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r2d2-860 · 08-19-2007, 04:05 PM

Hey Matt -- I've probably rebooted 6 or 7 times in the last 3 days - takes about 45 minutes to do a warm restart. It's always been set to DMA If Available. One of the pieces in conflict is the SMBus Controller. I think this drive is a serial ATA. IF so, this might be the controller that has the hardware conflict. It uses the Intel 945GM/PM+82801 Mobil chip set... Don't how much of it Dell is using, but it does a whole lot of stuff - like USB, Serial ATA, PCI, Graphics, and on...

I have even upgraded the BIOS, but will give it one more try. Need to step away for a while. Back later.

08-19-2007, 04:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
r2d2-860 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4 OS: XP	Re: Slow Hard Drive on Dell Inspiron E1505 Hey Matt -- I've probably rebooted 6 or 7 times in the last 3 days - takes about 45 minutes to do a warm restart. It's always been set to DMA If Available. One of the pieces in conflict is the SMBus Controller. I think this drive is a serial ATA. IF so, this might be the controller that has the hardware conflict. It uses the Intel 945GM/PM+82801 Mobil chip set... Don't how much of it Dell is using, but it does a whole lot of stuff - like USB, Serial ATA, PCI, Graphics, and on... I have even upgraded the BIOS, but will give it one more try. Need to step away for a while. Back later.