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Dell Inspiron 6000 won't wake up after I close screen lid..

post #1 of 23
12/19/05 at 6:45pm
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Sometimes when I close my lid on my laptop, it won't wake up. The power light on the screen (the circle with the little line) is on, i try moving around the touchpad and pressing the keys but the screen wont kick in. I tried pressing the power button, thinking it was hibernating or something but nope. The only way I get the screen back is holding the power button down and then turning it back on. Maybe I changed something in the Dell Quickset battery settings, is there anyway to set this to default, it never happened before.
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post #2 of 23
12/19/05 at 7:36pm
Yeah i've had that problem before..... common Dell Insprion problem, Screen Won't come back on.
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post #3 of 23
12/19/05 at 7:57pm
update the bios to a09. that fixed mine.
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post #4 of 23
12/19/05 at 8:44pm
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Originally Posted by chevyrulz099
update the bios to a09. that fixed mine.
where can i get this bios?
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post #5 of 23
12/19/05 at 9:10pm
Wal-Mart

http://support.dell.com/support/down...&fileid=142094
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post #6 of 23
12/20/05 at 11:25pm
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i already have that bios version (A09) it happened again today
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post #7 of 23
12/21/05 at 12:04am
You have to press the power button.
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post #8 of 23
12/21/05 at 12:34am
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i have, its not hibernating
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post #9 of 23
12/21/05 at 12:46am
try updating the video card drivers. maybe when resuming it has a bad driver config.
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post #10 of 23
12/21/05 at 1:16am
My 6000 did the same thing a while back. I had to disconnect the battery to be able to boot up again. I changed my settings to "do nothing" when I close my lid now and don't use the hibernate feature that way anymore -wasn't worth the trouble and I don't need the feature, but if you come up with the answer I will try it again.
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post #11 of 23
12/21/05 at 2:41am
I have this problem sometimes coming out of standby on my 710m. The screen doesn't come back on and I have to turn it off and on again. Quite annoying.
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post #12 of 23
12/21/05 at 1:15pm
have you all tried upgrading the chipset, notebook sys soft, bios, and video card stuff?

i had this problem a while back, and have never had it again after the updates.
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post #13 of 23
12/21/05 at 2:55pm
I have A09 and have the problem; though, it only happens very occasionally. Think it is just par of the course with Windows and Standby. Unless it happens on a regular basis, I wouldn't worry about it. If it does happen regularily, start updating drivers. Goodluck.
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post #14 of 23
12/27/05 at 2:41am
Well, time to chime in.

I've got the same problem with my i6000d w/ A09.



Computer just goes into sleep and then returns to the desktop and just hangs at a black screen with a cursor.

Very very annoying.
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post #15 of 23
12/27/05 at 3:50pm
i think its a dell design flaw......
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post #16 of 23
12/27/05 at 6:59pm
I have had this issue once on my i6000d, with A09 bios. I've only had the notebook for about a week, and it's onlyhappened once, but it was exactly as everyone in this thread described.
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post #17 of 23
12/27/05 at 9:50pm
this problem seems to be much more common with ati cards than nvidia.
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post #18 of 23
12/28/05 at 3:38am
It happened to me twice...first time i waited about 5 minutes before the screen finally came back on...second time i waited as long, held down my power button, let it turn off, then rebooted and i haven't had the problem since (this stuff happened a few months back)

My screen is set to do nothing when it shuts off...I have my lappy on all the time
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post #19 of 23
1/14/06 at 4:38am
This was happening to me, but when i changed the screen saver to the 3D Text option the screensaver would always show when opened up the i6000d if i let it sit long enough for the screen saver to come on. Then i just touch the pad and it goes away and i type in my password and my screen works fine? Sometimes in other screensavers the screen stays black and i touch the screen to wake it up and it stays black so i have to type my password even though I can't see anything. I assumed the password prompt came up so after I type it and push enter...then finally the screen turns on. bleh. I'm just gonna keep it on that 3D Text screensaver lol.
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post #20 of 23
1/15/06 at 2:51am
mine used to do that.. i formatted and it went away.
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