You should go into the BIOS and check to see if any settings were changed from the older version.
i have vostro 1400
with 80 gb hd,512 mb ram
my problem is:
after i updated the bios version A07 to A09 my system boot time is incresed.
booting with dell logo and below that processing-booting bar take a long time of 15-20 seconds instead of min.2-3 seconds before this.
plz help me!!

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