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    Problem with studio 1555 and windows 7

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bibold, Jul 28, 2009.

  1. bibold

    bibold Newbie

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    Hey,

    I recently installed Windows 7 on my studio 1555. I found a bug very irritating, I don't know what causes this.

    Here is the way I noticed it:

    - I setup my screen to shut down after 1 minute of inactivity.
    - the mouse on the desktop (taskbar hidden) with no window opened, I let my screen shut down. After 5 minutes, I wake up my screen by moving the mouse.
    - I can't take the control of my computer until 1 or two minutes as if my computer was working in background (the fans run a lot faster during this time)

    Do you have the same problem? Does somebody know how to fix this problem?

    Thanks
    Bib
     
    bibold, Jul 28, 2009
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  2. Fragilexx

    Fragilexx Get'cha head in the game

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    Which release of Windows 7?

    I noticed the same with the release candidate and reported the issue to Microsoft. Sometimes it wouldn't come back on at all.
     
    Fragilexx, Jul 28, 2009
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  3. bibold

    bibold Newbie

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    with pre rtm.
     
    bibold, Jul 28, 2009
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  4. hurley81388

    hurley81388 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hmm hopefully this will be fixed in RTM or in the first windows update...i haven't played around with windows 7 yet but i heard it's great. been holding out for the final release
     
    hurley81388, Jul 28, 2009
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  5. huntersvk

    huntersvk Notebook Guru

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    I dont have the problem.
    Build : 7600.16385.X86

    Edit : Did not have in previous releases also..
    (Had not tried RC)
     
    huntersvk, Jul 29, 2009
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  6. bkral

    bkral Notebook Consultant

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    Im running 7229 and it works great. So I dont know what the issue could be. Just reformat and try another build. It's a beta, expect problems... especially since you're installing it on a system that wasnt necessarily built to run it out of the box. :]
     
    bkral, Jul 29, 2009
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  7. saquib.mian

    saquib.mian Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just as a heads up, if you're running the ATI Hd 4570 cards on Windows 7, make sure to download the most recent drivers from ATI. Windows Update has them too.

    My computer wouldn't turn the screen on when resuming from sleep or hibernation, but the drivers fixed it.
     
    saquib.mian, Jul 29, 2009
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  8. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Downloading the driver direct from ATi doesn't do a damn thing; it's a Mobility Radeon card, and the regular Catalyst drivers don't work. And Mobility Modder doesn't support the ATi 4xxx series.
     
    Mastershroom, Jul 29, 2009
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  9. Fragilexx

    Fragilexx Get'cha head in the game

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    Yup exactly, and as for the latest driver pack from ATi for Windows 7, here are the mobility cards that are supported (taken from the inf file):

    Code: 
    "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400" = ati2mtag_M72, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_94C9
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT" = ati2mtag_M72, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_94C8
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600" = ati2mtag_M76, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9581
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT" = ati2mtag_M76, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9583
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series" = ati2mtag_M72, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_95C4
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430" = ati2mtag_M72, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_95C2
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650" = ati2mtag_M76, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9591
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670" = ati2mtag_M76, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9593
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850" = ati2mtag_M76, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9504
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2" = ati2mtag_M76, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9506
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870" = ati2mtag_M76, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9508
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2" = ati2mtag_M76, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9509
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650" = ati2mtag_M9x, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9480
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670" = ati2mtag_M9x, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9488
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870" = ati2mtag_M9x8, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_945A
    The 4570 is not in that list I'm afraid.
     
    Fragilexx, Jul 29, 2009
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  10. saquib.mian

    saquib.mian Notebook Enthusiast

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    The drivers I've got straight from ATI are: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series. They seem to work perfectly for me. Fixed my problems.

    Not to mention Windows 7 had the drivers built in. The problems only started after I installed the 4570 drivers from Dell (which I fixed by downloading ATI's drivers).
     
    saquib.mian, Jul 30, 2009
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  11. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    When I tried to install ATi's own 4500 series driver, after the update it showed that I still had the same display driver as before, which dates back to November of 2008. Way to stay on the ball, Dell. :/
     
    Mastershroom, Jul 30, 2009
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  12. Fragilexx

    Fragilexx Get'cha head in the game

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    Do you have a link to where you obtained these drivers from, as it's not an option on the AMD site where I would usually go.
     
    Fragilexx, Jul 30, 2009
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    No problem for me by using dell's driver
     
    huntersvk, Jul 30, 2009
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  14. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Yeah, Dell's driver has been perfectly reliable for me, but I just think I'm losing out on some performance, considering that the driver is from last year.
     
    Mastershroom, Jul 30, 2009
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  16. Sonarav

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    I also installed Windows 7 on my Studio 15 and it seemed to find the drivers just fine.

    Build 7100.
     
    Sonarav, Aug 2, 2009
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