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Title: XP and laptop ?
Post by: Gunslinger on November 12, 2007, 07:11:57 PM

So my wife bought a Dell Insprion 1501 and it's great except she got it with windows vista wich ran at the speed of smell on this thing.

I convinced her to down/up grade to windows XP because it will run faster......wich it does.

I installed windows XP pro w/ SP2 on here and now every time we shut the thing instead of going into standby it restarts.  Is this a system setting or do I maybe have an error in the install.  I allready checked the CP and it says the profile is for a laptop.  My question is, is there a setting in there that I overlooked to make it go into standby when you close it?

Title: XP and laptop ?
Post by: Airscrew on November 12, 2007, 07:24:17 PM

Try checking the Power monitor settings?.... not sure might be a place to look

Title: Re: XP and laptop ?
Post by: 2bighorn on November 12, 2007, 07:28:21 PM

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Originally posted by Gunslinger
I installed windows XP pro w/ SP2 on here and now every time we shut the thing instead of going into standby it restarts.  Is this a system setting or do I maybe have an error in the install.  I allready checked the CP and it says the profile is for a laptop.  My question is, is there a setting in there that I overlooked to make it go into standby when you close it?

There's BIOS upgrade available here (http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&ServiceTag=&SystemID=INS_PNT_1501&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=)
which fixes 'resume' function.

I'll suggest downloading and installing chipset drivers too...

Title: XP and laptop ?
Post by: Gunslinger on November 12, 2007, 09:11:58 PM

flashed the bios and no joy.  It's really annoying that the computer restarts every time you close the lid

Title: XP and laptop ?
Post by: eagl on November 12, 2007, 10:39:01 PM

In the power settings menu somewhere, there should be a setting "on display close, do..."  There should be options for standby, hibernate, shut down, or do nothing.

I set it to "f%^&$&%^king do nothing until I tell you to do something you irritating little piece of crap!"

I follow that up with threats.  Opening up your window and dangling it out (ala wacko jacko parenting tip #69) seems to help get the point across, but maybe I'm just imagining that.

Go into power settings.  I find it by going to screensaver.  In any case, go to the advanced tab under power options properties.  On my computer, the setting is under the "power buttons" area.