I'm currently having this same problem with an Inspirion 8600, and it seems to be getting progressively worse and is becoming a certainty when removed from the docking station. It boots up through that first basic system screen, I get no XP loading at all. It just immediately goes to a black screen with white lettering telling me that the "computer is docked" and to hit "F1 to shutdown".
It won't even allow me to the F2 into bios at any point in the boot proccess. Which is amazingly frustrating, as getting into the bios is a little like opening the hood of your car. Maybe you won't be able to do anything in there to fix the problem, but at least you look like your doing something.
Yes, I'm very sure I'm undocking correctly.
This problem first happened when using projector (Dell).
If I boot it up undocked _with_ the power adaptor then unplug the power adaptor after Windows starts then it runs on the battery just fine.
If I boot it up undocked _without_ the power adaptor I get the error message and have to shut it down and reboot.
I checked the BIOS during startup and it says that it is undocked but if I continue from that point I get the error message about the computer being docked but only on battery power.
Has anyone seen a fix for this? Thanks for any help you can give.
Hisssssssss
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February 25th, 2005 16:00
I'm currently having this same problem with an Inspirion 8600, and it seems to be getting progressively worse and is becoming a certainty when removed from the docking station. It boots up through that first basic system screen, I get no XP loading at all. It just immediately goes to a black screen with white lettering telling me that the "computer is docked" and to hit "F1 to shutdown".
It won't even allow me to the F2 into bios at any point in the boot proccess. Which is amazingly frustrating, as getting into the bios is a little like opening the hood of your car. Maybe you won't be able to do anything in there to fix the problem, but at least you look like your doing something.
Yes, I'm very sure I'm undocking correctly.
This problem first happened when using projector (Dell).
Johnson58
6 Posts
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March 21st, 2005 18:00
Dharts
5 Posts
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October 6th, 2005 18:00
If I boot it up undocked _with_ the power adaptor then unplug the power adaptor after Windows starts then it runs on the battery just fine.
If I boot it up undocked _without_ the power adaptor I get the error message and have to shut it down and reboot.
I checked the BIOS during startup and it says that it is undocked but if I continue from that point I get the error message about the computer being docked but only on battery power.
Has anyone seen a fix for this? Thanks for any help you can give.
aodiov
7 Posts
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October 13th, 2005 02:00