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    M1530 XP wifi not working when waking up from standby

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by oocon, Mar 11, 2008.

  1. oocon

    oocon Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am having some serious problems with my wireless adapter turning itself off after waking from standby. I have tried basically everything and nothing is working. If anyone here can offer help it would be much appreciated. It makes standby practically pointless. It reboots from standby fine and reconnects to my wireless network flawlessly, then after 2 minutes, the 'wifi' light turns off and I am unable to change any of the wireless settings until after a reboot.

    I am using the 3945abg adapter and it's really stressing me out. I hate having to restart just because the hardware has some kind of problem. I am running the driver 1.5.0.32 and Windows XP Professional. Could this be some kind of driver conflict, and if so can someone work out what has happened. I was informed that clicking the box 'allow windows to turn off this device to save power'. This didn't work and the problem still persists. The drivers I used after installing XP are on the following page(the 2 mediafire links): http://forum.notebookreview.com/show...stall+xp+m1530
    I changed the SATA operation to ATA and so didn't install the AHCI support driver, could this have something to do with it?
    Anyway sorry for rambling on... please someone help!
     
    oocon, Mar 11, 2008
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    bimbim Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey oocon, just want to let you know, I am having the same exact problem. I believe there is another person (mfield) who is in the same boat.

    Have you found any solution yet? I am still searching...
     
    bimbim, Apr 1, 2008
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    Hey oocon, if you are still having this issue, try this. Go to Device Manager, Click on the Intel 3945ABG device, right click, choose Properties. In Advanced tab, there is a bunch of properties. Find Power Management, uncheck Default Value and set the bar to the highest. Reboot.

    That worked for me.
     
    bimbim, Apr 2, 2008
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