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Switching from ac power to battery power causes black screen

post #1 of 12
8/2/07 at 7:48pm
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When I pull the power cord to switch to battery power while in Windows my lcd goes to black. The only way I get my video back is a hard reset and reboot. Later on I tried this and everything was back to normal. Why is this happening? Is this some weird standby? Thanks.

Dell Inspiron 1505 Bios A-14

Original Quickset installed by Dell
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post #2 of 12
8/3/07 at 8:27am
weird problem. id uninstall quickset first. that program gives me nothing but troubles
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post #3 of 12
8/3/07 at 7:26pm
get new video drivers from dell.com its a driver issue
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post #4 of 12
8/4/07 at 11:48am
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Originally Posted by kpxgq View Post
get new video drivers from dell.com its a driver issue
Unfortunately I am running the latest ATI drivers for the 1400 card from Dell
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post #5 of 12
8/4/07 at 11:50am
try the mobility drivers from ATI.

their all over net
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post #6 of 12
8/6/07 at 3:08pm
Bump, i also have this problem on my e1505 with new intel drivers
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post #7 of 12
8/16/07 at 6:00pm
I have had this problem fresh off a clean install of XP. Put the latest quickset application on and it should fix things. make sure you uninstall the old one first.
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post #8 of 12
8/16/07 at 10:37pm
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Originally Posted by greekflier View Post
I have had this problem fresh off a clean install of XP. Put the latest quickset application on and it should fix things. make sure you uninstall the old one first.
Thanks for the reply and the suggestion. I thought it might be a Quickset problem. I have not had a re occurrence in a while but if the problem returns I will definitely install that update as you suggested.
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post #9 of 12
8/19/07 at 12:48pm
I had this problem until I unchecked "enable power play" in the catalyst control center.
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post #10 of 12
8/19/07 at 3:26pm
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Originally Posted by cliegal View Post
I had this problem until I unchecked "enable power play" in the catalyst control center.
Thanks for the tip . I disabled powerplay as you suggested.
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post #11 of 12
8/19/07 at 4:19pm
Does anyone have the problem with a red vertical line on the lowest powerplay setting with the x1400 card?
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post #12 of 12
9/18/07 at 2:50pm
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Originally Posted by cliegal View Post
I had this problem until I unchecked "enable power play" in the catalyst control center.
I have not had the problem since applying your fix. Thank you very much. Digiti
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