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    On screen notifications won't show after sleep

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by JWest, May 17, 2010.

  1. JWest

    JWest Master of Notebookery

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    Not sure if anyone's brought this up before. It seems that when I wake my M15x from sleep I run into a few problems. I'm actually pretty sure this is a Win7 problem, since I've seen this behavior on other Win7 machines. Anywho, when I wake it from sleep I can't get any on screen notifications to work. By that I mean things like the volume indicator, stealth mode indicator, etc. It also affects other things, like after sleep I can't open the NVIDIA performance panel- I click and nothing happens. It can also take a while for my peripherals to turn on, sometimes a few minutes for the computer to recognize that my mouse is plugged in.

    Like I said, I saw this on my previous computer running Windows 7. Do you think my OC profile in the NVIDIA performance panel has anything to do with it?
     
    JWest, May 17, 2010
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    JWest Master of Notebookery

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    Anyone? :confused:
     
    JWest, May 18, 2010
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    Villosa Notebook Deity

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    Man I've learned never to put my m15x to sleep, ever. It never wakes up, just a black screen. It's so odd. I don't know if it's some sort of conflict, error , windows 7 thing or what...
     
    Villosa, May 18, 2010
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