Could be an accumulation of dust, or could be a faulty fan - either way, you need to isolate and fix the cause, or you will soon have a totally dead notebook.
Well, it appears to have nothing to do with the network connection. Checked 'wake on lan'--it was off. Also, upgraded to A14 for the bios.
Played around a little more, and have narrowed it down to my Logitech mouse. When it is plugged in, no standby. When I unplug it, standby as usual. Unfortunately, unplugging the mouse after the laptop has gone into faux standby does nothing.
Tried some other mice, and they didn't cause the same problem.
So, if you have a Logitech MX510, be a little careful. I'm going to try some new drivers, and see if that solves the problem.
Also, just incase it makes a difference, the power led (the 1rst led on the left side of the 4-led bank) blinks every 1.5 seconds for .25 seconds (.25 seconds on, then 1.5 seconds off).
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If I disconnect the network cable, the computer goes into standby. If I don't disconnect the network cable, it doesn't (it just looks like it has).
Thanks anyway,
-rc
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Well, it appears to have nothing to do with the network connection. Checked 'wake on lan'--it was off. Also, upgraded to A14 for the bios.
Played around a little more, and have narrowed it down to my Logitech mouse. When it is plugged in, no standby. When I unplug it, standby as usual. Unfortunately, unplugging the mouse after the laptop has gone into faux standby does nothing.
Tried some other mice, and they didn't cause the same problem.
So, if you have a Logitech MX510, be a little careful. I'm going to try some new drivers, and see if that solves the problem.
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-rc
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November 30th, 2006 01:00
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_other&message.id=297100
Peter
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Thank you very much Peter,
-rc