Latitude E6400 Owner's Lounge, Part 2

Are you using XP instead of a proper modern OS and/or user some tweak program that broke your Windows?

 

Its vista business x64 licenced and with no crappy cracks/ software tweaks
I installed it myself

Help

It never worked, Hibernation
What can i do with the notifications
Now it doesnt always go out of adaptive display it goes in as its supposed

 

When i press fn+left arrow it goes into adaptive display
When i press fn+left again nothing happens or it changes fast on and off with no effect
Its not like im doing it to fast im waiting a few seconds

 

Excellent
Ok one problem at a time:

Enable Hibernation:
Preparation:
- Ensure that you have the latest drivers for everything (motherboard drivers, SATA controller, video card, sound card, SD card reader, finger print reader, wired and wireless card, mouse and BIOS).
- Ensure that your optical drive have the latest firmware.
- Ensure that your BIOS is reset to default settings.
- Have your SATA controller in your BIOS set to AHCI or IRRT.
- If you open the device manage you should have no added yellow notification icon on the device icons.
- Remove any peripherals including: external display, dock station, printer, scanner, mouse and keyboard.
- Remove all startup programs and Restart your computer.

What to do:

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  1. Click Start, and then type cmd in the Search box.
  2. In the search results list, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator.
  3. At the command prompt, type powercfg.exe /hibernate on, and then hit the ENTER key.

Now restart your computer, and see if any progress occurred.

 

fn+left arrow works excellent out when im out of windows or in the login screen
So either Vista is messing with it with its power settings or DCP is at fault.

Any ideas?
Hibernation isnt present at all
No notifications like last time i had to reinstall DCP
Adaptive Display/ Light sensor Isnt working properly in windows

 

Now im reading your last post
I get a yellow sign at SM bus controller
Il try it anyway

 

Thanks , hibernation Works now
I did a backup some time ago.
Next time and if i go to that backup hibernation wont work right?

Now help me with these please

No notifications like last time i had to reinstall DCP, also fn+d is suppose to turn off the display, now it doesnt do it anymore its alright in settings but it stopped working. i didnt install any programs since its been working
Adaptive Display/ Light sensor Isnt working properly in windows

 

Excellent, now onto problem 2.

If you restore your system back in time to that point, yes your hibernation won't work anymore. However you can still restore (or view) older files & folders without any problem (last feature mentioned is for Vista Business edition or higher only).

Ok:
- uninstall all Dell utilities, such as Dell DCP, and restart your computer.
- Get Ccleaner (free), and clean up your registry to remove any left over data from Dell utilities (we want to remove old settings)
- Download and install this (Dell DCP): Drivers and Downloads
- Downlaod and install this (ambient light sensor): Drivers and Downloads

Restart your computer and everything should be working.
If teh ambient light sensor doesn't work, make sure you have the latest Intel/Nvidia drivers from DELL web site.

 

You have a 9cell too hows it keeping up
How long have you had it?
How much do you use it?

 

Alright DCP is fixed for now...
Well see how much it lasts

So hows the 9cell lasting?
Can express charge make any harm at all to the battery? Can it shorten the lifespan?