3630 with TomTom3, not too happy :(

jibberjabber25 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 14, 2005 Posts: 11

Hi, I been using TomTom 3 with my Ipaq 3630 and the copilot jacket for quite a whilte now, and I noticed that it's a bit slow. Is this due to the iPaq itself (206Mhz processor, and 32MB RAM) since I am thinking of getting a new iPaq with 400Mhz and 64MB RAM. Do you think this will improve the speed?

I also find that with long routes, when the iPaq has to recalculate the route on the fly because I have taken a wrong turn, it locks up, but only on LONG journeys. I think this is because of the 32MB RAM.

Can anyone help, will it help if I splash out on a shiny new iPaq with double the ram and processing power?

lbendlin · Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 3:54 am Post subject:

I am running TomTom 3 on the same setup, and have not yet found it to be slow or to lock up. I believe the important thing is to have as much RAM available as possible. If you want you can read my article about that ( http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/tomtom-navigator-registry-hack.php )
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MarkHewitt · Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 11:59 am Post subject:

Make sure you haven't got any other applications running in memory. There might be some lurking in there that don't appear on the running programs list, a soft reset will usually sort them out.

Also make sure you don't have route recalculation set to 'strict' as this will recalculate the entire route every time you take an unexpected turn, as opposed to normal which will first try to navigate you back to the original route.

Personally if I were thinking of upgrading a setup such as yours I would go for something better than 64mb and 400mhz, as this is already getting out of date.

johnmar · Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 2:08 pm Post subject:

I am running a similar setup to you, although my iPAQ is more recent 3830, but still with 32MB of RAM.

For the first year of ownership I suffered freezes and lockups which I attributed (in hindsight incorrectly) to the 'limited' amount of RAM. When I purchased the Maps of W Europe, I also upgraded to a 512MB Viking CF card. The difference in operation was fantastic, no freezes, fast route calculations etc. This was all down to the quality of the CF card as compared to my original.

Also it is important to use something like Storage Tools to keep memory cards 'sweet' i.e. defragged and error free.
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jibberjabber25 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 14, 2005 Posts: 11

OK, thanks guys. I have upgraded to 400Mhz and 64MB RAM and I have had no problems yet. Fingers xed. Confused

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