Wireless dead after waking from standby (XPS 1530)

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Hi Everyone, I hope you can help as I am out of ideas with this problem I am having. I just took delivery of an XPS 1530 laptop . I followed a post on how to install XP on it and it's all working great except for a wireless issue I am having. I am using the Intel Pro 3945ABG wireless card. I put the laptop to sleep by closing the lid and when I open the lid again the machine wakes up but the wireless is dead. I have read elsewhere on this forum (Thanks Mary G) that the driver is not waking up after being in sleep mode and  that the power management needs to be disabled so XP doesn't turn off the wireless NIC, I have done this but the problem is still there. I have removed the drivers, rebooted and allowed XP to install it automatically but that didn't help. I have also removed the driver and used the Intel driver from the Dell site but still no help. Only rebooting fixes the issue. To test I ran a ping and closed the lid. I then opened the lid and the wireless icon on the system tray shows disconnected. In the network properties the network also shows disconnected. When I repair the connection it takes f.o.r.e.v.e.r to complete, if it completes at all suggesting the driver isn't there. When I look at the utility that managed the wireless networks, my network doesn't show up even though I'm sitting next to it and it reported an excellent signal strength prior to the sleep. I tried the Windows WZC with no success.I tried un-installing the Intel utility and only leaving the wireless NIC driver but this didn't help eitherI tried using hibernation but no change (didn't really expect it to help)I checked the BIOS settings and all looked OK thereI have tested this on a wired connection and it wakes up fine. I have run out of options and if this doesn't work then I'll need to re-install Vista which I'd rather not do, However I am not convinced that a vista upgrade will work either as other people in this forum are using Vista with the same issue and the hardware and driver will be the same, I guess I have to install Vista before contacting Dell support as I would imagine they won't give me any help with XP on this laptop. As a side note, my screen was black when waking from sleep but installing the Vostro 1500 graphics driver for XP fixed that, didn't help for the network though. Thanks for your help, Ally XPS M1530Core2 Duo T7250, 2.0 GHz2Gb RAM256Mb 8600M Graphics200Gb SATA

Pawk · Answer

Standby/Hibernation has been broken for ages. It can kill drivers for anything that would normally prefer to stay running (wireless, blue tooth, et cetera). The fix is to not use Windows, unfortunately.

Or hope that the mythic SP3 fixes it.

ally0000 · Answer

Hi,

Thanks for your reply and I do agree that something is not right but loads of other people seem to use the XPS 1530 and XP with no issues so I am not really wanting to give up.

Do you think moving back to Vista will make any difference apart from allowing me to contact Dell support?

Thanks

Ally

Pawk · Answer

Vista might have the same or similar issues. It's really how Windows' Standby/hibernation routine and the driver react to one another. sometimes it works hand in hand, and sometimes it's oil and water.

Microsoft has never fully addressed the issues, and may never. SP1 is supposed to, but from what I've heard, it does so by breaking a lot of other functions.

Tijaune · Answer

Instead of repair the connection when that happened, have you tried just to switch the wireless slider to off, wait 5 seconds then on again.

Also, in "Network and Sharing Center" / "Manage wireless networks", make sure that you only 1 occurence of your wireless router connection. Problem arise when there are multiple entries here.

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ally0000 · Answer

Hi All,

I am delighted to say I found a fix for this last night. I went through a load of Intel drivers and this one works great, standby mode works flawlessly.

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/13002/eng/11.5.0.0_x32.exe

Thanks for all your help, and I hope this helps others.

Cheers,

Ally

MattMIller747 · Answer

HI    I've got the same problem using Vista;  and I just tried to see if there was an updated driver to no avail!

bmacauley · Answer

I've upgraded the wireless drivers on my M1530 (Vista)as mentioned in this this thread.

This fix does not work. When powering up from 'sleep' mode, the wireless is disabled. Its a bit annoying.

Futhermore, I've just installed SP1 for Vista, and it doesn't resolve the problem either

Brian

MattMIller747 · Answer

Since I posted my email, I spoke to Dell and they told me of a MS "KB" FIX! It seems to work! It does take a minute +/- to re-establish full internet, but it does connect!

Forgive me, but I just tried to look up the KB # and its not listed in my Add/Remove ?????

But if you call Dell, they should be able to tell you!

nopo · Answer

Hello, i have the same problem, i saw this answer but the link (http://downloadmirror.intel.com/13002/eng/11.5.0.0_x32.exe) does not work, do you know other solucion or other link?

thanks

Message Edited by nopo on 08-18-2008 11:49 PM

smooth_bobo · Answer

Hello!

I have the same problem with my Wireless card and Windows Vista.

the link for pach in not work ( http://downloadmirror.intel.com/13002/eng/11.5.0.0_x32.exe )

What I can doo for fix my problem ?

thnx

mrmodularus · Answer

I can solve the problem ... sort of ... with my studio 1535 using Vista 64 bit by quickly touching the power button. If the laptop hasn't been sleeping/hibernating long ... it wakes up pretty fast. If, on the other hand ... the laptop has been sleeping for an hour or two ... quickly pressing the power button wakes the laptop up, but ... it may take 30 seconds to wake up, but ... it does wake up. No need to reboot.

There's got to be a grander ( smarter ? ) way to wake up my laptop.

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