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1700 Vostro, Primary IDE Channel Reverting to PIO MODE!!!!

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by SupraMario, Apr 15, 2009.

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    Ok, So I've found the thread about IDE channels causing hardware interrupts and that you can uninstall them and reinstall them and have it install in Ultra DMA 5. Well I do that, and it seems to run in DMA 5 for a day or two then suddenly, it has reverted back to PIO mode and I'm getting massive lag when watching movies or playing games.

    What gives?

    Specs:
    Vostro 1700/Windows XP home(yea :( I know)
    8600M GT/2gigs ram/160gig HDD/Core 2 Duo 1.8ghz

    How can I fix this?
    Its getting very very annoying.
     
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Download HD Tune and do a scan on your hard drive. Maybe your hard drive is deteriorating..
     
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    Scanning it right now.
    But the thing is, the HDD is running in Ultra DMA 5, the DVD drive is what continues to revert back to PIO mode.
     
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    Right.. when I saw primary channel I assumed it was the hard drive.

    In that case, what's the model of your DVD drive?
     
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    HD Tune: SAMSUNG HM160HI Health

    ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status
    (01) Raw Read Error Rate 100 100 51 135 Ok
    (03) Spin Up Time 252 252 25 2000 Ok
    (04) Start/Stop Count 100 100 0 4133 Ok
    (05) Reallocated Sector Count 99 99 10 12 Ok
    (09) Power On Hours Count 93 93 0 4363 Ok
    (0C) Power Cycle Count 100 100 0 323 Ok
    (BF) G-sense Error Rate 55 55 0 455675 Ok
    (C0) Power Off Retract Count 100 100 0 61 Ok
    (C2) Temperature 121 55 0 720935 Ok
    (C4) Reallocated Event Count 100 100 0 264434 Ok
    (C5) Current Pending Sector 100 100 0 1218 Ok
    (C6) Offline Uncorrectable 100 100 0 3426 Ok
    (C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 252 252 0 0 Ok
    (C8) Write Error Rate 252 252 0 0 Ok

    Power On Time : 4363
    Health Status : Ok



    HD Tune: SAMSUNG HM160HI Information

    Firmware version : HH100-11
    Serial number : S14QJD0Q460140
    Capacity : 149.1 GB (~160.0 GB)
    Buffer size : 8192 KB
    Standard : ATA/ATAPI-8 - SATA I
    Supported mode : UDMA Mode 7 (Ultra ATA/512)
    Current mode : UDMA Mode 5 (Ultra ATA/100)

    S.M.A.R.T : yes
    48-bit Address : yes
    Read Look-Ahead : yes
    Write Cache : yes
    Host Protected Area : yes
    Device Configuration Overlay : yes
    Automatic Acoustic Management: yes
    Power Management : yes
    Advanced Power Management : yes
    Power-up in Standby : no
    Security Mode : yes
    Firmware Upgradable : yes

    Partition : 1
    Drive letter : C:\
    Label :
    Capacity : 152617 MB
    Usage : 75.40%
    Type : NTFS
    Bootable : Yes

    HD Tune: SAMSUNG HM160HI Error Scan

    Scanned data : 152566 MB
    Damaged Blocks : 0.0 %
    Elapsed Time : 2:27
     
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    TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632H

    I just googled it and it does burn DVDs/CDs fine. So as far as I know it works
     
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    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    This normally happens when there are disc reading problems. See Microsoft's explanation.

    How recent is your version of XP?

    John
     
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    Well, I refuse to go to SP3, but everything else is completely up to-date on it.

    I'm going to DL this HotFix and see if it helps.
     
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    Ok so the hotfix won't install for some reason it says that it requires SP1 when it clearly says that its for SP2....
     
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    I suspect the problem would go away if you would be willing to share your computer with SP3.

    Otherwise, you could call M$ and request the hotfix mentioned here (it's the included in SP3).

    John
     
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