Will Another 1GB of RAM Help?

[Thip]

Not my experience at all. I've found readyboost to be useless, except
for those well under 2gB.

Not the case here at all. I have one machine with 2 GB and ReadyBoost has
made a dramatic difference.

 

[Ken Blake]

Not the case here at all. I have one machine with 2 GB and ReadyBoost has
made a dramatic difference.

How large is your readyboost thumb drive? What brand and model is it?

 

[Thip]

How large is your readyboost thumb drive? What brand and model is it?

4GB Super Talent, no idea what the model is or where I even got the thing.

 

[Ken Blake]

4GB Super Talent, no idea what the model is or where I even got the thing.

Thanks. I'm still skeptical, but perhaps I'll try it again on my
wife's machine, which is 2GB.

 

[LouB]

Thanks. I'm still skeptical, but perhaps I'll try it again on my
wife's machine, which is 2GB.

Gee now that I realize what readyboost is and have USB drives lying
around the question is... Will it work and help my 1gig Acer Netbook
with Win7 Starter?

TIA

Lou

 

[Ken Blake]

Gee now that I realize what readyboost is and have USB drives lying
around the question is... Will it work and help my 1gig Acer Netbook
with Win7 Starter?

I think there's a good chance that with 1GB it will. However,
regardless of what I or anyone else here tells you, find out for
yourself simply by trying it.

 

[LouB]

I think there's a good chance that with 1GB it will. However,
regardless of what I or anyone else here tells you, find out for
yourself simply by trying it.

Will post back

 

[Justin]

I think there's a good chance that with 1GB it will. However, regardless
of what I or anyone else here tells you, find out for yourself simply by
trying it.

As soon as the RAM stick arrives I will post my results.

 

[Thip]

Thanks. I'm still skeptical, but perhaps I'll try it again on my
wife's machine, which is 2GB.

It was a case of "What do I have to lose?" and a pleasant surprise when it
worked so well.

 

[Justin]

It was a case of "What do I have to lose?" and a pleasant surprise when
it worked so well.

Makes sense.
I have another 1GB on order for a whole $10.

 

[Stefan Patric]

Makes sense.
I have another 1GB on order for a whole $10.

The additional 1GB of RAM will improve speed, but by the time you add
apps, additional drivers, anti-virus, and other background stuff, you'll
be back where you started--marginal performance. Your attempts with W7
on an old system while laudable are ultimately an exercise in futility.
The notebook just doesn't have the specs. Better that you put XP on it.
With 2 GB of RAM, it will be a excellent performer. And since it's an XP
era machine, all the hardware is supported.

Stef

 

[Justin]

It gets even weirder here. Compare D420 to D430. Both use the same
chipset, and the capabilities on the RAM front are different.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Latitude

D420 512MB soldered + 2GB SODIMM (945GMS single channel) D430 1GB
soldered + 1GB SODIMM (945GMS single channel)

Why there is a difference, doesn't make a lot of sense. At least, if the
chipsets really are the same, as stated there.

I confirmed the Dell D430 can't support more than 2GB or ram. I
installed a 2GB stick to total three - it didn't boot, no POST.
Once I took the 1GB stick out of my iMac and installed it in the Dell -
all was well.
The 2GB stick went into the iMac for a total of 3GB in the iMac. I'm
running memtest86 to make sure there aren't any errors.
The iMac is old....

http://yfrog.com/n7dsc01014resizedj

 

[Ken Blake]

Thanks. I'm still skeptical, but perhaps I'll try it again on my
wife's machine, which is 2GB.

I've just started readyboost on a thumb drive on my wife's machine.
We'll see what it does.

By the way, I also tried to start readyboost on my machine, but
couldn't. The message I got was that my disk Windows Experience Index
was so high (it's 7.0; I have an SSD) that readyboost would do nothing
for me.

 

[clifford_cooley]

By the way, I also tried to start readyboost on my machine, but
couldn't. The message I got was that my disk Windows Experience Index
was so high (it's 7.0; I have an SSD) that readyboost would do nothing
for me.

I would suspect with those scores that readyboost would decrease performance. Personally I don't know for sure.