XPS 15-9570, BIOS 1.3.0, sleep mode gone?

I have the same problem with the Dell XPS 15 9570, since I upgraded to the BIOS 1.6 version. When I close the laptop, the fans remain on, but let's say that is not critical. What worries me is that many times I take the laptop out of my bag and it's too hot.

I have not read much about Modern Standby, but I think it would work better on desktops.

Dell when you made the decision to remove the S3 state and leave the Modern Standby. I wonder if they tried to close the laptop and put it in a bag immediately? Does the laptop overheat? Is it practical?

Enable S3 mode, while improving the status of Modern Standby.

Luis Toro

With this machine you have two options as power management: ON and OFF, ON when you are using (screen on), OFF when you are not using, thats becouse you must to turn off you XPS or it will dren the battery and turn off by it self, in this case  maybe you have a oven in your bag. Forget everything about start a job, take a break closing the lid and restart the job next day just opening the lid. this is not trustable at XPS 9570.

Same here, both on my XPS 9570 and 9370... Can't be true for their best models. Should be fixed soon.

I will be Tweeting them to hopefully get some attention.

The models are modern standby systems.  They do not normally sleep but stay in a low power mode which should not cause them to heat up.  Bluetooth devices can bring them out of modern standby and cause some problems.

The systems with an 8th generation processor seem to have more capabilities regarding functionality in Modern Standby than the 7th generation processors.

Don't care, sleep does not work. Period. Users should not have to worry whether its modern or S3 or whatever.

Fact is, the thing keeps waking, spinning fans and using power hence heating up inside a bag. Whoever did QC or ignored the QC reports

This is not even mentioning the fact that most people DO NOT WANT their laptop to act like a smartphone. But regardless, at least when it sleeps, MAKE SURE IT STAYS ASLEEP. 

Not impressed re: this issue or the GPU cold throttle issue (at least the latter is promised a BIOS fix, but then again, it was INTRODUCED by 1.6, again, who the heck is testing these releases).

As it is the unit is just buggy enough to be frustrating (without bothering to do a full return). Will be going back to ThinkPad at this rate next time.

I've been waffling between the X1 extreme and the i9 xps. And if you search Lenovo's forum there's a few posts from a couple of days ago detailing horrendous support. Enough to make me think twice. That and my Mum has been using her Vostro for years and we've had no issues with my wife's Inspiron 5000. I guess these days it's a bit of luck. But I'm thinking Dell for me.

I thought my bag was on fire when I picked it up in the morning. Everything in it was overheated. This feels like an exploding Samsung Note debacle just waiting to happen.

Hi @robert p

  How can achieve this in Ubuntu 18.10 ?

  It drains the battery if I "sleep" the laptop during 2-3 days, and even it is warm. I am worried this can cause a fire at home.

Thanks forehand

Rafael Rios

Hi Rafael,

Try this from the Ubuntu Forum.

Hello Robert,

I read your post, the one you say "Dell has decided to support the "Modern Standby" from our partner Microsoft.".

Could you please inform the people from Dell you are connected to that I am writing an article about it and I will soon inform every airline company?

It is DANGEROUS and it can lead to fire if a laptop resumes itself, suddenly, while it is in a bag or even worse while it is in the overhead compartment. Could Dell ignore this?

The XPS line will be likely treated (banned) as the well known Samsung Note 7.

If you want to "support" a new feature just ensure it is safe and working before forcing the user to use it and deleting BIOS settings or, using a bit of common sense, just leave it off by default and let the user EXPERIMENT unstable modes like this. At least, it should be a choice, don't you think?

Thanks

Same problem here. Waiting for Dell to fix it.

Same problem on my side, obliged to use the hibernate option to ensure that it will not melt in my backpack... This is a pity. Probably my last Dell.