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Dell !!
Can anyone tell me, is dell sales help always terrible.
I have been trying to ffind out about/buy a Flash Cache Module FCM for my inspiron 1720, shown on this site at http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1720/en/SM/fcm.htm
Twice I have been connected via email chat (I have a severe nervous disorder which i have both times explained, means I cant use the phone) both times I have been told to ring the technical services as they are not trained to sell me the part which is on their own site. All I wanted was to know the price + whether it only comes in the 1gb size, which shouldnt be much to ask surely ?
So does anyone out there know or have a part number so I can write in. Perhaps someone could let me know if the part actually helps speed up vista or would I be better off with the 4gb intel turbo cache ?
Somebody please put me out of my misery !!
meryl_streep
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Posted January 10th, 2011 19:00
It's all very confusing but I thought flash cache and Turbo memory were the same thing. Yes you should see some sort of a performance boost and they say an increase in battery life becuase the hard drive doesnt have to spin as much.
contrary to what you may read it does not take the place of or augment RAM it only helps with I/O operations on the hard drive.
If you wanted to see something similar for less $$ then get a USB drive and turn it into a ReadyBoost drive. Flash Cache should be faster though becuase it can also be used as ReadyDrive.
these sorts of internal doo-dads (blue tooth cards, internal WWAN cards) arent usually sold separately so i'm not sure how you'll get your hands on one going through Dell.