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    Problem: My Vostro 1400 doesn't always wake up when I open the lid after it's been in sleep mode

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jambaj0e, Aug 23, 2007.

  1. jambaj0e

    jambaj0e Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got my Vostro 1400 and am loving it. But I have a major concern when I used it today in class. I have it set so when I close the lid, the laptop goes to sleep. When I open it, it goes back on to the password screen. The first time I close the lid and open it, I can enter the password and go right back into Windows. The second time I close the lid and open it, the screen stays blank and the laptop is unresponsive until I shutdown and reset.

    I did the same thing again later in the same class. First time close and open, I can get back into Windows Vista. The second time, blank screen and unresponsive. I had to reset again.

    So now I have the close lid to just do nothing and not go to sleep. But I really want to fix the sleep problem because there will be times where i would rather put it to sleep manually and use later, and prefer not to have to reset again.

    Can someone help me out? Thanks!
     
    jambaj0e, Aug 23, 2007
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  2. orangelounge

    orangelounge Notebook Consultant

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    A friend of mine with the Vostro 1400 has this same issue. Odd.
     
    orangelounge, Aug 23, 2007
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    kirill Notebook Guru

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    same with my 1500
     
    kirill, Aug 23, 2007
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    Why not set it that you press the power button and it goes to sleep?

    Sounds like a good solution.
     
    Waveblade, Aug 23, 2007
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    lochness, Aug 23, 2007
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    Great, so no luck on this based on the that article. Should I disable ReadyBoost and will it adversely affect performance? How do I disable it?
     
    jambaj0e, Aug 26, 2007
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    Yeah, I have it like this now. Closing the lid will only turn off the screen and not kick my Vostro into sleep mode.
     
    jambaj0e, Aug 26, 2007
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    I had the same problem.
    I just took the latest gfx driver from laptopvideo2go WITH whql and then it worked fine.
     
    roobarb, Aug 26, 2007
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