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    Y500 Expresscache driver for Windows 8.1

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Nightgloom, Dec 21, 2013.

  1. Nightgloom

    Nightgloom Newbie

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    Hey guys,

    Wondering if anyone's come up with a solution or a driver for expresscache on Y500 & Win 8.1?

    The old driver for win 8 simply clogs the system and I can't run anything with it. Uninstalling helps, but obviously I'm missing a fair chunk of performance, bootspeed, etc... :(

    So anyone found a working driver for this yet?

    Thanks in advance,
    Gloom
     
    Nightgloom, Dec 21, 2013
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  2. octiceps

    octiceps Nimrod

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    I was using this one for Windows 8 and it worked fine. Not sure about 8.1 though because my SSD died before I was able try it. Might be worth a shot if it's a newer version of ExpressCache than what you currently have.
     
    octiceps, Dec 21, 2013
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  3. Jobine

    Jobine Notebook Prophet

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    It will work under 8.1, after upgrading to W8.1 a few months ago i did not need to reinstall Expresscache, it worked out of the box.
     
    Jobine, Dec 21, 2013
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    This one worked!
    Thank you so much!

    Oddly enough I tried 2 other versions before that, and both of those installed fine but didn't do anything at all (cmd -> eccmd -info just said cache read/write 0gb all the time). But this one appears to work so god bless you :)

    Merry christmas & happy new year to you guys.
     
    Nightgloom, Dec 22, 2013
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