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Hi Everyone,

I have a X60T. Right now, I use a 2GB SD card in the card reader for ReadyBoost. I wonder whether I can buy an intel turbo memory card for X61/X61T and install it on my X60T. I assume that the turbo memory card will be much faster than my current SD card reader.

thanks,

Blue,

that will not replace your SD card reader. An SD card will not speed your system in anyway.

However, I added a link for some research. $28 for the card. Other than vista I did not look into the specifications of the pci-e mini flash card.

http://shopper.cnet.com/flash-memory/in ... 54735.html


Good luck,

-macuser

No, the X60T chipset will not support turbo memory.

tomh009 wrote:No, the X60T chipset will not support turbo memory.

Although the X60T chipset does not support turbo memory, do you think vista will recognize the 1GB flash on the mini-PCIE card and use it as a flash drive?

Ditto on no turbo memory support on the X60t as it doesn't have the Santa Rosa chipset.

However, assuming that there is a driver for the memory express card, Windows should recognize it the same way it would recognize something stuck into the PC card / 1x Express caddy slot. If it is a standard card, Windows probably already has the driver.

Do you really want to be the first to test this on your precious machine?

SFWrtr wrote:Ditto on no turbo memory support on the X60t as it doesn't have the Santa Rosa chipset.

However, assuming that there is a driver for the memory express card, Windows should recognize it the same way it would recognize something stuck into the PC card / 1x Express caddy slot. If it is a standard card, Windows probably already has the driver.

Do you really want to be the first to test this on your precious machine?

The turbo memory card is not very expensive. I will probably order one today. I just need to double check that I have an empty slot for the card.

SFWrtr wrote:However, assuming that there is a driver for the memory express card, Windows should recognize it the same way it would recognize something stuck into the PC card / 1x Express caddy slot. If it is a standard card, Windows probably already has the driver.

Given that Windows XP doesn't recognize the card on an X61, I very much doubt that it would look like a standard memory card to the system, especially in an X60.

tomh009 wrote:Given that Windows XP doesn't recognize the card on an X61...

You have a point, but I think that this fact is ambiguous. What I've read is that the card cannot be used as turbo memory on XP, whether or not it is a Santa Rosa chipset. The card may just be a pci-e memory card. It may show up as a small memory drive. Not much of a selling feature, so I can understand why Lenovo isn't clarifying the point. The first 61 product line XP user with a turbo memory card (for upgrade purposes, no doubt) may disambiguate for us.

Would I experiment with this card on my X60 machine...? Since Lenovo did not give an easy interface to these slots, I think it is not a good idea to put non-OEM parts in them. I consider a X61 part in a X60 to be non-OEM. Would I experiment? Basically, and unambiguously, I would not do it.
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I think I might if I had the card in hand. I can't envision the card damaging the PC, and likely not vice-versa either. The worst thing I can imagine is that it won't get to post. Getting to it is another matter, though.

I might try it if I found the card in a yard sale for $5, but I wouldn't buy it for full price in this situation.

Tholek wrote:I think I might if I had the card in hand. I can't envision the card damaging the PC, and likely not vice-versa either. The worst thing I can imagine is that it won't get to post. Getting to it is another matter, though.

I might try it if I found the card in a yard sale for $5, but I wouldn't buy it for full price in this situation.

Thanks to everyone. So far, I have not found any information on the compability of the Mini-PCI(E) card with Napa chipset. According to the info I got here and from other places, XP does not recognize the card. Nobody knows whether Vista can use it for ReadyBoost. Even if it works, it is not going to shorten the boot up time, but may be faster than USB flash drive/SD card as a ReadyBoost device.

thanks. -- bluewale