Inspiron 17R Wake from Suspend

Try updating the system BIOS and video drivers, use the following link to troubleshoot:

http://dell.to/mMSUMf

Hope this works for you.

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BIOS is currently on the latest version, and video drivers (both for Intel on-chip graphics, and the nvidia discrete graphics) are up to date.

With most laptops (The Inspiron 17R being an exception) supporting a docking station, and more and more users using laptops as desktop replacements it is a very normal case for a laptop to be used with the lid closed, and most do indeed support waking them over USB with the lid closed.  Designing a laptop in such a way, without allowing the OS to control the power management state of the USB Root Hub to keep it powered in the sleep state in order to wake the computer, would IMHO be a serious design oversight.

Hello,

 I would request you to help me with few details for understanding the situation.

-- Do you have a docking station connected to your computer?
-- If yes, have you connected the keyboard and mouse to usb ports of docking station or to the usb ports of the computer?
-- Ensure the USB Power Share in system BIOS is enabled.
To enter system BIOS, Restart the computer and keep tapping F2 at the Dell logo screen. Check if the USB Power Share option is enabled.
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No docking station -- the Inspiron 17R Doesn't have the E-Port connector that some of the older Inspiron systems had -- I was just using the fact that many laptops include docks for the express purpose of being used with the lid closed as a counter to the comment that laptops are designed to be used only with the lid open.

In fact, the Inspiron 17R is marketed as a "Desktop Replacement", laptop (http://www.dell.com/is/p/inspiron-17r-n7110/pd), which are typically designed to attach external peripherals to, and use one would use as a desktop system, with the extra benefit of being to take it with you as a laptop.

I did check in the BIOS, and USB Power Share is in fact enabled.  I checked with USB PowerShare enabled and disabled, as well as having the USB Keyboard plugged into an attached hub, and attached directly to the computer.  In all configurations, the keyboard did not wake the laptop from sleep.

Even with the lid open, I notice the same behavior; moving the USB mouse or pressing a key on the USB keyboard do not wake the computer from sleep, even though the option in the Windows Device Manager's "Power Management" tab is selected to allow the device to wake the computer.

I also tried disabling the "Allow Windows to Manage the Power to this Device" option in the USB Root Hubs in the Device Manager, thinking that the system was shutting off the root hubs in the sleep state to save power, but this also did not allow the computer to wake on USB Input.

Hi,

I’d request you to private message me the system service tag number. To private message, accept my friend request; click on my user name and click start conversation. 
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In the bios there is a function under advanced called usb wake. Might try to enable that.

Did it work?