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    Installing Intel Turbo Memory in M17

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by masterfred, Oct 28, 2009.

  1. masterfred

    masterfred Notebook Geek

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    Is it possible to install such things in the the PCI Express slot ? Since you can get it for cheap now, maybe one of those 2 would fit :

    http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Intel-Half-Size-4GB-Turbo-Memory-MINI-PCI-E-Card_W0QQitemZ290356614855QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item439a9a56c7

    or

    http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Intel-Full-Size-4GB-Turbo-Memory-MINI-PCI-E-Card_W0QQitemZ300361546062QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item45eef1794e

    Anyone did it ? Is it easy ? Can you do it if you have 2 vids cards and 2 hard drives already ?

    Thanks !
     
    masterfred, Oct 28, 2009
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    Biggy_Rox Notebook Guru

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    i hear that unless you have low memory capacity the advantages of Intels turbo boost are very small, and some people say its entirly worthless.

    On a top rig like a m17 i wouldnt expect it to be any good, hence the cheap price.
     
    Biggy_Rox, Oct 28, 2009
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  3. masterfred

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    masterfred, Oct 28, 2009
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    Intel/Kingston is about to release a 40gb SSD for about 100 on newegg.
    For some reason, I have in my head that M17 doesn't do well with 2 different drives. But if someone can set me straight. The 40gb would be great to pair with a regular hard drive.
    But since you already have raid, you might not want to do that.
     
    Waderade, Oct 28, 2009
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  5. sgogeta4

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    Don't think you can boot from ExpressCard. Typically BIOS lacks support for registering a storage device via ExpressCard.

    If you can store 3 drives in your system, you can leave the RAID alone and use it for data storage, while the SSD for the OS/programs.
     
    sgogeta4, Oct 28, 2009
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  6. masterfred

    masterfred Notebook Geek

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    I ask planning to use the ExpressCard/54 slot on the left of the notebook ... anything usefull except the typical media remote I could fit there ?

    Thanks !

    BTW I have Raid 1 with 2x250GB Drives and Dual 4850 cards in my m17 (yes I did the upgrade and now have 2x 3870 cards for sale =)
     
    masterfred, Oct 28, 2009
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  7. tonytoff

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    What do you mean...."I did the upgrade" please share?

    how did you get the 4850s with strange spec?
     
    tonytoff, Oct 28, 2009
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  8. masterfred

    masterfred Notebook Geek

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    I had my 3870 cards replaced by the new 4850 ones ...

    Here are the device manager name : ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4850
     
    masterfred, Oct 28, 2009
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  9. tonytoff

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    What you paid Alienware for this? when?

    thanks.
     
    tonytoff, Oct 28, 2009
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