T500 TurboMemory , Volume and RAM problems

Recently I found some problems with my T500.
1.Everytime when I restart the computer , the harddisk led will keep illuminating for about 5~7minutes. I checked "TaskManager -Resource Monitor -Disk" found "\Device\HarddiskVolume1\ReadyBoost.sfcache" was writing in high speed. Is it normal?
2.Everytime when I restart the computer, the volume was set to 50db, whatever I set before the restart, it will go back to 50, even set to mute.... Why?
3.I updated the RAM to 3G(1 2G single and 1 1G singal), from my computer I can see it says 3G memory, But in TaskManager only 2.5G can be used. 32bit Vista-B ATI 3650 graphic card.....why?

I dont know about the 2nd problem you have mentioned here but as for the first one I guess that's a little bit unsual. It shouldn't be busy more than 2-3 mins unless you have lots of programms to load.
As for the last problem you should be able to see 3GB installed I guess but I am not sure if you can use it since you have vista 32. I know that you definately will have problems with 4GB but not sure about 3GB.
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Lenovo T500 - T9400 2.53 GHz - 2GB PC3-8500 1066 MHz - ATI Radeon HD 3650 256 MB - WXGA W/LED - 160 GB 7200 RPM - 2GB Turbo Memory
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