Hei Christian, may I have your contact? Either e-mail or IM? I'm buying the same laptop and using ubuntu dapper 6.06. This problem surely occurs to me aswell. Not just that, the SATA driver don't work. It work but this is what I get from /var/log/messages : Aug 18 03:19:27 stubbe kernel: [4298880.086000] ata1 is slow to respond, please be patient Aug 18 03:19:56 stubbe kernel: [4298906.385000] ata1: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete } Aug 18 03:19:56 stubbe kernel: [4298906.419000] sda: Current: sense key: No Sense Aug 18 03:19:56 stubbe kernel: [4298906.419000] Additional sense: No additional sense information Aug 18 03:20:22 stubbe kernel: [4298934.928000] ata1 is slow to respond, please be patient Aug 18 03:20:51 stubbe kernel: [4298961.227000] ata1: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete } Aug 18 03:20:51 stubbe kernel: [4298961.261000] sda: Current: sense key: No Sense Aug 18 03:20:51 stubbe kernel: [4298961.261000] Additional sense: No additional sense information Aug 18 03:20:51 stubbe kernel: [4298961.263000] sr: Current [descriptor]: sense key: Aborted Command Aug 18 03:20:51 stubbe kernel: [4298961.263000] Additional sense: Scsi parity error Aug 18 03:26:37 stubbe kernel: [4299309.674000] ata1 is slow to respond, please be patient Aug 18 03:27:06 stubbe kernel: [4299335.973000] ata1: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete } Aug 18 03:27:06 stubbe kernel: [4299336.007000] sda: Current: sense key: No Sense Aug 18 03:27:06 stubbe kernel: [4299336.007000] Additional sense: No additional sense information Aug 18 03:27:06 stubbe kernel: [4299336.009000] sr: Current [descriptor]: sense key: Aborted Command Aug 18 03:27:06 stubbe kernel: [4299336.009000] Additional sense: Scsi parity error Aug 18 03:38:06 stubbe kernel: [4299999.400000] ata1 is slow to respond, please be patient Aug 18 03:38:35 stubbe kernel: [4300025.699000] ata1: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete } Aug 18 03:38:35 stubbe kernel: [4300025.732000] sda: Current: sense key: No Sense Aug 18 03:38:35 stubbe kernel: [4300025.732000] Additional sense: No additional sense information Aug 18 03:59:13 stubbe kernel: [4301266.402000] ata1 is slow to respond, please be patient Aug 18 03:59:42 stubbe kernel: [4301292.701000] ata1: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete } Aug 18 03:59:42 stubbe kernel: [4301292.735000] sda: Current: sense key: No Sense Aug 18 03:59:42 stubbe kernel: [4301292.735000] Additional sense: No additional sense information Aug 18 04:14:38 stubbe kernel: [4302192.008000] ata1 is slow to respond, please be patient Aug 18 04:14:45 stubbe kernel: [4302198.307000] sr 0:0:1:0: ioctl_internal_command return code = 8000002 Aug 18 04:14:45 stubbe kernel: [4302198.307000] : Current [descriptor]: sense key: Aborted Command Aug 18 04:14:45 stubbe kernel: [4302198.308000] Additional sense: Scsi parity error Aug 18 04:14:45 stubbe kernel: [4302198.358000] ata1: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete } Aug 18 04:14:48 stubbe kernel: [4302198.358000] sda: Current: sense key: No Sense Aug 18 04:14:48 stubbe kernel: [4302198.358000] Additional sense: No additional sense information Aug 18 04:20:41 stubbe kernel: [4302554.722000] ata1 is slow to respond, please be patient Aug 18 04:21:10 stubbe kernel: [4302581.021000] ata1: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete } Aug 18 04:21:10 stubbe kernel: [4302581.055000] sda: Current: sense key: No Sense Aug 18 04:21:10 stubbe kernel: [4302581.055000] Additional sense: No additional sense information Aug 18 04:21:10 stubbe kernel: [4302581.056000] sr: Current [descriptor]: sense key: Aborted Command Aug 18 04:21:10 stubbe kernel: [4302581.056000] Additional sense: Scsi parity error Aug 18 04:23:26 stubbe kernel: [4302719.152000] ata1 is slow to respond, please be patient Aug 18 04:23:55 stubbe kernel: [4302745.451000] ata1: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete } Aug 18 04:23:55 stubbe kernel: [4302745.485000] sda: Current: sense key: No Sense Aug 18 04:23:55 stubbe kernel: [4302745.485000] Additional sense: No additional sense information Aug 18 04:37:17 stubbe kernel: [4303550.711000] ata1 is slow to respond, please be patient Aug 18 04:37:46 stubbe kernel: [4303577.010000] ata1: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete } Aug 18 04:37:46 stubbe kernel: [4303577.044000] sda: Current: sense key: No Sense Aug 18 04:37:46 stubbe kernel: [4303577.044000] Additional sense: No additional sense information Is this bug reported yet? Or do you not have the same problem? Thanks.