Hey guys, I'm back again =p. I love my 4780, I have it working perfectly, there is only one small problem I thought I'd bring up. The laptop has no problem going into hibernation mode, however when it returns the network connection disconnects/reconnects, it does this very quickly, but is annoying because services like AIM/mirc/etc have to reconnect each time this happens. Is there a way around this without disabling hibernation? I an planning on installing a wireless card as soon as I have some free time, but I still plan on using the regular ethernet from time to time.

On Windows XP do the following

Open the control panel

Open the network connections

Right click the NIC and go into properties

In the Local Area Connection Properties click the Configure tab under the Network Card

Go into the Power Mangement and uncheck the tab allowing the computer to turn off the NIC to save power

Click OK and close all open windows

You should now be good to go.

Thx, that is the ONE dialog box I forgot to check =). Also this must be the new forum layout.

Well, I have my wireless card setup and working (w00t), but when the laptop hibernates, the card gets shut off (even though I have "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" unchecked)... any ideas?

same with mine..... any one kno?

When you put the computer in hibernate do you close the cover? The lappy is designed to power all devices off when the cover is closed. You have to go into power management to change that setting.

Also check your power settings in the control panel. Set system standby to Never on both battery and Plugged in mode.

Hope this helps

When you hibernate the computer, you save the RAM contents to disk, and COMPLETELY lose power to everything in the system. There is no way you can keep your network connections running while the computer is hibernating. It's like a desktop PC doing regular network activity while the machine is off). The reason the system tells you the connection is reset when you resume from hibernation is because the computer thinks it's still in a previous state.. with your network connections running and all.. because that's what was saved to RAM the instant before it hibernated. Obviously, upon un-hibernating, those connections are long gone. The NIC has to reset to accomodate for this instant change. So although it looks like AIM and your other programs were running the whole time, they actually weren't.

I think that you are confusing Hibernate with Standby. In standby mode, devices can be powered off and then dynamically powered back on if they need to be. I believe that you will be able to accomplish what you want if you go into Standby Mode and Do Not go into Hibernation.

As other people have mentioned: No, there's no way around it. The only difference between "Hibernation" and "Off" is that, with hibernation, the computer writes its memory to disk first before shutdown. In both hibernation and off states the computer is powered down completely, and cannot maintain a network connection.

Like G-Omaha said, what you want is Standby.

I think that an additional difference between Hibernation and Shutdown is that:

1). The Hibernate light is activated.
2). The keyboard is activated to enable powerup and restore sequence.

If you are attempting the "Wake Up Upon Activity" that many network cards provide for desktops, I don't believe that this will be possible when using a wireless network connection - even on a desktop. I don't think that the Built-in network adapter has the "Wake Up Upon Activity" feature.