Carrier Pigeons are faster than my flash drive.

[babaghan]

How does Vista ReadyBoost possibly make any use of this to speed up your computer? Sending messages via carrier pigeon is faster than this.

Vista 32bit | Core 2 Duo E6600 | BFG GeForce 8800 GTX | Patriot EP 2X1GB PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-9 | 3ware 9650SE-4LPML RAID Controller with BBU | 150GB Raptor x2 RAID 0 - OS | 150GB Raptor x2 RAID 0 - Data | 150GB Raptor - Swap/Backup | SB X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series | Dell E207WFP & Samsung SyncMaster 213T | Asus Striker Extreme | PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-SR | Silverstone Temjin TJ07 | Zalman CNPS9700 NT | 3DMark06: 9705

 

[sabenfox]

How does Vista ReadyBoost possibly make any use of this to speed up your computer? Sending messages via carrier pigeon is faster than this.

I wish i had some kind of answer for you, but i saw your post title and couldn't help but to laugh

 

[sabenfox]

I'm sure you probably already know this, but just in case are you running USB 2.0 on ur system

 

[babaghan]

It better be USB 2.0, it's an Asus Striker Extreme mainboard.

Vista 32bit | Core 2 Duo E6600 | BFG GeForce 8800 GTX | Patriot EP 2X1GB PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-9| 3ware 9650SE-4LPML RAID Controller with BBU | 150GB Raptor x2 RAID 0 - OS | 150GB Raptor x2 RAID 0 - Data | 150GB Raptor - Swap/Backup | SB X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series | Dell E207WFP & Samsung SyncMaster 213T | Asus Striker Extreme | PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-SR | Silverstone Temjin TJ07 | Zalman CNPS9700 NT

 

[sabenfox]

sorry, i meant on the software side

 

[babaghan]

I didn't know there was software USB, I thought that was a hardware specification. I'm new at this computer hobby. How do I check for that?

Vista 32bit | Core 2 Duo E6600 | BFG GeForce 8800 GTX | Patriot EP 2X1GB PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-9| 3ware 9650SE-4LPML RAID Controller with BBU | 150GB Raptor x2 RAID 0 - OS | 150GB Raptor x2 RAID 0 - Data | 150GB Raptor - Swap/Backup | SB X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series | Dell E207WFP & Samsung SyncMaster 213T | Asus Striker Extreme | PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-SR | Silverstone Temjin TJ07 | Zalman CNPS9700 NT

 

[sabenfox]

To be honest you have vista, so i'm not sure how it's done through that OS, but through XP you can check it in the device manager, it's under the


Univsersal Serial Bus Controllers TAB

 

[rodney_ws]

Isn't it also possible that the USB device itself is only USB compatible (not USB 2.0)?

The whole idea of using flash memory in place of RAM always seemed hokey to me. I'm just hoping Linux is a more viable desktop solution by the time MS has forced everyone on to Vista.

 

[babaghan]

The USB key is USB 2.0 compliant. All this gear is less than 3 months old. It's not a big deal, but I thought the test results were comical and I thought I'd throw it out there for everyone to chime in on

Vista 32bit | Core 2 Duo E6600 | BFG GeForce 8800 GTX | Patriot EP 2X1GB PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-9| 3ware 9650SE-4LPML RAID Controller with BBU | 150GB Raptor x2 RAID 0 - OS | 150GB Raptor x2 RAID 0 - Data | 150GB Raptor - Swap/Backup | SB X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series | Dell E207WFP & Samsung SyncMaster 213T | Asus Striker Extreme | PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-SR | Silverstone Temjin TJ07 | Zalman CNPS9700 NT