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    dv5t: Intel Turbo boost/internal Ready Boost possible?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by DualMonitors, Aug 11, 2008.

  1. DualMonitors

    DualMonitors Notebook Evangelist

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    with Lenovo T61 and others, you can customize and get the Intel Turbo Memory Boost (aka Ready Boost but internally) IF you do not get the WWAN option (which would have taken up that internal slot).

    does anyone know if we can upgrade the dv4t similarly by ourselves? i know that hp.com does not offer this as a customizable option.

    thx!
     
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    If it's possible the warranty would be voided. Secondly, I recommend just using a flash drive to save all of that trouble and that's if it really provides a boost at all.

    Here's an excerpt from an article on HP's rejection of Turbo Memory:

     
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    Infamous: thx for this! on the other hand, i wonder if any good folks here have experience with usb flash drive used as Ready Boost on their desktops?

    usb flash drive used as Ready Boost on a laptop is a "no go" for me: too much trouble - have to plug it in and out, it could be broken off by bumping, etc.

    if there is such a slot, it should be easy to do, similar to adding/replacing RAM, right?

    i do NOT believe that addition/replacing RAM voids your warranty, does it? so adding the Intel Turbo memory ought not to, as well?
     
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  4. miner

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    You do realize that both Turbo memory & Readyboost provide little performance benefit. Readyboost is only really useful if you plan on having 512MB or 1GB RAM. If your system has 2GB or more memory then there is no point in Readyboost. with both these technologies you are spending a lot of money with not much performance benefit.

    But you can upgrade RAM and these days its fairly cheap to do so. Turbo memory uses mini pci-e slot and most likely would require bios support for it to work. So, dont think that would be possible on HP systems.
     
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    what miner said.....
     
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    i'm using a buffalo 4gb thumb drive as readyboost. helps a lot in keeping my hdd tame. i seldom see my hdd led light flickers.
     
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    In my opinion ReadyBoost is definitely a waste, if you have 2GB Ram. I used it for a while with a 2GB SD Card and it downgraded my startup performance because according to the performance log, the SD Device was causing Delays at startup.

    I upgraded to 4GB RAM and added a new 160GB Disk, I changed th Paging file to the secondary Disk and now I did noticed the diference.
     
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