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    Computer wont go to sleep on first attempt

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by jdbaker82, Nov 16, 2010.

  1. jdbaker82

    jdbaker82 Notebook Evangelist

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    Sometimes it even takes 3 attempts to finally put my brand new M17x R2 to sleep.... These computers seem so glitchy and have alot of annoying little problems and I am getting pretty sick of it to be honest. Has anyone heard of this issue or know how to fix it?
     
    jdbaker82, Nov 16, 2010
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  2. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    How are you putting it to sleep?
    When you place it into sleep and it fails to actually enter S3, what is the behavior?
    Is this on AC, Battery or both?

    system specs - processor and GPU(s) please... also, what display driver version. If 5870, have you applied the VBIOS update?
     
    BatBoy, Nov 17, 2010
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