The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Coming out of Sleep, have to unplug and replug USB devices.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by golden80, Sep 27, 2011.

  1. golden80

    golden80 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Wanted to see if anyone knows of a fix for this. Every time it comes out of sleep, I have to unplug and replug both my external mouse and keyboard. It's not that big a deal, but it's my only annoyance with it at the moment.
     
    golden80, Sep 27, 2011
    #1
  2. chqshaitan

    chqshaitan Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    25
    Messages:
    48
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    do you have these devices plugged into the same usb port?

    namely the one on the left of the machine?
     
    chqshaitan, Sep 27, 2011
    #2
  3. golden80

    golden80 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    No. They're in the 2 ports on the right side.
     
    golden80, Sep 27, 2011
    #3
  4. Croatoan

    Croatoan Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    187
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Ive been having issues with the left usb and resuming from standy with external mouse. M14x losing hard drive
     
    Croatoan, Sep 27, 2011
    #4