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    Need Help with Vostro Problem

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by whtcts0713, Jan 6, 2008.

  1. whtcts0713

    whtcts0713 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Every time I let my Vostro Idle for a little while the screen turns black and it will never go back the only way for me to fix it is to restart the computer manually, how do you fix this?
     
    whtcts0713, Jan 6, 2008
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  2. Jeff Leites

    Jeff Leites Notebook Guru

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    I'm not sure if this will help, but mine goes into one of the power saving modes after not being used for a short while. I just give the power button a short push (as opposed to holding it down which I believe would power it down). The short push wakes it up again.... I think it may come back with a log on screen, I don't use it often enough to be sure.


    I just looked in the manual, it says -
    "To exit standby or sleep mode, press the power button or open the display,
    depending on how you set the power management options. You cannot make
    the computer exit standby or sleep mode by pressing a key or touching the
    touch pad."

    Not sure what it means by "open the display".
     
    Jeff Leites, Jan 6, 2008
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  3. scythie

    scythie I died for your sins.

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    Maybe it means "open up the laptop"? ;)
     
    scythie, Jan 6, 2008
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  4. Jeff Leites

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    Doh! I just knew it was going to be something simple like that, that would make me look like a fool! :D
     
    Jeff Leites, Jan 7, 2008
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    I've had this problem as well, I attributed the causes to unstable beta nvidia drivers, Live messenger without SP2 compatibility turned on, windows sidebar errors and not selecting the option to allow USB devices (like my mouse) to wake the system from standby. Now I do get the black screen but at least the PC responds when I press the start key.

    Now using beta 169.28 which doesn't seem to have the suspend issue. Disabled live messenger and sidebar from activating at startup and made sure my power plans were set with the USB wakeup option selected. Try these out and see how it goes.
     
    Harleyquin07, Jan 7, 2008
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