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hello
I recently added a maxtor pci-sata/150 card with a maxtor diamondplus
(Y120M0) 120gb sata drive to my dimension 4100
the system has a single WD "regular" IDE drive (40gb) and after adding the
pci-sata, takes forever (almost 2 minutes) before it loads the operating
system
I flashed the BIOS to the latest A11 (from A05) but that did not improve
bootup speed
once OS is loaded, there are no problems, the new maxtor sata performs
unbelievably fast
anyone have any suggestion how to make the bootup faster? it's set in BIOS
to Quick/Quick
the delay occurs after BIOS posts "detected" messages for mouse, keyboard
and USB and before it loads the Promise 2002-2005 message when detecting the
maxtor
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