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    XPS M1530 Vista standby problem

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by miZfit, Oct 11, 2009.

  1. miZfit

    miZfit Newbie

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    Hi,

    I have a Dell XPS M1530 Laptop (T8300, 3gb, 8600M GT, wifi-n, dual-boot Vista+XP, ...), and 4 times out of 5 , when I want to put the PC in StandBy mode, it reboots. Obviously, it gives me the " Windows did not shut down properly ; Start in Safe Mode/ Safe with Network" etc etc screen, and you can understand I find this pretty annoying. It also does so when I put it in hibernation mode.

    It does so only with Vista, and it never did with XP. I just reformatted (the Vista partition) and installed + updated every Vista component and it still does it. At first I thought it might have had a link in applications being open and me standing the computer by, but figured that even with the fewest apps running, it still does it 4 out of 5 times.

    I talked to a Dell Tech, who told me this was a software issue, and a reformat would be necessary to stop this issue... Didn't work, of course :mad: .

    Please help..?

    Thanks... :confused:
     
    miZfit, Oct 11, 2009
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  2. flashbang

    flashbang Notebook Enthusiast

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    Are you using any custom drivers likw Dox's custom forceware ??
    They can cause problems with sleep.
     
    flashbang, Oct 12, 2009
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  3. miZfit

    miZfit Newbie

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    No... All original Dell, I guess my XP drivers are custom (or some are), since Dell didn't provide any... but Vista are all original.
     
    miZfit, Oct 12, 2009
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  4. miZfit

    miZfit Newbie

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    Bump for help, please.
     
    miZfit, Oct 13, 2009
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  5. suren

    suren Notebook Enthusiast

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    Try Windows 7.
    The standby never worked for me in Vista.
    But with Windows 7 it works like charm.

    The reason is obviously some driver but I got tired to find which one causes the reboots.
     
    suren, Oct 14, 2009
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    miZfit, Oct 14, 2009
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