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    Vista and new Inspirons

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by UrbanJay, Jun 14, 2006.

  1. UrbanJay

    UrbanJay Notebook Enthusiast

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    My E1405/640m has drivers for everything (aside from the GMA 950 drivers, but I'm using the drivers from an older build ... little buggy here and there, but glass and animation is superb.

    My question ...

    Is anyone else having the issue with Sleep/Hibernate on these machines ? every Time I sleep or hibernate the machine "seems" to wake up ... displays my desktop as left ... mouse moves ... cannot "do" anything ... no CTRL+ALT+DEL ... I have to restart by removing battery. :eek:

    Anyone have a suggestion ?

    - J
     
    UrbanJay, Jun 14, 2006
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  2. Iceman0124

    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    the only suggestion I have is probably one you dont want to hear, stay with xp until vista sp1 is released, if your dying for "glass" there are a few vista makeover programs out there, this is one of the better ones,
    http://www.tcmagazine.info/modules.php?modid=4&action=show&id=403
    though I got bored with it after an hour or so, I could care less about the look of it, I'm looking forward to better security, stability, and the stricter rules for dx10 hardware, wich alas means nothing for current notebooks
     
    Iceman0124, Jun 14, 2006
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  3. tecninja

    tecninja Notebook Enthusiast

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    Turn off sleep/hibernate in power management. Are you running beta 2? I've got beta 2 dual booting on my 6400 and I haven't come across any problems. (Other than the huge amount of RAM vista uses. Plus video playback uses a lot of the processor for some reason. 60% in vista, 20% in XP.) Microsoft will release fixes as time goes. Oh maybe check power management in the BIOS. Set it to the default. If it's at the default set it to something else.
     
    tecninja, Jun 14, 2006
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  4. redglare

    redglare Notebook Guru

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    I would suggest not removing the battery like that. Try simply pressing and holding the power button on the laptop until it turns off. It's a little safer than simply removing the battery.
     
    redglare, Jun 14, 2006
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  5. gridtalker

    gridtalker Notebook Virtuoso

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    Where can I get vista from
     
    gridtalker, Jun 14, 2006
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  6. ringostar

    ringostar Notebook Enthusiast

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    The incompatible drivers are most likely the reason for sleep/hibernate not working. You can get more details through the link below.

    http://reviews.cnet.com/4531-10921_7-6534214.html
     
    ringostar, Jun 14, 2006
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  7. E1505Guy

    E1505Guy Notebook Consultant

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    E1505Guy, Jun 14, 2006
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