Start -> click the 'small white circle with the vertical line at the top on a gold background' will put the Inspiron 530 to sleep. This agrees with your analysis and with the writing that appears when you roll the mouse over it. (By the way this symbol is the same as on the blue back-lit power on button on the Inspiron 530 and appears to be the universal Power On/Off symbol). It seems to me your problem was fixed by unchecking 'wake on directed packet' (WODP). If this is the case you can try to close this incident by selecting the 'verify answer' option. It would have been nice if Dell, when they shipped the system, had somehow warned us that the system could wake from sleep mode prematurely because of WODP. That way we wouldn't have had to go through the hassle of problem determination. That said, I am generally very pleased with my Inspiron 530 and hope that you are. Good Luck and Happy Inspiron 530 Computing.
I had the same problem with my Inspiron 530. The problem was Wake on Lan (WOL) setting for the network interface card (NIC). Try Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager -> Network Adapter Properties -> Power Management. I turned off 'Wake on Directed Packet' which wakes up the system when a lan packet is sent to the processor in my case by the broadband router. Less critically, I also turned off 'Wake on Link' which I think wakes up the processor when the router tries to establish a link. I also turned on 'Reduce Link speed during Standby' for power conservation.
If you turn off (uncheck) 'Wake on Directed Packet' the computer should not leave sleep mode unless you click the mouse or press the blinking power-on button. Your power options are probably OK as is. - After 20 minutes of inactivity your display goes into power saving mode and can be woken by just moving (jiggling) the mouse, and after 1 hour the computer goes to sleep mode to be woken by clicking the mouse. I think Dell set up the balanced mode for processor power usage which is mid-way between high power and power saver. If the display blanks out too soon it is irritating as you could be passively watching a program on the internet and the display blanks out requiring you to periodically jiggle the mouse.
thanks seems to be working like it is, I just walk away and 10 mins shut down on its own & wakes up by touching either or mouse or keyboard. I have not tried going to start going to arrow and choosing sleep from drop down list, I don't wanna chance having to do a hard restart (I guess thats what you call it . I guess I will have to live with it like this, have you tried going to start and going to arrow and choosing sleep from drop down list, does it come back up when you touch your mouse oor keyboard??? thanks
You should be able to initiate immediate 'sleep mode' by selecting start -> arrow -> sleep or start -> click what looks like a power button before the lock and the arrow. The system will wake when you click the mouse or press the flashing power on button on the chassis. The system is quite robust so you are not going to damage it by trying these features. At your leisure, if you haven't already, you should also try start -> arrow -> restart, and start -> arrow -> shutdown. After downloading and installing software you usually have to restart the system for it to take effect. I shutdown my system at night and when I'm not using it. I put it to sleep when I'm in the middle of something and have to leave it for a while. Sometimes I leave the system for longer than expected and come back to find it has put itself to sleep saving energy, money, and component wear which is why the feature was developed.
thanks you have been very helpful, so do you mean click that little circle its right next to search box its white with gold background ?? if I roll my mouse over it it says saves session in lower prower state that button right??? Thats the same as sleep right???
If I do that my computer should come back up if I touch my mouse or keyboard????? oh I see you said yes,maybe since I changed the setting like you said above it will work now.I just don't wanna have to have a hard shutdown or unplug again but I won't know till I do that so I will later and post back.
I have tried all of these it works fine doing this (At your leisure, if you haven't already, you should also try start -> arrow -> restart, and start -> arrow -> shutdown)
is that what you mean just try those and make sure they are working??? Yes they do???
Thanks so much for your post, it sounds very helpful but when I go to Network Adapter Properies, there is no Power Management option? When I click the "+" sign it shows underneath "Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller" and "Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card". And if I right click and choose Properites, it just shows a "Gerneral" tab with "Network adapters" underneath, and there's nothing to click. I'm on a different Inspiron but I still have Vista, so it should be the same right?
MichaelCC
7 Posts
1
April 10th, 2009 15:00
Start -> click the 'small white circle with the vertical line at the top on a gold background' will put the Inspiron 530 to sleep. This agrees with your analysis and with the writing that appears when you roll the mouse over it. (By the way this symbol is the same as on the blue back-lit power on button on the Inspiron 530 and appears to be the universal Power On/Off symbol). It seems to me your problem was fixed by unchecking 'wake on directed packet' (WODP). If this is the case you can try to close this incident by selecting the 'verify answer' option. It would have been nice if Dell, when they shipped the system, had somehow warned us that the system could wake from sleep mode prematurely because of WODP. That way we wouldn't have had to go through the hassle of problem determination. That said, I am generally very pleased with my Inspiron 530 and hope that you are. Good Luck and Happy Inspiron 530 Computing.
MichaelCC
7 Posts
0
April 3rd, 2009 18:00
I had the same problem with my Inspiron 530. The problem was Wake on Lan (WOL) setting for the network interface card (NIC). Try Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager -> Network Adapter Properties -> Power Management. I turned off 'Wake on Directed Packet' which wakes up the system when a lan packet is sent to the processor in my case by the broadband router. Less critically, I also turned off 'Wake on Link' which I think wakes up the processor when the router tries to establish a link. I also turned on 'Reduce Link speed during Standby' for power conservation.
perplexeds
31 Posts
0
April 3rd, 2009 20:00
Great directions by the way
thanks mine are like this
Power saving option
reduce linkspeed during standby (checked)
reduce power if cable disconnect
wake on lan
wake on directed packet(checked)
wake on magic packet
wake on magic packet from power off state
wake on link
what do you have your setting on under power options
change when computer sleeps
there is
balanced -this is chosen
power saver
high performance
Under power options over to your left
when you click choose when to turn off display
what do I pick, it has 20 min for display and
an hour for computer
when I click choose when the computer sleeps
it has the same time, I don't understand?
thanks
MichaelCC
7 Posts
0
April 4th, 2009 02:00
If you turn off (uncheck) 'Wake on Directed Packet' the computer should not leave sleep mode unless you click the mouse or press the blinking power-on button. Your power options are probably OK as is. - After 20 minutes of inactivity your display goes into power saving mode and can be woken by just moving (jiggling) the mouse, and after 1 hour the computer goes to sleep mode to be woken by clicking the mouse. I think Dell set up the balanced mode for processor power usage which is mid-way between high power and power saver. If the display blanks out too soon it is irritating as you could be passively watching a program on the internet and the display blanks out requiring you to periodically jiggle the mouse.
perplexeds
31 Posts
0
April 6th, 2009 16:00
thanks seems to be working like it is, I just walk away and 10 mins shut down on its own & wakes up by touching either or mouse or keyboard. I have not tried going to start going to arrow and choosing sleep from drop down list, I don't wanna chance having to do a hard restart (I guess thats what you call it . I guess I will have to live with it like this, have you tried going to start and going to arrow and choosing sleep from drop down list, does it come back up when you touch your mouse oor keyboard??? thanks
MichaelCC
7 Posts
0
April 7th, 2009 17:00
You should be able to initiate immediate 'sleep mode' by selecting start -> arrow -> sleep or start -> click what looks like a power button before the lock and the arrow. The system will wake when you click the mouse or press the flashing power on button on the chassis. The system is quite robust so you are not going to damage it by trying these features. At your leisure, if you haven't already, you should also try start -> arrow -> restart, and start -> arrow -> shutdown. After downloading and installing software you usually have to restart the system for it to take effect. I shutdown my system at night and when I'm not using it. I put it to sleep when I'm in the middle of something and have to leave it for a while. Sometimes I leave the system for longer than expected and come back to find it has put itself to sleep saving energy, money, and component wear which is why the feature was developed.
perplexeds
31 Posts
0
April 8th, 2009 06:00
thanks you have been very helpful, so do you mean click that little circle its right next to search box its white with gold background ?? if I roll my mouse over it it says saves session in lower prower state that button right??? Thats the same as sleep right???
If I do that my computer should come back up if I touch my mouse or keyboard????? oh I see you said yes,maybe since I changed the setting like you said above it will work now.I just don't wanna have to have a hard shutdown or unplug again but I won't know till I do that so I will later and post back.
I have tried all of these it works fine doing this (At your leisure, if you haven't already, you should also try start -> arrow -> restart, and start -> arrow -> shutdown)
is that what you mean just try those and make sure they are working??? Yes they do???
Thanks so much you explain things so well.
oh what does that verify answer button do please!
xxamyk
4 Posts
0
August 17th, 2009 12:00
Thanks so much for your post, it sounds very helpful but when I go to Network Adapter Properies, there is no Power Management option? When I click the "+" sign it shows underneath "Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller" and "Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card". And if I right click and choose Properites, it just shows a "Gerneral" tab with "Network adapters" underneath, and there's nothing to click. I'm on a different Inspiron but I still have Vista, so it should be the same right?
Thanks so much in advance!!