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Most Bizarre PC Problem- any ideas?
« on: February 16, 2008, 06:46:12 AM » |
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everytime my laptop goes into hibernation mode or gets a windows update (which is a lot in the last few days!) the wireless card loses its connection to my router and normal 'repair' doesnt work. it views the available networks, so it isn't completely broken, and if i run a tcp/ip stack reset while it's trying the repair then it just magically , instantly, 'fixes'  |
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Re: Most Bizarre PC Problem- any ideas?
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2008, 08:47:21 AM » |
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Re: Most Bizarre PC Problem- any ideas?
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2008, 09:21:48 AM » |
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somebody had to.
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Re: Most Bizarre PC Problem- any ideas?
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2008, 09:34:09 AM » |
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Re: Most Bizarre PC Problem- any ideas?
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2008, 09:40:43 AM » |
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Re: Most Bizarre PC Problem- any ideas?
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2008, 09:48:55 AM » |
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I used to have something similar to this a while ago. What kind of wifi adapter are you packing? Built into the laptop? PCMCIA/PC card? (looks like you said card, what model?)
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Re: Most Bizarre PC Problem- any ideas?
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2008, 09:53:27 AM » |
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Sometimes wireless sucks
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Re: Most Bizarre PC Problem- any ideas?
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2008, 09:54:35 AM » |
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What happens if you go to |Power Options|Hibernate and uncheck "Enable Hibernation"? Does that change the behavior at all?
I'm curious if the problem happens in both "System Standby" mode as well as "Hibernate" mode.
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Re: Most Bizarre PC Problem- any ideas?
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2008, 10:20:18 AM » |
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Another question: Does the same behavior happen when you use the either the Windows Wifi or the manufacturer's wifi software? My problems were with an internal Intel 2200BG wifi adapter and were similar to this: http://forums.techguy.org...nection-breaks-after.html |
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Re: Most Bizarre PC Problem- any ideas?
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2008, 10:36:07 AM » |
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ill try the unenable hibernate- no idea yet
regarding hardware:
dell inspiron 1150 craptop with builtin dell wlan 1350 mini-pci card, driver from broadcom 3.40.73.0
controlled by built in dell/windows wifi manager software
regarding software: windows xp, sp2 with all current updates, microsoft office, kaspersky is 7.0 (with all current updates) , and firefox -- almost nothing else installed (putty , winscp, etc).
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Re: Most Bizarre PC Problem- any ideas?
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2008, 10:39:16 AM » |
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i suppose i can write some sort of script to automate running the tcp/ip stack reset, it's just silly to need to
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Re: Most Bizarre PC Problem- any ideas?
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2008, 02:22:08 PM » |
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Re: Most Bizarre PC Problem- any ideas?
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2008, 02:44:39 PM » |
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dell inspiron 1150 craptop with builtin dell wlan 1350 mini-pci card, driver from broadcom 3.40.73.0
Is that broadcom driver the same as this one? http://support.dell.com/s...libid=5&fileid=152055 |
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Re: Most Bizarre PC Problem- any ideas?
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2008, 03:33:12 PM » |
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yeh, i think so. i mean, i have dl'd and run that patch
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Re: Most Bizarre PC Problem- any ideas?
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2008, 04:27:59 PM » |
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