Can't enable ReadyDrive

Hi,

I've got a Zepto Znote 6224W with 1GB of Intel Tubo Memory.
AHCI is enabled and newest drivers are installed.

But I can only enable ReadyBoost...

I've tried everything but I still can't enable ReadyDrive.

Does anyone has a solution???

 

u had ahci enabled when you installed vista?

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Yes I've installed Windows Vista after enabling AHCI.

 

check the thread

 

Try a few more reboots.

It takes several reboot cycles to get everything up and running. Read more at Anandtech.

John

 

Is it best to reboot with or without ReadyBoost enabled?

 

Make sure ReadyBoost is enabled. Half the Turbo Memory is allocated to ReadyBoost and half to ReadyDrive.

Also, did you install the latest Matrix Storage Manager after installing the Turbo Memory driver.

You should get an NVcache tab appearing on the properties of your HDD in Device Manager.

John

 

Actually, I've been having the same problem ever since I got my 6224 (vista64) about a month ago...

I tried 2 sets of drivers for TurboMemory and 2 or 3 sets of drivers for MatrixStorage.

At the end of the day (and yes, after quite a few reboots) I got:

- TurboMemory panel: ReadyBoost enabled, ReadyDrive disabled.
- In Disk Management I got a 512Mb partition not mounted anywhere, having one big file (fetch cache for ReadyBoost?) and having a name NVCACHE.
- A slight delay at boot time
- ZIllions of hours reading up on it with various success rate (eg. there is a KB from Microsoft warning that TurboMemory will not be enabled in Intel console straight after boot time, since it gotta do all the prefetching)

I'm just curios why I got 512 NVCACHE partition created. I mean I know why, but shouldn't it be 2 partitions? One for ReadyDrive and another for ReadyBoost (since it creates partitions anyway)

any thoughts much appreciated

 

1. In Device Manager, under Disk drives, do you have an IMD-0 device?

2. In Device Manager, what is the policy setting for your HDD? Mine is as attached, but note that the words say that the one available option cannot be changed.

3. Do you have the Turbo Memory control panel? What are the settings?

John

 

John, thanks or responce...


answers:

yes, see screenshots attached​

It seem it is the same as yours, but I think tried changing it before, but it just rolls back to the same state. anyhow, screenshot attached.​

See attached screenshot of the panel.​

Sorry for lack of detals in previous post, was in a hurry

I dont seem to have NvCache tab in the hd properties, which makes me worred about reinstallng windows with turboMemory enabled in BIOS (because I suspect it might not have been enabled at install time. Or maybe it was. Cant remember now.) Then again, if it was the problem, none of this would worked at all, I suspect.

As far as drivers go, I got latest TurboMemory installed and then latest Matrix Storage as a separate install. But if you might wonder about driver version of a particular device, let me know, i'll post it.


thanks again...

 

I don't have any volume under IMD-0 but I have NV Cache under the HDD so I think my ReadyDrive is working.

Did you enable the DFOROM (Robson) support in the BIOS? - see attached.

Otherwise, I'm short of suggestions. I would try uninstalling the TM driver / reboot / reinstall (not over-writing the newer AHCI driver) / reboot / reboot.

John

 

I did suspect some extra troubles

yeah, I got it enabled in BIOS, and I did reinstalls with uninstallign the panels, and manually removing devices from device manager, which asked me also if I want to remove associated drivers (so I did). But it just wont kick in :/

I just hope its not hardware

Will have to post it on zeptoforum.com and see what they say.

I guess the best way would be to try installing XP and see if it works there, perhaps. (then again, I heard there are issues with XP for this model)

Whenever I got time


But thanks for your help John...

 

Turbo Memory is not supported in XP.

I don't think it is hardware. You seem to have the ReadyBoost working, but on the ReadyDrive.

Give it a few more days to settle in.

John

 

I have pretty much the same exact issue

ReadyBoost is enabled and seems to be working.
ReadyDrive is disabled and after 5 reboots (via clicking box and rebooting)
is still not functioning (apparently.)

Hardware and software were preinstalled from Zepto. Have all updates
and patches via Windows Vista and Zepto ftp.

 

I checked the drivers on Zepto's FTP site. I see:

Zepto Turbo Memory is V1.0.0.1082. The latest at Intel is 1.1.0.1010. This is what I am using and that small change might be significant.

The Matrix Storage software is the same version at both sites.

John

 

your are right about latest TurboMemory drivers. I thought there might be a reason for Zepto to have *.1082 drivers instead of latest ones on their ftp. But as my previous attempts showed 1082 drivers ARE worse and TurboDrive doesn't work in either case for me

but yeah, completely forgot that Turbo* stuff is Vista only... heh... well, maybe vista32 works better? I doubt it really


But since I'm not the only one with this issue, there might be a solution

 

Which hardrive you have? Same samsung 250gb 7200rpm?

 

80gb Hybrid, which I suspect is the culprit but honestly don't know.

I reviewed and updated to many of the drivers listed in this forum
(see below) and since, the intel turbo memory still shows ReadyBoost
as enabled BUT this time ReadyDrive is simply grayed out, not an
option to 'try' and enable it.

Drivers for entire 6625wd: http://zeptoforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=377

 

I am under the impression that the software will not support ReadyDrive on Turbo Memory and on a hybrid HDD at the same time. A hybrid HDD already contains NVcache so the NVcache function of Turbo Memory will not be enabled, although the ReadyBoostwill still work. You can read more about how the technology is meant to work in this Microsoft paper. Does the NVcache on a hybrid HDD show up when Turbo Memory is disabled / not present.

John

 

I've tried some more things, but I'm still can't enable ReadyDrive.

Maybe it won't work because of my 7200 rpm drive?

 

I didn't have the NVCache tab either on my 6324W but then I updated to the newest TM Driver from Zeptos ftp. It's 1.1.0.1010(uploaded 2007-10-14) and now I have the NVCache tab in my HD properties and it says I have 387MB of cache memory..

Although in the Intel Turbo Memory Console the readydrive is still disabled and the checkbox is greyed out..!?

 

Wow, I have exactly the same problem, got my 6224 yesterday with robson memory and a standard non hybrid harddrive. After several reboots I still cant get readydrive enabled, only readyboost. I do have a nvcache of 512 in computer management->storage management->disk management. But my harddrive doesnt have any nvcache, under properties->hardware->properties.

Greetings from Uppsala

 

Has anyone been able to fix this problem. I also have Readyboost enabled and ReadyDrive disabled.

Please help!!!

I do not have a Hybrid HDD, have AHCI enabled, Intel Turbo Memory Enabled, have the latest drivers (1.5.0.1013)

Thanks

 

Do you have robson activated?

 

Yes, I have robson enabled in Bios. What I noticed is that the NAND Compliance Tool reports the AHCI Disabled even when windows detects it and is enabled in my Bios.

 

I have had no trouble at all (except for the installation where I had to reinstall Vista).
Btw. I used the latest drivers directly from Intel. I also installed the Intel chipset drivers before the TM drivers.

 

Can I reinstall over the installation I already have or do I have to re-format it?

 

Reformatting and reinstallation is a bit drastic and should not be necessary.

Note that Turbo Memory takes several reboots to get everything working properly. See this analysis by Anandtech.

John

 

Well I got a bluescreen during startup (when windows loaded the old hdd driver and I had activated AHCI in BIOS) If I disabled them in BIOS my machine booted normally. Without the Readydrive then of coarse

 

Thanks a lot, I´ll try reinstalling now and I´ll let you know

 

Just to let you know, reinstalling did the trick. I had to reinstall Vista with the previous version of the drivers (1.1.0.1001) becase the drivers (1.5.X.XXXX) were not recognized as compatible. Once the installation was complete I found in storage, instead of Intel turbo memory a device named Intel Flash Cache Logic Chip and the readydrive feature disabled and grayed out. This is when I reinstalled the new drivers (1.5.X.XXXX) availabe from intel and that was it. Now I have readydrive enabled and the NVCache tab in my hdd properties.

Thanks a lot for your help guys

 

Did you downgrade and then installed Vista on top of your existing Vista? Or did you format?

 

No problem, glad I could help.

 

I downgraded the Intel Turbo Memory driver and then reinstalled Vista over the one I allready had (no need to format). After the installation I had to upgrade the driver again to get both features working.

 

This is what I had to do on my Dell Precision M4300 (D830) as well. Had to use an older version to make the checkbox for Readydrive checked, then upgrade to newest drivers. If I did clean install of new drivers, it would remain unchecked no matter what I did. Sorry I didn't come across your thread earlier to help you out :/

I spent so much time reformatting from scratch, etc trying to get my computer stable and working with Intel turbo memory.

 

Hi guys,

Its too bad I didn't get our demo units earlier. You don't need to reinstall Vista at all.

After reading this,
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/14824/ENG/readme.txt

1. we have to enable AHCI and Robson in the BIOS.
2. make sure you have 'Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller' in your Device Manager under 'IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers'. If not, reinstall the Turbo Memory software. You should have both the Intel Matrix Software and the Turbo Memory software listed in all programs.
3. Enable ReadyBoost and ReadyDrive in the 'Turbo Memory Console'. This might take a few boots for it to activate.

 

My problem was that I never got "Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller" in my device manager, no matter if I reinstalled. Probably since I had AHCI deactivated when I first installed Vista.
And when I tried to "force" the driver I just got a bluescreen when loading Vista.

 

I had AHCI deactivated when I first installed Vista as well. However, I am running 64 bit Vista straight from factory. What I did was to uninstall the "Intel Turbo Memory" from the Device Manager as well. Make sure your Vista is up to date. I had something like the 'Intel(R) ICH8M SATA RAID Controller' as well. I can't remember if I uninstalled the 'Intel(R) ICH8M SATA RAID Controller'. Uninstall Intel Turbo Memory then reinstall the Intel Turbo Memory to see if it works. The Matrix Storage drivers should be installed along with the Intel Turbo Memory when you use the Intel Turbo Memory driver from Zepto. If it does then you're good to go.

 

We have previously discussed the problem of adding the AHCI driver to Vista when it has been installed using SATA. The driver has to be installed before the BIOS setting is changed.

Since that discussion Microsoft have issued KB article 922976 relating to this problem.

Zepto ship their notebooks without AHCI enabled for backwards compatibility (I'm not sure if they change the BIOS for notebooks shipped with Turbo Memory before they put them in the box, but they should).

John

 

I had the same problem-I couldnt enable ReadyDrive.
Everithing was set like it supposed to be - but RD never works.

until one day I wake up and I try this:

I have 4 Giga RAM so I had turned off my paging file - maybe readyDrive has something common wit IT...so i TURNed my PAGING FILE ON and after REBOOT ReadyDive WORKED !!!

But does RD worth for turning pagin file ON? but :

After couple reboots I disabled Paging file again, and after reboot RD still works - and vista drive had 3 Giga free space more{before, when paging file was disabled it still had eaten space}