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by cp7212

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Well, just as my discussion had stated, Dells are shinola. Came in on this fine Monday morning to see the BSOD. Hard drive crashed. So I get another HD and the SM bus controller driver will not load.

The chip that shows up in device manager is the cheapo ACPI Uniprocessor PC. Could anyone please tell me what chipset this is most like? I am running a GX270 with XP Pro. Also, could you let me know where to get a driver or supply a link?

Geez, I hate being on this side of the fence. Thanks much.

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by bfilmfan

Which Dell model is that? Can track exactly on the motherboard with the serial and model number and figure out what HAL will work with the least issue.

by cp7212

If I have to, I'll open the case at the end of the day...when everyone thinks I went home. Thanks for the help.

by softcorp.us

Hello cp...

I recently had the same problem. Reinstalling the "system drivers" provided by the PC maker (IBM) corrected it. On the Dell website, it appears to be the "chip set drivers".

Chip set drivers for your system (apparently...double check):
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?releaseid=R58201&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19

GX270 Systems User Guide
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/opgx270/en/ug/solve.htm?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19

This problem is common an easily solved. Good luck!

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by cp7212

Points for an answer. I was too busy to surf for a solution, so I had another hard drive sent down to me, citing "solving the problem will take too much time". Hey, BS'ing skills are needed in IT, too. I'll keep this in hand for future use. Thanks.

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