X121e and Windows XP: only PIO mode (not DMA)

I installed Windows XP on a thinkpad X121e. After actualizing all drivers from Lenovo I found out why the whole system was very slow: The internal hard disk is running only in PIO mode and reaches only 3 MB/s which is far to slow to work. I did not had this issue for years; normally a hard disk should run in DMA mode without any problems.
I tried several things:
- deinstalling the driver
- reinstalling chipset driver)
- changing the hard disk
- resetting the storage controller with a script (dmareset.vbs) found in the net
but I did not find any solution. The PIO mode is still on.
I did install the XP system in SATA legacy (compatibility) mode. I could not try installing windows XP in ACHI mode because I did not find any ACHI driver for this chipset (HM65) at intel (only for Intel 5 series chipset exist F6 driver).
What could be the reason for the problem that DMA mode is not recognized by XP? Is it an issue for Lenovo (e.g. Bios update necessary) or does it have to do with Intel (problem with chipset driver)?
Thanks for any help,
Thorsten
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Hi thoral,
I don't know if it will fix the P-I/O issue, but there is an AHCI driver for your machine on the Lenovo support site:
Intel SATA Controller AHCI Driver
Intel SATA Controller AHCI Driver
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