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I use an ExpressCard eSATA adapter on my laptops for running faster backups to an eSATA backup hard drive.
Tom
ExpressCard Slot - Is There Anything In Yours?
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Posts : 2,899 Windows 7 Ult x64(x2), HomePrem x32(x4), Server 08 (+VM), 08 R2 (VM) , SuSe 11.2 (VM), XP 32 (VM)New #13
i believe his is the smaller ExpressCard 34 while yours is the fuller bigger version....
also PCMCIA comprises of also the PC Card slot i believe (as that is the name of the Association promoting both the PC Card spec and the ExpressCard Spec)
i have the smaller longer version but like most of you is not used...
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I would say that the only reservation would be if the data trasnsfer rate of the PCMCIA was not faster than of the HDD itself, you could have worse performance than leaving the page file in the HDD (like it would if you were to use a USB drive for the page file, or even a SD card via the USB port). Now, as they specifically advertise that SSD for performance improvement, I believe the end result shuodl bring you advantages over the HDD solution. I have no experience with it, just my conclusion from reading the ad: "This allows you to access the data stored on your ExpressCard faster than accessing it from your hard disk drive."
Now, how much improvement you would have, I can't say.
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I was just looking for prices for the Lexar 8GB, and the average price is about £35, which is ok so might get one and see. Have a look at expansys, and it's £90!
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I am not using it because for serious work, I mainly use my desktops and not the laptops. But I could see it to be useful for adding eSata capability.
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I have nothing in it. I can't find anything I want that will fit in it.
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Posts : 2,899 Windows 7 Ult x64(x2), HomePrem x32(x4), Server 08 (+VM), 08 R2 (VM) , SuSe 11.2 (VM), XP 32 (VM)New #20
making it a paging disk/swap disk would not be a good thing...Mine is smaller than that, and my card readers are on the front. What I was thinking about, and let me know your views, as I know they are varied opinions on the matter, but utilizing my slot with an SSD for the page file?
the incredible number of writes would utterly destroy the ssd very quickly....
Mark Thompson (AnalogX) he killed his NVRAM chips in a hour of pagefile usuage...
Steve: It does work. Mark Thompson, my buddy at AnalogX, years ago he was curious about whether non-volatile RAM really was hurt by writing. So he used a PCMCIA EEPROM, a non-volatile memory. And he set it up as a Windows swap drive.
Leo: Oh, boy.
Steve: Windows killed it in one hour.Last edited by darkassain; 19 Sep 2009 at 02:52. Reason: missed a important word...
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