Posts by Vchat20

It's once again back to happening every time I close the laptop whether im on battery or AC power. And its instantaneous as to when it happens. I can close it and like a half second later open it and it will be blank. I've been trying...

Actually, it looks as if the problems still happening and there have been a few occasions where my simple RDC in, login, close connection bit hasnt worked and I indeed had to force it into hibernation or hard shutdown to get the screen...

Quote: Originally Posted by swatx Hardware wise, keep the notebook sorroundings clean. Dont put any bottles, drinks or eat near the laptop. Do not put any weight on the laptop itself. IF you follow these simple rules...

Actually so far with the laptop running all day, the new graphics drivers seem to solve the issue.

Well, I cant say this is a definite fix until I test it a few more times but it doesnt hurt to try: I just looked on the intel website and theyve got some new drivers available for their onboard graphics cards. devmgr lists the newest...

Ok. Let me explain the situation. I currently have my power settings set to where closing the laptop is set for 'do nothing' and merely shuts the screen off leaving the OS unphased. More recently ive come across an issue where when...

Sorry for bringing back an old topic but I have to ask one question. In the case of my laptop specifically with the 910/915 chipset I have not seen any 'visible' difference between of the chipset drivers on dell's site and those...

well, my biggest concern is that Ive always been told by various sources that I should go for the manufacturers site first and foremost for drivers. But dell's drivers always seem to be extremely outdated.

Ok. one thing has crossed my mind. Today I went through and did another reformat on my laptop to clean things up a bit. During the process of installing all my drivers, I took a different route this time. seeing as a few things on here...

Stupid question and it prolly doesnt relate to i8k any, but ive been using i9k happily for a while now except one major bug: Anytime I return from standby or hibernate, the fans will get stuck on high speed and the only thing I can do to...