sleep button hibernates!

Even though in Power Options I have my Sleep button set to Sleep or Do Nothing (tried both), it hibernates my notebook!

I tried the sleep/standby function via the start menu and also 'when closing lid' and it works.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

 

Well, you cant fix it. My problem is that when i press sleep it goes to sleep instead of hibernate I got used to it. Now i hibernate with the actual physical power button

 

That's the way I want it set up. Sleep button to sleep, and power button to hibernate.

 

Sorry for bumping the old thread about this, but I haven't seen a solution for this yet.

I've got the same problem as the OP. My laptop is an M1330 running Vista x86 Ultimate. Bios revision A15.

I'm not getting used to this little bug, rather it irritates me even more as time passes! Standby was very useful to me as it was far faster to suspend or resume than hibernate was. I can't stand to wait 2 minutes for my laptop to switch off when I'm about to get off a bus for example.

I can't believe that there is no way to fix it or at least identify the problem?? If it worked before, surely it can work again?? Unfortunately I can't pinpoint what the problem was, as I updated a lot of drivers and bios and OS stuff over a week, and I didn't use standby at any stage over that time. I just know it was working before I updated everything.

I'd uninstall everything back, but I need Vista to be fully updated to gain access to my college's network and I'm waiting for the day that the Nvidia chip will pop its clogs. If the newer bios/drivers reduce that risk, I won't remove them.

Finally, is there a way to get through to Dell without having to call them?? I don't want to speak to someone with terrible English. I'm based in Europe.

Thanks folks.

 

Yeah, it's annoying as the OS thinks it's a hibernate function. So, I just assigned the power button to standby and the sleep button to hibernate. :-( It works, but it isn't ideal.

 

Did you go into the advanced set up? a Lot of times you set these settings and still the advanced over rides it, check the Dell quick set and power options as well. all must agree.

 

I used Emails with Customer service before.

 

I have the same problem, Fn-F1 (which supposedly is the sleep button) always hibernates, however, Fn-Esc goes properly to sleep.

My old Dell used to have sleep at Fn-Esc.

 

Yea I just noticed this issue.

Is there not a fix for this?

 

Confirmation of Dell XS Studio 16xx laptop Sleep/Hiberate issues.

I, too, discovered this same major problem on my XPS Studio 1640 laptop while testing my Harmony One remote's IR control codes. The issue being that if the LT is hibernated, it cannot wake in response to a Windows Media Center remote's PC Power button.

I didn't notice this problem until I wanted to use WMC to control the playing of music and videos with my universal remote. So, I then started testing the Sleep and Hibernate functions. Like many of you, I had set the Power Button to Hibernate and the Fn-Sleep key to Sleep. But, lo and behold, the LT acts like both Sleep and Hibernate force a full Hibernate.

I then experimented a bit more. I disabled hybrid sleep and tested again. No change.

I then reversed the Power and Sleep actions of the Power and Sleep keys (Fn-Sleep). No change.

In all cases, the disk chugged a lot, the system shut down, and it requires pushing the Power key to start up. When it did, it always showed "Resuming Windows" which verified it was in hibernation.

I then tried the advice in this thread of pressing Fn-ESC. It then "seemed" to hibernate like before. The disk chugged - but not as long. The system then powered off. HOWEVER, after pressing the Power button, the system started quicker, there was no "resuming windows", and it popped the log on screen.

So, it seems that Fn-ESC did, indeed, initiate some kind of Sleep. This is not a STANDBY mode we used to know where you press any key and the system pops up but a deeper state that requires pressing only the Power Button to escape it.

I then did a final test to see what modes the activity timer initiated "Sleep After" settings triggered! I set the "Sleep After" to 1 minute. Voila! It actually initiated Dell's hard form of Sleep, just like Fn-ESC.

Bottom line:
1. Dell XPS 1640 LT's Power and Sleep keys force full hibernate - no matter how set.
2. Only undocumented Fn-ESC and "Sleep After" setting initiate a Sleep mode.
3. Sleep and Hibernate modes are hard! They require Power button to wake up.
4. WMC remote's power toggle command always sends LT in Hibernate
5. Ergo, XPS LT will NOT allow Media Center remote to wake it from Sleep or Hibernate.

I then thought a workaround might be to emulate a "lighter" sleep mode when plugged in to allow remote control of WMC, something we used to call "Standby". I could set the Hibernate and Sleep triggers to Never. Then, set only the disk power off, screen turn off, and CPU power down settings. That would emulate the Standby mode of yesteryear. But, alas, that would also be futile since the 1st press of the WMC remote's power button would still send the LT into Hibernate that the remote power toggle will not wake it from. Argh!!!!!!!!

At least the HP Pavilion PC that I use as my home's HTPC will power off and back on with the WMC remote's power toggle button! You'd think Dell would at least know how to implement this standard and very important functionality - especially on a laptop sold as a media powerhouse!

What a drag!

 

YES!! I didn't even know that this function existed. Haha it is annoying but pushing Fn-Esc instead of Fn-F1 is almost in the same place so solves the problem for me. Cheers