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    Just went from Vista to XP on my Dell Vostro 1500, 2 questions

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Risky, Mar 11, 2008.

  1. Risky

    Risky Newbie

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    ok I got XP running fine after changing to ATA mode in the bios and installing XP then manually installing the drivers.

    I have two questions though;

    How do I change back to AHCI from ATA and is it that important if everything is running smoothly?

    Also, in the device manager I have a few question marks on some devices. Does anyone know what I'm missing?

    Here's a screenshot
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    Any help is greatly appreciated!

    :)
     
    Risky, Mar 11, 2008
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  2. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    I wana know too! (about AHCI) any peformance boost?

    as for question marks not sure :p
     
    X2P, Mar 11, 2008
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