Anyone tried Intel Turbo Memory?

Hi

I was browsing eBay for mini pci-e cards and found this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Intel-2GB-Turbo-C ... 2513wt_917

Im sure that the aao d255 has 2 mini pci-e slots but only one has a socket. So if i take the wifi card out and put the turbo memory in there?

That would make it a maximum of 4gb of ram!

Do you think it would work?


Thanks

 

For the price it might just be worth trying it. I've got a D250, I added the item to my watch list. As soon as I have the spare cash to throw at it, I might give it a try. If I do I'll post back with my findings.

 

A waste of time & money. You will not have 4 gigs of ram. What this card does is similar to Ready Boast under Windows Vista or 7 using a USB flash drive. Far cheaper to get a 2 gig SD card and fit in the SD slot and dedicate its use to Ready Boast. If you are using XP, there is a program called e Booster that does the same thing.

 

I agree that it won't give a boost to your total RAM. But where it will be useful (for me at least), is that I keep an SD card in the slot at all times to keep sensetive documents on. In the past I've attempted to use readyboost and found it useless. I now remove it from my installation media completely. But given the fact that I have a spare mPCI-E slot doing absolutely nothing, it might be worth throwing a few dollars at it to increase the cache.

At the same time I'm not guaranteeing it will work even for that purpose. It will be an experiment and should I go ahead with it, I will post back either with good comments on how my AAO is a li'l faster or more efficient, or I'll post back stating that it does nothing. No one's really gonna know until someone tries it. Afterall, there has to be a reason for the product to exist in the first place.

SD Cards were designed to hold data, not specifically for caching or boostig system performance. Which is why readyboost was a stupid idea. An addon card that has been designed and built purely as an external cache may infact yield some decent results.

 

Well, if you are willing to spend the money, by all means, give it a go and let us know if it increases performance. I use a 4 Gig SD card and dedicate 2 gigs to Ready Boost. So, I can use the other 2 gigs for storage of files. Even if it doesn't improve performance, I figured it would reduce wear & tear on the hard drive. I'm using an old AOA 150 with 1.5 gigs of ram & Windows 7 Home Premium on a 160 gig hard drive. Of interest, the AOA 150 has 2 SD card slots. One on each side. However, the right side slot does not allow the SD card to fit flush with the case. It engages about two thirds the way in.

 

Found a discussion on a forum group from a few years back. You might find the comments useful before pulling the trigger.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/solid-s ... 2-0-a.html