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    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Mechanized Menace, Sep 29, 2010.

  1. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

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    Everytime I put my computer to sleep I get a black screen and the keyboard is not fully lit. I then have to do the power drain and this normally brings it back, but this time I had to do several power drains and unplug the CMOS battery and do a power drain while the CMOS was unplugged. This is odd any ideas as to what could be causing this? Nothing is OC everything is at stock I am on A09. never had this problem on A07/A08.
     
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    Don't even bother putting it to sleep especially if you are on SSD with it.

    This laptop won't be a first or last with sleep issue imo.
     
    ACHlLLES, Sep 29, 2010
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    I'm not sure what you mean. So sleep and SSD is bad?
     
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    What display driver are you running? Did you try the 8.763 driver? (No, the VBIOS does not apply to the 4870 GPUs). If you have not tried 8.763, see if that helps.
     
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    I am running 10.9(modded) that joker posted. I will give those a try BatBoy, and post back.
     
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    Apologies - meant to come back and edit my post with the driver info. Sidetracked. :(

    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 Driver
    v 8.763-100810a-104118C-Dell

    (NOTE: The VBIOS update listed on the support site DOES NOT apply to the 4870 GPU. It is only to be used with the 5870 GPU(s) )

    Fixes and Enhancements
    1. Displays configuration becomes incorrect when Crossfire is disabled
    2. A non existent 2nd monitor appears in CCC and Display Manager after resume from S3/S4 with CrossFire disabled
    3. System hangs when crossfire is disabled and re-enabled
    4. Driver updates
    5. Support for new game titles

    Direct link:
    Drivers and Downloads
     
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    I was trying to say SSD's reboot times are lighting fast so there should be even less reason to use sleep function with the SSD.
     
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    Still produces the same behavior with the dell drivers. :(
     
    Mechanized Menace, Sep 30, 2010
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    Why don't u try to revert to A07 and confirm that the problem goes away?
     
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    Just reverted back to A07/A09 a few times, and no more issues with sleep on A07. I can still reproduce it on A09, but on A07 everything seems to be running better than before(A09) It must have been an Issue with A09.

    Should I put this in the A09 discussion thread so Brian can see it?
     
    Mechanized Menace, Sep 30, 2010
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    You definitely should. You're probably not the only one with that issue and that might help diagnosing the problem.
     
    mfractal, Sep 30, 2010
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