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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 .
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Posted: 2008-02-05 22:26:48
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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
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Posted: 2008-09-01 13:10:12
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Would this work on XP by any chance?
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Posted: 2008-09-01 13:41:37
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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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Posted: 2008-09-01 13:55:55
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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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Posted: 2008-09-01 15:48:49
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£29.99 is very expensive. ive seen 4gb sticks for £10
edit: oh its an old thread lol
[ This Message was edited by: dude_se on 2008-09-01 17:29 ]
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Posted: 2008-09-01 18:27:06
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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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Posted: 2008-09-01 18:34:42
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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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Posted: 2008-09-02 11:15:15
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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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Posted: 2008-09-03 06:23:10
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Didnt make any difference for me, and it shouldnt according to benchmarks.
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Posted: 2008-09-03 11:15:11
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