Are you attempting to place your 8200 in "Always On" mode so you can access it from a remote computer?

Bill

Inspiron 600m
Inspiron 8200
Inspiron 8100 

Hi Bill,

Well, yes, I want it to stay "always on" but I already have it set that way under Windows Power Management.  What I'm trying to figure out is why she still goes into standby when every option I can see for power saving and hibernate, etc, is shut off.

Aaron

Hey Bill,

Good thinking but I don't think thats it.  This used to be my main computer, and I'd use it for 12+ hours at a time and never once did it shut off on me, until it just started to "sit."

Aaron

Aaron, have you tried blowning out the fan housing with compressed air? That may help to keep it cooler, in the meantime. But again, I would not keep the 8200 on all the time for fear that it would eventually expire from over-heating.

EDIT:http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,103727,00.asp

For the past month (or so), our Dell  Inspiron  1100 has been overheating. After 30 minutes to an hour of use it’d just turn off from getting too hot.

http://www.danandsherree.com/2004/07/18/our_dell_inspiron_11.php

Bill

Inspiron 600m
Inspiron 8200
Inspiron 8100

Message Edited by billw020104 on 02-07-200503:04 PM

Message Edited by billw020104 on 02-07-200503:08 PM

Message Edited by billw020104 on 02-07-2005 03:08 PM

Aaron, this is just a guess but since a great deal of notebook failure is due to heat, there may be some sort of internal thermostat that shuts it down. I would never opt to leave a notebook "always on" because of this. I know my 8200 runs hot with the Pentium 4 chip in it (the fan turns on quite often even when it is idling). You have experienced the same thing I would bet. The P4 should have never been ued in a notebook, in my opinion. Thankfully, they came out with the Pentium M that I have in my 600m and man does it run cool.

My 8100 which has the P3 in it, is very cool and the fan hardly ever runs. The 8100 and 8200 are very similar except for the P chip. I hope this helps, but I have no other ideas. Have you searched the Intel or Microsoft knowledge base?

Bill

Inspiron 600m
Inspiron 8200
Inspiron 8100

Take a look at this. Link shows up quite often on the msg boards.

By using this software you are changing the thermal management of your DELL notebook.

http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/

EDIT: (from another's post)

Go to http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/ and download this program.  Now you'll be able to monitor your temps.  If necessary, go into the options menu of the program and go to the "Status Reading" tab to find where you can active it to monitor your HD and DIMM temps.  I believe the CPU is the only one standard.  I use this all the time to monitor temps.  For reference you should see the following temps......

CPU should be at 35-55 depending on whether you're idle or working
HD should be at 40-50     "                    "                             "
DIMM should be at 40-50   "                    "                              "

A big sign that you're runnin hotter than normal is if any of the above go higher than the #'s I've listed.  51 isn't bad, but 60 *is*......(for example).  Report back here.

Bill

Inspiron 600m
Inspiron 8200
Inspiron 8100

Message Edited by billw020104 on 02-07-2005 08:02 PM

Hi Aaron...I have never had any reason to use it but I see that a lot of those on the forum do so that's why I passed it along to you. Best to throw out any questions you have to the board. Keep me posted if this helps to solve your problem.

EDIT: I think that quote I pulled was from quitepc...you might PM him. He is very helpful.

Bill

Inspiron 600m
Inspiron 8200
Inspiron 8100

Message Edited by billw020104 on 02-08-2005 08:35 PM

Hi Bill,

Wow, what a great utility.  Putting the CPU under an intensive load for a few seconds pushed the temp up to 75c.  The average temp at rest was about 65.  The HD was at 48 and the DIMM didn't report.  Any suggestions?  It seems that there is some type of fan control in here, although I'm not sure I understand it.

Aaron