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    Poll: Who Has Disabled Turbo Memory? T61

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dgcoupe, Jul 2, 2007.

  1. dgcoupe

    dgcoupe Notebook Consultant

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    I just want to know how many people has disabled their Turbo Memory.
     
    dgcoupe, Jul 2, 2007
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  2. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    Benchmarks for TurboMemory are all over the place. I really can't make head or tail of Robson' benefit, if any.
     
    Gautam, Jul 2, 2007
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  3. jd1010

    jd1010 Notebook Evangelist

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    Why would you disable it? I've had my t61 for 6 days now and I haven't seen it cause any problems.
     
    jd1010, Jul 2, 2007
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  4. cacapis

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    I installed XP, so, so much for turbo memory so far. I just got it for whenever it's worth installing vista again
     
    cacapis, Jul 2, 2007
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  5. dgcoupe

    dgcoupe Notebook Consultant

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    because it fixed my BSOD so far, i have had my laptop for 2-3 days and i have gotten over 45 BSOD and Freezing when i browse on Firefox.
     
    dgcoupe, Jul 2, 2007
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  6. TPA

    TPA Notebook Evangelist

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    I had lots of problems with freezes using firefox on vista (T60P). I switched to XP and have had no problems since with firefox. I read somewhere that mozilla has not worked out all the bugs with vista compatibility.
     
    TPA, Jul 2, 2007
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  7. a10waveracer

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    Mine is disabled, but not because I want it to be. does that count? >_>
     
    a10waveracer, Jul 2, 2007
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  8. dgcoupe

    dgcoupe Notebook Consultant

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    Wow I am very surprise with the results so far.. I honest thought that a majority of people had their turbo memory disabled to cure some of the problems people had in this forums.
     
    dgcoupe, Jul 2, 2007
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  9. unhooked

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    I'm surprised also, considering that it does nothing to speed up anything (assuming you've got sufficient for Vista amount of memory - at least 2GB)
     
    unhooked, Jul 3, 2007
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  10. FreezerBurn

    FreezerBurn Notebook Guru

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    Not as many people are having problems like you think they do. You just only see threads about the turbo memory when people are having problems, nobody posts about working turbo memory.
     
    FreezerBurn, Jul 3, 2007
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  11. panteedropper

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    i disabled readyboost, but still have readydrive enabled.
     
    panteedropper, Jul 19, 2007
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  12. GridGI

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    I had to uninstall it from the system. 30 min after fresh install and updated with Intel Turbo driver the system freezes and eventually BSOD. Same error as before , stop 0x00008086. I will try the next release driver but for now I need my laptop working so the INTEL Turbo chip is out.
     
    GridGI, Jul 19, 2007
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  13. eyecon82

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    What's the difference between the 2? Thanks
     
    eyecon82, Aug 28, 2007
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  14. zenpharaohs

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    That's not clear to me. Plus, there are some ways in which it can extend battery life. The jury is still out on TM for me.
     
    zenpharaohs, Aug 28, 2007
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  15. jikuty

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    I had to disable Turbo Memory because my T61 froze while on battery (not plugged in) every 20 minutes or so while it was enabled. I've been using it for a few hours since then, and no lockups have occurred yet... I'm just crossing my fingers that it stays that way.

    Apart from that, the notebook is operating perfectly and I have no complaints.
     
    jikuty, Aug 28, 2007
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