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    Computer wont wake up from Sleep

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by mgh_a1, Apr 8, 2009.

  1. mgh_a1

    mgh_a1 Notebook Evangelist

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    A common issue, but here is what I know:

    My 1420 with a Geforce 8400GS will not wake up from sleep. I know that it is the graphics cards fault, because everything else seems to be fine when I poen the lid.

    I am using laptop2go 185.20 drivers.

    Does anyone know how I can try to fix this, or what geforce 18x.xx drivers still wake up properly with an 8400 gs?

    I am committed to the non-dell drivers, because Dell is horribly out of date, and the performance boost I get from the newer drivers is very worthwhile.
     
    mgh_a1, Apr 8, 2009
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    To verify that it is the video driver,

    Start > Control Panel > Performance Info & Tools > View Performance Details in Event Log

    You could try older drivers from laptopvideo2go rather than the newest, which carry the risk of being less stable.
     
    Bog, Apr 8, 2009
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  3. mgh_a1

    mgh_a1 Notebook Evangelist

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    Nothing strange seems to be in the event log related to the issue. These drivers, as far as I can tell so far, have been stable and not caused any real issues, aside from the stanby problem.

    Anyone else got a tip?
     
    mgh_a1, Apr 8, 2009
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  4. millermagic

    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    Well if you want to test whether or not it is the display driver, just install the Dell driver and see if it fixes the problem.
     
    millermagic, Apr 8, 2009
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  5. mgh_a1

    mgh_a1 Notebook Evangelist

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    I've done that . . . the dell driver works as expected. I know this is a driver / GPU issue . . . I just am not sure if there is actually a way around it or something else I may need to mod at the driver level to get it functioning normally.
     
    mgh_a1, Apr 8, 2009
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  6. brncao

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    If you wake the computer up but nothing comes up on screen, try pressing Fn + CRT/LCD.
     
    brncao, Apr 8, 2009
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  7. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    ^For the record, that should be Fn+F8, at least on all the Dell systems I've seen.
     
    Mastershroom, Apr 8, 2009
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  8. TVC

    TVC Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the same problem. It is the drivers or at least I think they are causing the problem. It didn't happen until I updated to the newest drivers. I have 182.50 though.
     
    TVC, Apr 8, 2009
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  9. KingRaptor

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    I have a Studio with an ATI chip. I used to have this "won't wake up from sleep issue," and I thought it had to do with my GPU drivers (because that usually is the case with sleep issues.)

    It turned out that the problem was because of BCD corruption (I had modified the boot sector of the drive when I dual-booted Windows 7 and messed up some stuff.)

    Your case may be different from mine seeing that you have a nVidia chip but BCD corruption could be a possible cause so don't rule that out completely.
     
    KingRaptor, Apr 9, 2009
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  10. millermagic

    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    Definitely a driver issue then.
     
    millermagic, Apr 9, 2009
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