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    Restarts when locked and in sleep

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by smallkid, Jul 20, 2008.

  1. smallkid

    smallkid Newbie

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    Sometimes When i lock my computer or pu it to sleep it restarts it self anyone know whats wrong?

    Edit: i forgot to say i have a dell xps 1530 running vista.
     
    smallkid, Jul 20, 2008
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    msboc Notebook Consultant

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    There are a couple of posts about this. If you have a Dell wireless card, it's possible it's your card causing the trouble. Call Dell and they should replace it.
     
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    smallkid Newbie

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    No i got the intel wireless one in my laptop
     
    smallkid, Jul 20, 2008
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    hanpil Notebook Enthusiast

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    What video card drivers are you using?
     
    hanpil, Jul 21, 2008
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  5. smallkid

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    it was one of the 17x.xx series i dont remember what the numbers were. my dxdiag says my version number is 7.15.0011.7474
     
    smallkid, Jul 21, 2008
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