Anyone using ReadyBoost with an SD card?

The problem I'm having is that there just doesn't seem to exist any list of compatible cards, and too many cards  (or USB keys) that allegedly meet the stated requirements fail to work according to many of the forums that I read. That's why I'm hoping someone has actually gotten a specific brand/model of card to work so I can purchase with confidence. Probably next year we'll start seeing them marketed as "ReadyBoost Compatible" but it seems a crapshoot now.

 

It's probably easier to find a compatible USB key, but that seems sort of clunky hanging off the side of the notebook, and you'd have to remove it and stick it back in all the time. An SD card permanently in the card reader would be ideal. Unfortunately, I've yet to run acroos any posts from anyone who can verify an actualy working card.

FWIW, I could not get ReadyBoost to work with an xD card, but I assumed the one I was using was too small MB-wise. No problem with a 1GB USB drive though.

Interestingly, ReadyBoost would not work with a 4GB USB mini-hard drive. It's designed to work with quicker flask RAM.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/foreveryone/performance.mspx#more

I know what you mean. My USB key inserts on the right side of my laptop, but since i use a laptop desk ( http://www.laptopdesk.net/laptopdesk2f.html), it does not really get in the way.

More info here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/archive/2006/06/02/615199.aspx

Im using an SD card with readyboost.  You have to get one that is fast enough or readyboost wont enable.

I'm using a 4GB OCZ 150x SD card for ReadyBoost.  The faster the better.

I gave this a test so I could share and both of my SD cards worked without any problems.

Card 1: 1GB SanDisk SD Card that came with my Canon still camera.

 

Card 2: 1GB Kodak SD Card I picked up from Walmart just over a year ago.

 

Is it just the regular SanDisk card, the blue one? I tried one of those (1GB) and also a PNY 2 GB card and neither worked. I also tried a SanDisk Cruzer Micro that other folks have reportedly had luck with and that wouldn't work either. Makes me wonder if the notebook itself (M140) is the limiting factor here and not the cards or USB keys.

Yes, it's the standard blue one.

 

Here's a picture of exactly what mine looks like that I found on google:

http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/sa/sandisk-1gb-sd-card.jpg

Yep, that's the same one that I tried. I actually have two of those here. One bought a few months ago, and one bough just last month for my wife's Camera. No go on either.

 

Just curious, what system did you try it in? Mine is an M140 using the built-in Ricoh card reader.

 

To be honest, it probably wouldn't help me that much anyway since all I use my notebook for really is Internet access, PokerStars (play money), and watching streaming TV. Not like I'm editing huge image files on the thing. ;-)

It's on a 1 month old e1705 with a Ricoh R5C832 reader.

 

Hope that helps.  :smileyhappy:

I just bought an Inspiron 1501 with a built in media reader for SD card but have tried two different cards and they don't work, but work on my desktop.

I have had success with my laptop using Readyboost with 2 different usb external card readers, and both cards work just fine. 

I wish the built in card reader would work with Readyboost.