Hi again, It appears that the storage-fixup rule [1] doesn't work. Verbose output below[2]. Also I saw that you use hdparm -i and sg_inq so output from those for the HDD too. I badly failed to understand this brainf*** called bash :-), so may be you can advice what's going wrong? Thanks in advance. [1] # Reported drive model: ST9120822AS rule dell-Vostro-1400 dmi system-manufacturer Dell Inc. dmi system-product-name Vostro 1400 ata model ST9*AS act hdparm -B 254 $DEV [2] [/home/ivanz]$ storage-fixup -v -d storage-fixup: I 2 storage devices storage-fixup: C ata:model:0 ST9120822AS storage-fixup: C ata:rev:0 3.CDD storage-fixup: C ata:serial:0 5LZ6PF8E storage-fixup: C scsi:vendor:0 ATA storage-fixup: C scsi:model:0 ST9120822AS storage-fixup: C scsi:rev:0 3.CD storage-fixup: C scsi:serial:0 5LZ6PF8E storage-fixup: C ata:model:1 TSSTcorp DVD+/-RW TS-L632H storage-fixup: C ata:rev:1 D200 storage-fixup: C ata:serial:1 storage-fixup: C scsi:vendor:1 TSSTcorp storage-fixup: C scsi:model:1 DVD+-RW TS-L632H storage-fixup: C scsi:rev:1 D200 storage-fixup: C scsi:serial:1 storage-fixup: C dmi:system-manufacturer:0 Dell Inc. storage-fixup: N 22 tp-t60 dmi system-manufacturer=LENOVO storage-fixup: N 30 hp-dv6500 dmi system-manufacturer=Hewlett-Packard storage-fixup: Y 38 dell-e1505 dmi system-manufacturer=Dell Inc. storage-fixup: C dmi:system-product-name:0 Vostro 1400 storage-fixup: N 39 dell-e1505 dmi system-product-name=MM061 storage-fixup: Y 45 dell-Vostro-1400 dmi system-manufacturer=Dell Inc. storage-fixup: N 46 dell-Vostro-1400 dmi system-product-name=Vostro 1400 [3] [/home/ivanz]$ sg_inq /dev/sda standard INQUIRY: PQual=0 Device_type=0 RMB=0 version=0x05 [SPC-3] [AERC=0] [TrmTsk=0] NormACA=0 HiSUP=0 Resp_data_format=2 SCCS=0 ACC=0 TPGS=0 3PC=0 Protect=0 BQue=0 EncServ=0 MultiP=0 [MChngr=0] [ACKREQQ=0] Addr16=0 [RelAdr=0] WBus16=0 Sync=0 Linked=0 [TranDis=0] CmdQue=0 [SPI: Clocking=0x0 QAS=0 IUS=0] length=96 (0x60) Peripheral device type: disk Vendor identification: ATA Product identification: ST9120822AS Product revision level: 3.CD Unit serial number: 5LZ6PF8E [4] [/home/ivanz]$ hdparm -i /dev/sda /dev/sda: Model=ST9120822AS , FwRev=3.CDD , SerialNo= 5LZ6PF8E Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?8? CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=234441648 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 AdvancedPM=yes: unknown setting WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5,6,7 * signifies the current active mode -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html