There's a place in Vista you can get a look at possible 'performance' problems. It might tell you what file(s) are loading slowly (with amount of time taken).
Your trouble seems more related to hardware but unless your getting error messages I can only guess that might not be the reason.
Here's where to look for the info I told of above:
Start, Control Panel, System and Maintenance, Performance Information and Tools, finally Advanced Tools in left side pane under Tasks.
You can run a system health report (last item in list). Also, there might be problem items first in that window that can be clicked to see details on (these can be where load times of files exist).
About those possible problem items... I have 3 links showing and my system seems okay so I haven't tried doing anything about them. And besides that, if you check the other report logs those will show numerous warnings, errors, etc. which might not be crucial to anything (in my experience anyway).
Hopefully this will give you something to try in the meantime anyhow.
Try this. Go into the Bios (performance section)and change AHCI to ATA. It will prompt you to turn off the flash module too. Do that...save and reboot. With the same problem and the same unit, it fixed mine. Let me know how it works for you.
Thanks for the suggestions. Turns out I ran a diagnostic check and an error code was found with some component of the hard drive. Soon, Dell will be shipping a replacement out and this should be the solution. However, I'll take note of these suggestions provided in order to help out others in future terms.
Could you tell which exact diagnostic check you did (and possibily what error msg I should not hope to get) ?
I am having the same issue with my Inspiron 1520... I waited still SP1, hoping the troubles go away. But no luck... So could you tell me more about what checks are needed.
iKlaatu
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December 11th, 2007 17:00
Your trouble seems more related to hardware but unless your getting error messages I can only guess that might not be the reason.
Here's where to look for the info I told of above:
Start, Control Panel, System and Maintenance, Performance Information and Tools, finally Advanced Tools in left side pane under Tasks.
You can run a system health report (last item in list). Also, there might be problem items first in that window that can be clicked to see details on (these can be where load times of files exist).
About those possible problem items... I have 3 links showing and my system seems okay so I haven't tried doing anything about them. And besides that, if you check the other report logs those will show numerous warnings, errors, etc. which might not be crucial to anything (in my experience anyway).
Hopefully this will give you something to try in the meantime anyhow.
Bronc_B
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December 12th, 2007 13:00
AJF1208
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December 13th, 2007 15:00
pacmanfever
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March 8th, 2008 02:00
This worked for me also. Great suggestion. I'd have had no chance of figuring that out.
vijayind
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April 22nd, 2008 08:00
Hi AJF1208,
Could you tell which exact diagnostic check you did (and possibily what error msg I should not hope to get) ?
I am having the same issue with my Inspiron 1520... I waited still SP1, hoping the troubles go away. But no luck... So could you tell me more about what checks are needed.
Thanks...