Pagefile experiment: Is this thing on?

Pagefile experiment: Is this thing on?

So... my tablet is running as cool as it was with the pagefile turned off. The apps that need the pagefile turned on have worked fine. My virtual memory is set to put the pagefile on my flash drive. But the page file is still on the hard drive.

Yeah, silly me, I changed the pagefile settings (http://sumocat.blogspot.com/2008/04/putting-pagefile-on-sd-card.html), but didn't look to see if the pagefile actually moved. So did I imagine the heat difference? That would be the simplest answer, but when I switch it back to normal, it runs hotter again. Another factor is at work, and process of elimination points to the smaller pagefile size.

Referring back to the settings, I did a custom size of 960 MB for the pagefile because of the limits of my SD card. That setting was holding true as I monitored the pagefile activity in the task manager. So there was a pagefile adjustment, just not the one I was attempting.

Oh well. Running cooler is still a win. and since I stated tinkering, I haven't run into a standby/hibernate insomnia problem that occurred occasionally. It's also interesting that the restricted size is doing better than the system managed size.

So does that end the experiment? Not quite. I'm going to continue using this tighter pagefile setting, though that's not very exciting. Also, I already bought A new 4GB Sandisk Ultra II SD card, which I intend to wear out, so I'm accelerating the testing of eBoostr (http://www.eboostr.com/), a ReadyBoost (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Boost) alternative for XP.

Yes, more RAM would be a better way to boost speed (and I may do that too), but this isn't about performance; it's about heat reduction. Shifting work off the hard drive should lead to cooler running. Any boost in speed is secondary, though more than welcomed. I'll let you know how it works.
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