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    IMD-0...what is it?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by platinum717, Aug 9, 2007.

  1. platinum717

    platinum717 Notebook Guru

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    I just noticed IMD-0 as one of the devices under hard disks in the device manager. Does anybody know what this is? I'm thinking it has something to do with turbo memory. I checked properties of the device and it says "NVCACHE" and the size is about 513mb
     
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    thats your ready drive memory, yes it is a part of turbo memory
     
    panteedropper, Aug 9, 2007
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  3. platinum717

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    why is it only showing 513mb? turbo memory is 1gb
     
    platinum717, Aug 9, 2007
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    Could anybody follow up on this? Mine's ~512MB too; Disk Management and the Disk Defragmenter confirms this.
     
    f00kie, Aug 28, 2007
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  5. panteedropper

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    half of it is available for ready boost and the other half is for ready drive.
     
    panteedropper, Aug 28, 2007
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    f00kie Notebook Enthusiast

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    How do I change this setting? If I have 2GB of system RAM, where should I allocate it more towards (ReadyDrive seems to be the choice for me)?
     
    f00kie, Aug 28, 2007
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    It's not known if you can actually change the setting. I think the Turbo Memory device is hardware partitioned into two 512MB pieces.

    Some people think that by disabling ReadyBoost on the Turbo Memory, then somehow the other partition can be used for ReadyDrive.
     
    zenpharaohs, Aug 28, 2007
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    me too..

    I got this new disk IMD-0 with only 514 mb
    it wasn't in my computer before
    Is this a disk to let the them spy, however they are
     
    bad boy, Jan 18, 2008
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    It's your Intel Turbo Memory.
     
    klutchrider, Jan 18, 2008
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