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    Sleep State

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by darthsat, Sep 7, 2007.

  1. darthsat

    darthsat Notebook Deity

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    My m1330 is perfect by all means, just a few quirks here and there. When I try to put it to the sleep mode, it doesn't wake up properly. When I try to wake it by pressing the power button, it says Windows did not shutdown properly...would you like to run windows in safe mode. This happens every time I try putting it into sleep mode. Anyone know a fix for this?
     
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  2. danny2001

    danny2001 Notebook Consultant

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    What OS are you running? If it is XP then you could have been bitten by the little bug that effects computers running 2Gb(or more) of memory. There is a fix here:

    http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=909095

    Keep in mind that this does not exactly describe your problem, but I have heard of people using this patch to fix a variety of hibernation/standby issues.

    Of course if you are running vista, this probably isn't your problem.
     
    danny2001, Sep 7, 2007
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  3. darthsat

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    Yea, I am running Vista Ultimate.
     
    darthsat, Sep 7, 2007
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    wakeup problem is a known issue with Vista-nVidia combinations. try updating the video driver with stock driver or modded driver from laptopvideo2go.com
     
    brianj320, Sep 7, 2007
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  5. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    You may also want to try the patches mentioned here.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Sep 7, 2007
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  6. darthsat

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    I am using the 165.1 driver and now my computer doesnt come back when I try to start it from the hibernating state. The screen just goes black and i need to do a hard restart.
     
    darthsat, Sep 7, 2007
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    The hibernate wakeup is now fixed as I went from the 165.1 drivers to the 163.44.
     
    darthsat, Sep 7, 2007
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    sleep mode still doesnt work
     
    khull, Sep 7, 2007
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