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    D630 - QuickSet fails to re-enable ethernet when plugged in to AC

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by swarmer, Feb 25, 2008.

  1. swarmer

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    Dell Quickset disables my network card on battery to save power, which is cool, but when I plug it back in, most of the time it doesn't re-enable it and I have to do it manually in the network control panel. I get the message saying "Your network card is now active" or something like that, but it's not active, it's actually still disabled. I'm using Vista.

    I'm planning to just shut off this feature, ok fine... but it seems like a nice idea in principle so... do others have this issue? Has anyone managed to fix it other than by shutting off the LAN power management feature entirely?
     
    swarmer, Feb 25, 2008
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