VISTA READYBOOST
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In my experience Ready-Boost is VERY poor, it caused my system to freeze regulary and even caused a BSOD, once when my pc froze, I unplugged my 1GB stick from its Ready-Boost state and voila, instant-A-OK system available to use again without any freezing..
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Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.0Ghz
ASUS P5N-E SLI
GeiL 2x1GB PC6400 DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 ULL
ASUS 8800GTS 640mb
HyBrId
System spec:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.0Ghz
ASUS P5N-E SLI
GeiL 2x1GB PC6400 DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 ULL
ASUS 8800GTS 640mb
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well i have been running ready boost for a couple of weeksnow , with no probles whatsoever, the problem you are having could be down to the actualusb flash key you are using, atm i am using a certified ready boost device i bought of ocuk the 1gb version works flawlesly.tHe_HyBrId said:
What message do you get? What is the last modified date of the ReadyBoost.sfcache file on the stick, is it the last date of turbocache use?
Try deleting the cache file, removing the stick, rebooting and put it back in again.
Try deleting the cache file, removing the stick, rebooting and put it back in again.
simulatorman said:
Make sure it's not plugged into a USB hub.
Try plugging it into another slot.
If no luck with that then try this first: Go into Device Manager>Disk Drives
Find your flash drive. Double click it. Policies tab. Make sure "Optimize for performance" is checked. Try again.
Sometimes formatting the drive can do the trick. Try again.
Got the same issue with a 1GB stick, using a very old slow 256MB one and it works, plugging in a much newer 1GB stick and Vista claims it isn't fast enough 
Anyway as I have 2GB of RAM I doubt it will be used a lot.
Anyway as I have 2GB of RAM I doubt it will be used a lot.
Dutch Guy said:Got the same issue with a 1GB stick, using a very old slow 256MB one and it works, plugging in a much newer 1GB stick and Vista claims it isn't fast enough
Anyway as I have 2GB of RAM I doubt it will be used a lot.
I just retested it with my 512mb kingston and it worked fine
dalex said:had a 2gb freecom data bar set up as ready boost ,now when i plug it in vista says it isnt fast enough for ready boost,
anyone had experience of ready boost and how do i get it to work again
david
i've had this message before.. just keep clicking try again till it accepts it
If a device is not compatible with Readyboost then the system will tell you.
If a device tells you that it is not compatible what do you think you'll gain by clicking on retry again and again until it accepts it?
Or removing and refitting until it is accepted?
You end up with a device that isn't really up to the job and a major drop in overall performance.
Forcing a machine to use a device that simply isn't fast enough for its job is really one of the most silly things you can do.
If a device tells you that it is not compatible what do you think you'll gain by clicking on retry again and again until it accepts it?
Or removing and refitting until it is accepted?
You end up with a device that isn't really up to the job and a major drop in overall performance.
Forcing a machine to use a device that simply isn't fast enough for its job is really one of the most silly things you can do.
You can LOL it up as much as you like.
Whenever you plug a USB storage device in the system will check data transfer.
Microsoft have done their internal testing and have decided what the minimum performance requirement from a device needs to be to actually gain something from the Readyboost system.
The reason it doesn't work on certain devices is that after the test the transfer rates are deemed too slow - the only thing you'll achieve by using such a device is going to harm system performance, not give you an increase.
If you've got a device that is Readyboost certified and your system is reporting it as not then send it back for a refund and get another one.
The "certified" badge/sticker is nothing compared to the actual test that is performed when the device is actually plugged in.
If you have to plug the device in numerous times to get it to accept your device as something fast enough, with enough performance to be a Readyboost device then you are simply put creating a performance bottleneck on the caching of small files - you're not helping your system at all with it's installation.
Whenever you plug a USB storage device in the system will check data transfer.
Microsoft have done their internal testing and have decided what the minimum performance requirement from a device needs to be to actually gain something from the Readyboost system.
The reason it doesn't work on certain devices is that after the test the transfer rates are deemed too slow - the only thing you'll achieve by using such a device is going to harm system performance, not give you an increase.
If you've got a device that is Readyboost certified and your system is reporting it as not then send it back for a refund and get another one.
The "certified" badge/sticker is nothing compared to the actual test that is performed when the device is actually plugged in.
If you have to plug the device in numerous times to get it to accept your device as something fast enough, with enough performance to be a Readyboost device then you are simply put creating a performance bottleneck on the caching of small files - you're not helping your system at all with it's installation.
stoofa said:
ok u think that... im not here to say whos right and whos wrong. u can't say im harming my system performance and im not helping my system at all with it's installation... i know my own system... every system different... each person knows they own computer. my USB flash drive DOES help my system, the apps start up faster...
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