ReadyBoost+SD Card reader

I upgraded my DV6058CL to vista Ultimate 64-bit. It's been running beautifully! (other than not being able to find the Pavillion webcam driver.) I love being able to use the HP remote to control the media Center and TV tuner now.

I inserted a 2GB SD card from my digital camera and noticed that indeed there is an option to use the SD cards as a ReadyBoost device. I could not since it didn't meet the data transfer requirements. It's a cheep PNY 2GB card (P-SD2G-RF3 for refrence), any thoughts out there or anyone that's tried using the SD slot for the ReadyBoost and been sucessful? It'd be a lovely choice since it's only marginally outside the laptop case and could feasibly remain in there as long as you wished.

Thanks in advance!

jalterixnar

 

It could be that the card reading slot doesn't meet ReadyBoost requirements.

I've used one card in two slots before. Vista wouldn't let my desktop's slot reader use ReadyBoost, but it did let my notebook's slot use it for ReadyBoost.

Right now I'm using ReadyBoost in my new desktop, and it's working fine.

Depends on the card and the card reader.

Edit:

But seeing as your card reader is built in and probably the same as any other HP dv series, it's probably the card.

Try using a different card, or formatting your current card to FAT32.

Edit again:

Looks like jadedraverla beat me to the reformatting bit.

 

If you look in the stickied thread of HP Vista drivers there is a link to download the webcam driver.

As for using an SD card for ReadyBoost, it works fine on my dv2000t. It may just be that your card is too slow, but I've found that with SD cards you usually have to rerun the transfer speed test to get an accurate reading. Reformat the device as FAT32, then go to the ReadyBoost page of properties where is says that your device doesn't meet the speed requirements. Click retest. It will look like nothing happened. Wait about 60-90 seconds while it tests the device in the background. If successful, the page will suddenly change and allow you to use the device.

Hope that helps.

 

hmmm I just bought a 2gb imation usb pocket flash and vista even said that was slow. only thing it didnt consider too slow from my SD, USB flash and PSP was my PSP. Might give the formatting a try I guess.

 

Just a bit of FYI for folks.

I've tried a pair of SD cards, the 2GB PNY, and a UltraII Sandisk 1GB, and formated them with with FAT, FAT32, and NTFS. Each time the SD cards were not allowed to use the ReadyBoost. Oddly enough I pulled the 512MB Memory Stick Pro Duo from my PSP. I have the San Disk adaptor and pluged it in, and it was able to use the ReadyBoost. It makes me wonder if on the DV6000s, if the SD reader is slower than the memory stick reader.

 

Well my memory stick plugged in my PSP and used via USB in Vista works with readyboost apparently but it didnt like my brand new imation pocket drive, how fast does it have to be to work then! btw i am 100% sure my PSP memory stick is fake not Sony/sandisk or whatever and these are considered to actually be slower than the originals so thats a weird one!

 

It's really hit and miss right now with SD cards. The card I use is a SanDisk 2 GB card that works fine. Make SURE you RETEST any SD card you want to use -- then wait for 60-90 seconds while it looks like it does nothing. Many times Vista will then approve the device for ReadyBoost.

 

I am using the internal card reader on my Toshiba U200 and it works fine. i was using a Standard cheapy PNY and it didn't work. I tried a 150X OCZ SD card and now it works.

 

in order to use ReadyBoost, the memory you'll be using, be it a USB flash drive or flash memory such as an SD card, must meet the following minimum requirements:

-be at least 235MB in size
-2.5 MB/sec throughout for 4 KB random reads
-1.75 MB/sec throughout for 512 KB random writes

because of this, some of those really cheap flash cards wont meet the write speed requirements of ReadyBoost, so it can't be used.

I got a 2GB Patriot EP+ 133x SD card (20mb/s read, ~15mb/s write?) and just leave it in the slot all the time. i'm not sure if that really high speed cards matter much performance wise. if anything, it'll shorten the time to initially write the 2gb cache file to the sd card as well as updates to it.

 

here is a list of ReadyBoost comppatiability list !!
Check it out !

http://www.grantgibson.co.uk/misc/readyboost/