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    Disable Turbo Memory since Windows XP doesn't support it

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by akaidiot, Nov 11, 2007.

  1. akaidiot

    akaidiot Notebook Geek

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    I have a 6324W and I got tired of the strange behaviour and program crashing on Vista even though I had 3GB ram & 1gb of turbo memory so I've down(up?)graded to Windows XP and since Windows XP doesn't support Turbo Memory(right?) is there a way to disable it in bios or some other way?

    Lenovo offers a "Disabling tool for Intel Turbo Memory Driver under Windows XP & 2000", Since Zepto supports both Vista & XP, do they have a similar tool?
     
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    000111 Atari Master

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    i would just leave it uninstalled. it looks like the disabling tool just takes the ! away from an already disabled device...
     
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    akaidiot Notebook Geek

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    That's of course an option, but I'm a Device Manager clean freak and would prefer it if I could disable it in bios so that windows wouldn't even know it was there, so that it won't be able to cause any problems in the future..
     
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    i understand. i'm a registry freak. can't stand it's unrelenting growth. hehe. you could try the lenovo tool, i suppose. don't know if it would mess things up, though...
     
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    Sprint DTR Super Mod

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    there should be an option to disable it in BIOS. TPM support i think
     
    Sprint, Nov 12, 2007
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  6. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    It's not the TPM. Try something like DFOROM (Robson) under the Intel chipset. However, I don't know if this disables it to the extent that it is hidden, or just stops it working.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Nov 13, 2007
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