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Luke-the-magic-man
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On 2007-07-11 15:36:55, Dogmann wrote:
Hi all,
I recently bought a Toshiba Satellite P100-160 that came with 1gb RAM installed and after downloading some Widgets discovered that it was using nearly 70% of memory whilst doing very little and was really not as fast as i was expecting.
Now the Tosh only comes with 2 memory slots so to upgrade to 2gb would of meant having to buy 2 x 1gb of memory and having 1gb in 2x 512mb of no use and it was going to be expensive. I remembered reading that Vista could use a USB memory key to memory boost so yesterday in PC world bought an extra 1gb for £9.99 unfortunately on plugging it in and trying it came back as not compatible so went back today and spoke to their Tech Guys and found a USB Memory key that said Boost Ready 2GB for £29.99 and all i can say is wow the system is a lot faster and all for £29.99 that has to be the cheapest way of adding Ram to a Computer running Vista and well worth the spend IMO. I just hope some here will find this of use as it really is just so much cheaper than buying normal Ram chips to fit in.
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[ This Message was edited by: Dogmann on 2007-07-11 14:37 ]
doesnt seem cheaper, my last spec macbook pro was upgraded from1gb (2x512) to 2gb (2x1gb) for £30 and thats the top spec ram you can get/buy for macs....
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Dogmann
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Hi Luke,
Well that is well cheap and a bargain but for the Tosh it was going to cost quite a bit more than £30. As i am not using Photo Shop or Video editing or using any really intensive memory using apps like games. I was just looking for a small boost and as i have said whilst i accept it is no where as good as real Ram it has dropped the memory in use from 75%+ to just over 50% and it really has made my Web Browsing faster so it has done what i wanted/needed and i am very happy with the result for what it cost.
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Well, the reason I was so interested in it is that many of my customers don't like being told that they have to buy two sticks of RAM when they have one stick in there already, which is sometimes the case. They don't understand that you can't get 1.5Gb sticks of RAM!
If using a USB memory stick was viable, it would be a nice, easy little earner for me since I could buy them in bulk very cheaply. I can buy RAM in bulk cheaply too, but there's too many different kinds for me to do that, I'm not PC World unfortunately 
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leeboy13
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did this work anyone?  |
paul101
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err, i think we've all moved back to xp now (due to vista being a complete ram hog  )
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larry 68
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I have a 5 yr old lappy 256mb ram thats running sooooooo slow despite clearing everything out, is it worth upgrading the ram on a 5 yr old machine ? IT can only be increased to 512mb
It was a £1200 machine in its day , would one of those key things be of any use ? its running xp btw . |
leeboy13
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Anyone know if this works - a year and half on, come on peeps! anyone doiogn this -
if no replies in the nect hour i'll go buy a 8gig and find out if my machines a power hourse
8gig is £15 out here - and for sony - heehee |
procterdc
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Would this work on XP by any chance?
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Daedalus85
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It's a Vista only thing, ReadyBoost.
One of my mates has his sisters old PC in piece on his desk and the only way it'll boot is with a 2GB USB stick plugged in because without it it's too weak lol
Going to be doing this when I get my laptop in a few days, just a question tho, will it work with major brands of USB stick or just Vista ReadyBoost compatibile ones?
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shyam335
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yep,major brands will work.
Some relevant things here and compatibility list here.
Make sure you get a fast flash drive (from corsair or ocz etc..)
But it wont help if you have RAM >1.5GB.
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dude_se
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£29.99 is very expensive. ive seen 4gb sticks for £10
edit: oh its an old thread lol
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leeboy13
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ok, got me a 4gig ready boost for under about £15
we shall see tomorrow if it helps with 3D software
let you know guys 
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On 2008-09-01 13:41:37, procterdc wrote:
Would this work on XP by any chance?
yes it does! its actually been in the operating system sincew windows 2000 but they just made it more accesible ok anyway just go start>control panel>system>click on the advanced tab>click on the setting button under preformance>click on the advanced tab>under virtual memory click change>choose your drive and click the custom size button (if its not already clicked)>enter the value you want>click set>do the other drives you want>click ok>restart your computer and notice the not very much speed difference
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leeboy13
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Works a treat!
With Vista anyway
My sketch up work not handles like a dream....
had 2 gig on internal Ram... added my 4gig ready boost and there is a difference! made me happy anyway 
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QVGA
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Didnt make any difference for me, and it shouldnt according to benchmarks.
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