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Express card slot Compact flash memory and ready boost
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:24 pm
by gregarpp
I recently bought an 8-1 express slot memory card reader.
I should have read it more, cause it does not support compact flash.
Anyone have/use a express card adapter for compact flash?
Since I have the expess slot adapter and spare 1gig memory cards can this be utlized for readyboost???
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:11 am
by SHoTTa35
actual RAM is cheaper than the combo you're thinking of. DDR2 memory is so cheap compared to DDR1. I have a T42 and envy you people with sweet prices for DDR2!!
RE: Express card slot Compact flash memory and ready boost
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:13 am
by Peak2Peak
gregarpp wrote:Anyone have/use a express card adapter for compact flash?
Me thinks you be looking for this:
http://sewelldirect.com/ExpressCard-Com ... Reader.asp
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:36 am
by gregarpp
That is correct, I need to get something like that.
But the price is too high..
And the express card reader with SD card will utilize vista memory boost
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:37 am
by gregarpp
actual RAM is cheaper than the combo you're thinking of. DDR2 memory is so cheap compared to DDR1. I have a T42 and envy you people with sweet prices for DDR2!!
Is this in the wrong post???
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:57 am
by Peak2Peak
Yeah agree, the price is quite high - Another alternative is: If your notebook has a PCMCIA type ll slot you could use this:
http://www.amazon.com/SANDISK-COMPACTFL ... 106&sr=8-5
This is definitely alot cheaper!
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:01 pm
by gregarpp
I have used the PCMCIA cards and the transfer rate is rather slow...
I was hoping the express card slot would be faster.
I need to benchmark the speed of my express card with SD card before I do anything else.
It might be slow also.
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:17 pm
by SHoTTa35
gregarpp wrote:actual RAM is cheaper than the combo you're thinking of. DDR2 memory is so cheap compared to DDR1. I have a T42 and envy you people with sweet prices for DDR2!!
Is this in the wrong post???
why would it be in the wrong post? I was saying to buy a expresscard reader would probably equal the price of 1GB of RAM or something. The more RAM you have the better the system runs and after a while it doesn't even make sense to have readyboost. If you have 512MB and you get a 1GB readyboost thingy then yeah but to go buy that for readyboost doesn't make much sense. You can buy 1GB of RAM for about the same price as both of those combined.
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:18 pm
by DAH
I'm using this
AFT Atech Flash PROExpress-7 ExpressCard Reader Single Media Card Slot with a 4 GB SD card. This works with Vista for ready boost. The first AFT card I got died after a few hours,
the second has been running for a few weeks now. Also you can't use more than 4 GB for the ready boost at this point.
This card fits within the Express card slot, and on my T60p doesn't block the Cardbus slot if you are using something like a Linksys WiFi card. Or a card that blocks the second slot.