Speed up your Dash/Excalibur

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jcjdoss

Nov 2 2006, 05:07

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A hack for the Q that works for the Dash

"Moto Q Speed Increases (Note: Could this work for the Dash?)
The following 2 hacks increase system performance significantly for me. They make the Q much more responsive:

1.) Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\
Changed limit from 16384 to 32768

2.) Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS
Changed - CacheSize to 4096

NOTES: Some improvement, but not a significant amount, different users after reported better responses though (TechWhore)
CREDIT: jewalsh2k"

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merwin

Nov 2 2006, 11:58

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I ran some speed tests before and after the cache tweak. It only affected the storage card speeds.
before:
1200KB/s write
1650KB/s read

after:
1200KB/s write
8000KB/s read

QUOTE(jcjdoss @ Nov 1 2006, 21:07)

A hack for the Q that works for the Dash

"Moto Q Speed Increases (Note: Could this work for the Dash?)
The following 2 hacks increase system performance significantly for me. They make the Q much more responsive:

1.) Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\
Changed limit from 16384 to 32768

2.) Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS
Changed - CacheSize to 4096

NOTES: Some improvement, but not a significant amount, different users after reported better responses though (TechWhore)
CREDIT: jewalsh2k"

jcjdoss

Nov 2 2006, 14:07

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QUOTE(merwin @ Nov 2 2006, 13:58)

I ran some speed tests before and after the cache tweak. It only affected the storage card speeds.
before:
1200KB/s write
1650KB/s read

after:
1200KB/s write
8000KB/s read

Still a good thing, It'll speed up the programs we use off our cards

jimizee

Nov 27 2006, 22:19

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I think speed tests are deceptive. This reg hack doesn't actually "speed" up the dash, it simply increases certain memory cache which allows windows/menus to load faster.

I don't recomment number 2, the FATFS. You might have problems with activesync afterwards, and the speed increase on the second one is not really worth it.

QUOTE(jcjdoss @ Nov 1 2006, 21:07)

A hack for the Q that works for the Dash

"Moto Q Speed Increases (Note: Could this work for the Dash?)
The following 2 hacks increase system performance significantly for me. They make the Q much more responsive:

1.) Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\
Changed limit from 16384 to 32768

2.) Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS
Changed - CacheSize to 4096

NOTES: Some improvement, but not a significant amount, different users after reported better responses though (TechWhore)
CREDIT: jewalsh2k"

merwin

Nov 28 2006, 02:38

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QUOTE(jimizee @ Nov 27 2006, 14:19)

I think speed tests are deceptive. This reg hack doesn't actually "speed" up the dash, it simply increases certain memory cache which allows windows/menus to load faster.

I would consider windows/menus loading faster a speed increase... It speeds up the display of windows and menus, right?

QUOTE(jimizee @ Nov 27 2006, 14:19)

I don't recomment number 2, the FATFS. You might have problems with activesync afterwards, and the speed increase on the second one is not really worth it.

It's somewhere around 4 or 5 times faster read from the Storage Card with the hack. That's a significant increase indeed, and if it didn't cause problems for some people it would definitely be worth it.

vwbdrick

Mar 18 2007, 21:13

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I just posted a more in depth review of that registry hack on my blog. Check it out and see if this sheds more light on this subject for you.

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deniedhero

Mar 25 2007, 13:19

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What do you guys use to registry hack?

onak

Nov 13 2007, 20:44

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sorry fellas but it didnt work for me it keeps giving me an error after changing it on my t-m dash

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