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    USB Device plugged in causes super slow boot

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by robcope, Jan 10, 2012.

  1. robcope

    robcope Notebook Evangelist

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    Just curious if anyone knows why having a cell phone (HTC Evo 4g) or external hard drive plugged into any usb port on my L702X would triple or even quadruple boot time? I do have it set to boot from internal hard drive, so I know boot order is not an issue. I just unplug the device and it boots fine. I am stumped.....sad face :confused:
     
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    cri-cri Notebook Consultant

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    Try disabling USB emulation in BIOS.
     
    cri-cri, Jan 10, 2012
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    robcope Notebook Evangelist

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    Curious, what exactly does that do? and will disabling it cause any other issues?
     
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    Yep, that fixed it lol. Thx
     
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    Hey, glad to hear it worked...

    Dell's explanation:
    This usb-emulation is so "well implemented" that if I leave it ON, I can't even boot from eSATAp. Thumbs up Dell !
     
    cri-cri, Jan 12, 2012
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