As it turns out, I never got the Roxio CD creator re-installed after putting XP Pro on this machine. Something I need to do tomorrow when I'm in my office and have the Dell Utilities CD. I'm pretty confident that I can create the CD after that and that the new BIOS will solve my problems. Thanks!
I flashed my BIOS this morning to version A23. My power icon still won't stay in the system tray when I reboot,and now the battery status light on the front of the machine stopped working too!
My new 5100 will not recover from suspend. I had turned off my suspend features before I noticed the problem. With the suspend feature disabled the computer just locks up after being idle for 40 or so minutes. I turned the suspend feature back on and now it fails to recover as described in this thread. I was wondering if the 5150 has the same problem.
Have any of you turned off the suspend feature? If so does the computer lock up after being idle?
Upgrading the BIOS to A23 did not solve the "failure to resume" problem for me, but apparently upgrading DirectX did. Perhaps having the latest version of both is required. I always suspected that the problem was connected in some way to the monitor -- i.e. that the system may have been resuming, but the monitor was not. Having the symptom disappear after the DirectX upgrade gives some credence to this theory.
Just thought I would add a little tip I did to regain 'control' over my new Inspiron 5150 ... I was having the same problem of resuming after my computer went into Standby mode - either by choice or by power settings.
Heard that it may be due to Sound driver issues (don't know why - just try it), so I disabled my main sound driver in the device manager (right click on My Computer | Properties | Hardware tab | Device Manager tab | hit the '+' next to 'Sound, video, and game controllers' to expand the list). Mine is listed as "SigmaTel C-Major Audio". I just right clicked on it, hit disable, confirmed the message 'YES', and then closed all the windows. Put the computer in Standby and then hit the power button to resume - PRESTO !! - it worked!!
I then went back into the device manager and enabled the driver and now everything seems to be working fine ?
BTW - This also happens with my new wireless nic - it's a Microsoft MN-720 - standby works great when I don't use the card, but when it's in - it doesn't work ... haven't figured out how to get by this yet ...
The exact same problem (screen blank upon resume from suspend) developed on my new 8500 (see specs below) after a couple of weeks.
Installed all WinXP Updates and latest video drivers---No change.
Tried idea (found on this forum) of disabling audio drivers---No change.
Noticed a flagged device in the Device Manager. Turned out to be an M-systems flash memory USB disk (Memory in Black) for which I had let WinXP install the driver. USB disk has always worked fine but Device Manager said "not working properly."
I uninstalled the M-systems disk driver. Then immediately used suspend and tried to resume from suspend. Worked perfectly. Have had no more problems with Suspend/Resume cycle.
Hope this helps at least one other who is having this apparently widespread problem.
I found out after reinstalling all of my drivers with current drivers off the web that the ONLY problem I have now is my wireless network card (Microsoft MN-720). Computer goes into sleep fine, but does not come out if the network card is installed. If I take the card out before waking the computer up, everything works fine (except for some minor mouse control issues for the first few seconds).
Suspend works fine if I am hooked up to my network through a LAN cable in the back (no wireless card). Feel I can deal with this for now ....
nileshgh
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August 31st, 2003 19:00
I used the iso image. just download the iso file and double click on it. its avalable in the same place as the exe file
Barbara Peisch
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September 1st, 2003 18:00
Barbara Peisch
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September 2nd, 2003 19:00
khs8
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September 2nd, 2003 20:00
Many I5150 owners have your problem. Dell-Corey is inviting private messages to be sent to her:
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_bios&message.id=20347
Chainsaw56
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September 3rd, 2003 11:00
My new 5100 will not recover from suspend. I had turned off my suspend features before I noticed the problem. With the suspend feature disabled the computer just locks up after being idle for 40 or so minutes. I turned the suspend feature back on and now it fails to recover as described in this thread. I was wondering if the 5150 has the same problem.
Have any of you turned off the suspend feature? If so does the computer lock up after being idle?
High-Tech Refug
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September 4th, 2003 15:00
LADG
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November 23rd, 2003 02:00
Just thought I would add a little tip I did to regain 'control' over my new Inspiron 5150 ... I was having the same problem of resuming after my computer went into Standby mode - either by choice or by power settings.
Heard that it may be due to Sound driver issues (don't know why - just try it), so I disabled my main sound driver in the device manager (right click on My Computer | Properties | Hardware tab | Device Manager tab | hit the '+' next to 'Sound, video, and game controllers' to expand the list). Mine is listed as "SigmaTel C-Major Audio". I just right clicked on it, hit disable, confirmed the message 'YES', and then closed all the windows. Put the computer in Standby and then hit the power button to resume - PRESTO !! - it worked!!
I then went back into the device manager and enabled the driver and now everything seems to be working fine ?
BTW - This also happens with my new wireless nic - it's a Microsoft MN-720 - standby works great when I don't use the card, but when it's in - it doesn't work ... haven't figured out how to get by this yet ...
Message Edited by LADG on 11-22-2003 11:23 PM
NeedTheTruth
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November 29th, 2003 14:00
The exact same problem (screen blank upon resume from suspend) developed on my new 8500 (see specs below) after a couple of weeks.
Installed all WinXP Updates and latest video drivers---No change.
Tried idea (found on this forum) of disabling audio drivers---No change.
Noticed a flagged device in the Device Manager. Turned out to be an M-systems flash memory USB disk (Memory in Black) for which I had let WinXP install the driver. USB disk has always worked fine but Device Manager said "not working properly."
I uninstalled the M-systems disk driver. Then immediately used suspend and tried to resume from suspend. Worked perfectly. Have had no more problems with Suspend/Resume cycle.
Hope this helps at least one other who is having this apparently widespread problem.
/John
+ Inspiron 8500 ver A03 BIOS | Pentium M4 2.2GHz | WinXP Pro | 256MB 266DDR | 15.4 WUXGA | 30GB ATA | TrueMobile 802.11a/b/g
+ Broadband via SMC7004ABR NAT Router | Netgear WGR614 for Wireless AP
+ ECS K7S5A v1.1 | AMD XP 2100 w/Zalmon 6000-CU HS | Win2000 | 512MB Crucial PC133 | 20GB Maxtor Ultra
+ ECS K7S5A-pro | Athlon 700 | WinXP Pro Academic | 384MB PC133 | 40GB Maxtor Ultra
+ Emachines | Pentium II-400 | Win98 | 384MB PC100
+ ECS K7S5A-pro | AMD XP 2400 w/Zalmon 6000-CU HS | WinXP Pro Academic | 384MB PC133 | 120GB Seagate Ultra | [under construct]
LADG
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November 29th, 2003 23:00
I found out after reinstalling all of my drivers with current drivers off the web that the ONLY problem I have now is my wireless network card (Microsoft MN-720). Computer goes into sleep fine, but does not come out if the network card is installed. If I take the card out before waking the computer up, everything works fine (except for some minor mouse control issues for the first few seconds).
Suspend works fine if I am hooked up to my network through a LAN cable in the back (no wireless card). Feel I can deal with this for now ....