.
>
> After setting up the memdrive to use ready boost all it seems to do is
> sit there and blink it's little LED's heart out.
>
> Is this normal when using ReadyBoost or is there a problem here??
>
> Aside from that, I don't see any changes or benefits to my system.
>
> Is there away to test/check to see if readyboost is functioning correctly??
>
>

No worries mate...read all about it!

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...eadyboost.mspx

Frank

Andy M;650804 Wrote:
> GDay All,
>
> I've just installed a USB flash memory drive that is capable of
> supporting ReadyBoost.
>
> After setting up the memdrive to use ready boost all it seems to do is
> sit there and blink it's little LED's heart out.
>
> Is this normal when using ReadyBoost or is there a problem here??
>
> Aside from that, I don't see any changes or benefits to my system.
>
> Is there away to test/check to see if readyboost is functioning
> correctly??
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Andy M


Can't say that I do - or did - in my case. My Vista computer will only
be up and running again towards the end of the week.

But truthfully, readyboost is nothing more than a stopgap measure for
marginally increasing performance on a Vista machine that has a little
bit of memory. You'll gain far more practical performance boosts by
upping the ram on your computer. Vista's "memory sweet spot" seems to be
2GB ram, but the more the better.

My old machine was running on 4GB DDR400. The new one I'm building will
have 4GB DDR2-800, with a max capacity of 8GB.


--
dzomlija

_____________________
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http://www.vistax64.com/general-disc...tml#post533290)
went south thanks to mother nature and a lightning bolt to the mains
supply that my UPS could not stop. Now I'm just waiting for the
insurance payout, so I can build a new machine.-'
' (http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/e...zomlija/Venus/)

As with many things, your mileage may vary with ReadyBoost. There are a
lot of factors involved when it comes to bang-for-the-buck here - HDD
performance, RAM capacity, the I/O performance of your flash drive, etc.
ReadyBoost offers its best performance increase in situations where you
need to do a lot of random reads from virtual memory, for larger I/O and
sequential pagefile reads your hard drive will still take over.

Here are a couple of links that may offer you some better information
on ReadyBoost from folks that know a lot more about it than I do.

'Tom Archer's Blog : ReadyBoost Q&A'
(http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/arch...02/615199.aspx)

'ReadyBoost Performance Test - Windows Vista help'
(http://www.vistaclues.com/readyboost-performance-test/)

Nothing beats RAM though, if you already have enough in your system you
won't see much of an improvement.


--
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- 2 x MSI NX8600GTS (256 MB)
- 150 GB WD Raptor (system drive)
- 2 x 500 GB Barracudas (RAID 0)
- 1 x Dell 2407WFP surrounded by 2 x Dell 2001FPs
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"Andy M" <> wrote in message
news:...
> GDay All,
>
> I've just installed a USB flash memory drive that is capable of supporting
> ReadyBoost.
>
> After setting up the memdrive to use ready boost all it seems to do is sit
> there and blink it's little LED's heart out.
>
> Is this normal when using ReadyBoost or is there a problem here??
>
> Aside from that, I don't see any changes or benefits to my system.
>
> Is there away to test/check to see if readyboost is functioning
> correctly??
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Andy M


As others have intimated... RB is really only beneficial on systems with
512MB's or, maybe, 1GB RAM. Better to lay wallet to more physical RAM.

Lang

You can see if it is functioning and the amount of activity by launching
your Reliability and Performance Monitor and looking in the disk section for
the drive that contains your ReadyBoost.

"Andy M" <> wrote in message
news:...
> GDay All,
>
> I've just installed a USB flash memory drive that is capable of supporting
> ReadyBoost.
>
> After setting up the memdrive to use ready boost all it seems to do is sit
> there and blink it's little LED's heart out.
>
> Is this normal when using ReadyBoost or is there a problem here??
>
> Aside from that, I don't see any changes or benefits to my system.
>
> Is there away to test/check to see if readyboost is functioning
> correctly??
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Andy M