Laptop won't come out of Stand By
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From: Robert on 6 Mar 2010 12:07 Hello I purchased a used Dell D620 laptop a few months ago. It is working fine except for the last few days. I put it in Stand By to go to bed. The next morning I press the power on button and nothing happens. I unplug it and restart it and it's okay. Any ideas on how to avoid this? It could be something simple or obvious like how I'm pressing the button or something. Any ideas?
From: Unknown on 6 Mar 2010 14:22 The normal exit from standby on a DESKTOP is via the keyboard or mouse. Both have to be set up to do that. I do not have a LAPTOP but you might look into configuring the mouse pad and the keyboard especially if the laptop is 'plugged in'. Also look at power settings for power key settings. Is the power on key set to exit standby? "Robert" <readydougREMOVEERMVOE(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Xns9D337B40FD7A7cpq1bcle(a)209.197.15.222... > Hello > > I purchased a used Dell D620 laptop a few months ago. It is working fine > except for the last few days. I put it in Stand By to go to bed. The > next > morning I press the power on button and nothing happens. I unplug it and > restart it and it's okay. Any ideas on how to avoid this? It could be > something simple or obvious like how I'm pressing the button or something. > Any ideas?
From: Jose on 7 Mar 2010 15:05 On Mar 6, 12:07 pm, Robert <readydougREMOVEERM...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello > > I purchased a used Dell D620 laptop a few months ago. It is working fine > except for the last few days. I put it in Stand By to go to bed. The next > morning I press the power on button and nothing happens. I unplug it and > restart it and it's okay. Any ideas on how to avoid this? It could be > something simple or obvious like how I'm pressing the button or something.. > Any ideas? How did it use to work and how do you think it should work? I always get suspicious of the laptop batterie when there is any kind of power issue involving things that use to work and then don't work the same anymore. Doesn't that thing have a battery indicator and what is it indicating? What dos it look like when you go to bed and then when you wake up? The Dell documentation says: Health Gauge The battery operating time is largely determined by the number of times it is charged. After hundreds of charge and discharge cycles, batteries lose some charge capacity, or battery health. To check the battery health, press and hold the status button on the battery charge gauge for at least 3 seconds. If no lights appear, the battery is in good condition, and more than 80 percent of its original charge capacity remains. Each light represents incremental degradation. If five lights appear, less than 60 percent of the charge capacity remains, and you should consider replacing the battery. See Specifications for more information about the battery operating time. Stand By also introduces a greater amount of data corruption risk than Hibernation, but apparently there are times when Stand By is appropriate, but I will never use it. The same documentation says: NOTICE: If your computer loses AC and battery power while in standby mode, it may lose data. You may want to read the Dell documentation about checking the battery, entering and emerging from standby mode and reconsider your power options at bed time or do some battery shopping. http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/latd620/en/UG/battery.htm
From: Jose on 7 Mar 2010 15:15 On Mar 6, 12:07 pm, Robert <readydougREMOVEERM...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello > > I purchased a used Dell D620 laptop a few months ago. It is working fine > except for the last few days. I put it in Stand By to go to bed. The next > morning I press the power on button and nothing happens. I unplug it and > restart it and it's okay. Any ideas on how to avoid this? It could be > something simple or obvious like how I'm pressing the button or something.. > Any ideas? Oops - this might help since you bought it used: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/latd620/en/index.htm
From: Robert on 10 Mar 2010 06:12
I never use the battery. The battery has been removed. I also have a monitor and mouse connected to it and keep the laptop closed. When I'm finished for the day I would do Start/Turn off computer/Stand by to put the computer in stand by. Then the next day I would open the laptop and press the power button and it would start. I've done it many times. For the last few days it doesn't work. I've tried looking at the user's manual online but can't find anything about it. I'm going to try it doing it again. I've been closing the lid after I put it in stand by. Maybe I should leave it open. "Jose" <jose_ease(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:8f30e1b6-03ce-4229-a761-7f15132c526e(a)j27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... On Mar 6, 12:07 pm, Robert <readydougREMOVEERM...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello > > I purchased a used Dell D620 laptop a few months ago. It is working fine > except for the last few days. I put it in Stand By to go to bed. The next > morning I press the power on button and nothing happens. I unplug it and > restart it and it's okay. Any ideas on how to avoid this? It could be > something simple or obvious like how I'm pressing the button or something. > Any ideas? How did it use to work and how do you think it should work? I always get suspicious of the laptop batterie when there is any kind of power issue involving things that use to work and then don't work the same anymore. Doesn't that thing have a battery indicator and what is it indicating? What dos it look like when you go to bed and then when you wake up? The Dell documentation says: Health Gauge The battery operating time is largely determined by the number of times it is charged. After hundreds of charge and discharge cycles, batteries lose some charge capacity, or battery health. To check the battery health, press and hold the status button on the battery charge gauge for at least 3 seconds. If no lights appear, the battery is in good condition, and more than 80 percent of its original charge capacity remains. Each light represents incremental degradation. If five lights appear, less than 60 percent of the charge capacity remains, and you should consider replacing the battery. See Specifications for more information about the battery operating time. Stand By also introduces a greater amount of data corruption risk than Hibernation, but apparently there are times when Stand By is appropriate, but I will never use it. The same documentation says: NOTICE: If your computer loses AC and battery power while in standby mode, it may lose data. You may want to read the Dell documentation about checking the battery, entering and emerging from standby mode and reconsider your power options at bed time or do some battery shopping. http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/latd620/en/UG/battery.htm |