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Old 09-25-2006   #4 (permalink)
Richard Urban


 
 

Re: Readyboost and a USB 2.0 card

I personally have not read anywhere that it will.

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Richard Urban
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Quote from George Ankner:
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You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"LenH" <LenH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I read the article and it was very helpful - and my problem may well be
>with
> the specific drive I bought.
>
> But, the articel did not address the PCI card based USB question. So, my
> question still is: Will a PCI card based USB 2 work (assuming a supported
> flash drive)?
>
> Thanks again for your help
>
> Len
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> Read the ExtremeTech article for a primer.
>> http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2017844,00.asp
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>> Quote from George Ankner:
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>>
>>
>> "LenH" <LenH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:906A0010-7CC9-433E-B79D-1B988DDF4380@microsoft.com...
>> > My PC is a 5 year old machine that only came with USB 1. I purchased a
>> > USB
>> > 2.0 card (which plugs into a PCI slot) and a 1GIG flash drive. Vista
>> > sees
>> > the drive, but when I tried to set it up for readyboost it told me it
>> > didn't
>> > meet the specs. Is this because readyboost will not work with card
>> > bases
>> > USB
>> > 2.?
>> >
>> > Just to note: The drive works fine when I copy files to it.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
>> >
>> > Len

>>
>>
>>



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