Re: Is it my card reader, Miss Jones?

On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:56:12 -0700, jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
: On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:17:16 -0400, Robert Coe <bob@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
:
: >Since the problem affects processing as well as downloading, I doubt that the
: >card reader is the whole problem. My guess is that your computer is
: >underpowered and, in particular, that it doesn't have enough memory. It should
: >have at least 1GB; and if it has less than 512MB, it is seriously underpowered
: >for the application. Assuming you're reasonably familiar with Windows XP, go
: >into the Task Manager and check the memory usage. If the logical memory usage
: >is above the amount of physical mamory on the machine, you're in trouble. The
: >Windows paging algorithm is notoriously slow.
:
: PART 2:
:
: Okay, I just threw a 4GB card with 3.6GB of 381 RAW files on it into
: my reader. I opened the desktop rig's Windows Explorer (nee File
: Manager) tree and copied the files from the card to my WD My Book Pro
: II external back-up drive. I closed down all open programs.
:
: When I started downloading, the transfer window said "24 minutes
: remaining." Files downloaded at the rate of 10-13 per minute, an
: average of about 6 seconds each. The Task Manager said CPU Usage ran
: under 10%, Page File Usage flat-lined at 409MB, available Physical
: Memory held steady at 1.42 GB. Clearly, there doesn't seem to be a
: lack of system resources.

No, That does seem strange. Maybe you do need a faster card. You are using a
USB-2 port on the laptop?

Bob
.

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