This is a poll -- to gather some statistics about those with 8600s and are encountering boot-up problems.
Characteristics of this problem:
1. After power button is pressed from COLD BOOT, the 3 LEDs (num, caps, scroll lock) next to...
i ended up uninstalling the dell wlan utility, then restarting and letting windows reinstall the minipci card. now i'm just using windows configuration, and it connects immediately upon startup.
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