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Inspiron 15-3???, determine if sleeping or powered off
Inspiron 15 3000
Celeron N3060 processor
Sometimes I want to confirm that my computer is shut down and if not, I would shut it down.
I am not seeing a way to determine if the computer is off or whether it's sleeping/ hibernating/ whatever. Besides, of course, pressing the power button, but then it could potentially turn on when I didn't need it to.
firstbrickmaster
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February 1st, 2019 13:00
if you click the touch pad (or mouse) and it is asleep it will turn on this will not happen if it is powered off
Netherprovinc3
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February 8th, 2019 23:00
That has not been my experience. The computer might some how be set to only wake up when I press the power button. Admittedly, the touch pad seems to be low quality and/or partially broken. Many times I click or double tap on it and it does not provide the expected input to the operating system. So, you are probably right but I am not able to reproduce on my end.
firstbrickmaster
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February 9th, 2019 10:00
there should also be a light on the front of the pc that will show if it is sleeping.
so if the light is turned on it is sleeping. also I recommend just going to amazon buying a 10$
-15$ wireless mouse and some rechargeable batteries it makes it a lot more easy to use
Netherprovinc3
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February 11th, 2019 19:00
I would think the pressing any key on the keyboard should also wake up the computer. But, this is not the case as I have certainly pressed buttons in the keyboard when the computer is sleeping and that did not wake up the computer. Only pressing the power button wake up the computer.
I was reading some Ubuntu help information and it touches on the idea that this is a driver problem. So, right now, I am basically convinced of that. However, I am not sure what driver that is (I guess a motherboard driver or the UEFI?)
TerryG32
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March 9th, 2019 13:00
There should be a light but, is there a light? I don't see one. I can't tell if the laptop is asleep or off.
Thanks,
Terry
ryan_vadakkan
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January 5th, 2021 06:00
I am an Inspiron user, what worked for me was " Closed the lid of the laptop and opened it again. The laptop would turn on if it was in sleep mode else it wouldn't " simple. It's not any final solution but it worked. Double tapping on the touchpad and pressing a key on the keyboard didn't work for me too.