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M4400 freezes when docking

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by essami, Feb 17, 2009.

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  1. essami

    essami Notebook Geek

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    Hi,

    I have a Dell docking station for my M4400 and sometimes when I place my laptop on it it will freeze, totally, nothing will work except pressing the power button for 5 secs and reboot. It happens once a week or so. Not very often and I cant find any rule to when it happens.

    I have a mouse and a LAN cable attached to the dock currently.This is the docking station I have: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...?c=us&l=en&s=biz&cs=555&sku=430-3113#Overview

    I have no idea where to even begin solving a problem like this.

    Sami
     
    essami, Feb 17, 2009
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    Had the same prblem here. Removed any screen saver or power off display. No freezing now! Some post are pointing the AGN 5300 card so in doubt put it at off and see what happend.
     
    Bouing, Feb 21, 2009
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    I have the same problem here, and I've noticed that it freezes even before I push down to click the laptop into place. Just letting the laptop rest on the connectors causes it to freeze, and this is more than 50% of the time.
     
    NFH, Mar 9, 2009
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    essami Notebook Geek

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    What BIOS version are you using? I was adviced by Dell to update to A12 and I have A06 now. Im travelling though so I dont want to start flashing my BIOS before I get home and backup my HD.
     
    essami, Mar 9, 2009
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    I'm using A12 and I still get this problem.
     
    NFH, Mar 10, 2009
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    I'm using A12 and no screen saver, 5300 here too. Happens 100% of idling time affter a while (while= 5 min to 8 hours). Dell Canada have no clue waht the problem is.
     
    Bouing, Mar 18, 2009
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    Thats funny, now that you mention this I think I've had the same, it's only frozen if its been idle for a while before docking... strange...
     
    essami, Mar 18, 2009
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    This is becoming really annoying. Does anyone have any progress on this?
     
    NFH, Mar 23, 2009
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    Are any of you using the Intel PROSet software with the 5300?
    I use the plain jane x64 driver manually installed.
    No issues with the E-Port except the fan spinning while docked.
     
    ofelas, Mar 23, 2009
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    Im not using it. I have the 5100 though. Do you have thoughts on this? What is the plain jane driver? Im getting an audio editor webpage when googling :)
     
    essami, Mar 25, 2009
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