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    Any Body Else Have Trouble Turning Off The M1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by fish_head, Jan 10, 2008.

  1. fish_head

    fish_head Newbie

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    My Dad just got the latest and greatest M1530 from DELL INC. but the first time turning it on was fine, but when selecting shut down, all it did was restart. I tried again but when i click shut down all did again was restart. Am I doing something wrong?? do i have a defective model??Also at only 4 days old had to do a system restore..anybody have the same trouble?

    XPSM1530 Intel core 2 Duo Processor T7700 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache)
    Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium Edition
    3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz(2Dimms)
    15.2" screen
    256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
    250GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
    9 cell lithium ion primary battery
     
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    jackabite Notebook Guru

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    By default in windows vista the (I) standby button on the start bar is set to "restart" and not shutdown (it will tell you this if you hover over it and wait for the tooltip). Are you hitting this button or do you use the ">" to select the shutdown option ?
     
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    fish_head Newbie

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    I click start button click on the > and click shutdown. also i just found out a min ago when i close the computer when it is on, it restarts closed. so if you know the problem and could walk me through it, me and my dad would really appriciate it....if you have aol AIM my s/n is stupidredneck678...i can talk to you on my laptop while you walk me through on how to fix my dads..O and when i hover over shutdown it says closes all programs shuts down windows and shutsdown your computer

    Thanks

    Brandon
     
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    raindog_mx Notebook Consultant

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    I think I'm having similar problems. Sometimes when I close the lid it suspends and other times it reboots.

    Have you messed around with the BIOS? I notice mine started doing so after I set up HD password but I had only used the laptop for 2 days at that time.
     
    raindog_mx, Jun 16, 2008
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  5. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Hmmm, first thing to rule out is Vista,
    So, if I where you, I would reinstall(re format) Vista.
     
    Thomas, Jun 16, 2008
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