Network Adapter Keeps Turning On and Off and On and Off and ...

One of my work laptops has just been upgraded and I'm now forced to run the
Very Incompetently designed, STupidly implemented operAting system
(VISTAsucks) on that laptop. Fortunately, all of my other computers are
remaining XP for the time being.

On this computer, a Dell Latitude D630, if the computer goes to sleep,
hibernates, or even if the disk drives shut down -- once I bring the
computer back up into operation, I'll get a message telling me that my
network adapter is on. Five seconds later a message that my network adapter
has been powered off to save power, Five seconds later a message to tell me
that my network adapter is on. Five seconds later a message that my network
adapter has been powered off to save power. Five seconds later ...

I can't tell what's actually happening, because sometimes I can still get
out to the network and sometimes I can't. Mostly I can't when this happens.

I've set every setting I can find to tell the system to keep the network
adapter running when I power back up. That includes:

Control Panel > Power Options > Edit Plan Settings,
Control Panel > System > Device Manager > Network Adapters,
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection > Power Management, and
Dell Quickset > Internal Network Card Power Management.

Anybody have an suggestions for me please?

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Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done.

If your Company upgraded your Laptop, give it back and have IT resolve the
issue

"JP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> One of my work laptops has just been upgraded and I'm now forced to run
> the
> Very Incompetently designed, STupidly implemented operAting system
> (VISTAsucks) on that laptop. Fortunately, all of my other computers are
> remaining XP for the time being.
>
> On this computer, a Dell Latitude D630, if the computer goes to sleep,
> hibernates, or even if the disk drives shut down -- once I bring the
> computer back up into operation, I'll get a message telling me that my
> network adapter is on. Five seconds later a message that my network
> adapter has been powered off to save power, Five seconds later a message
> to tell me that my network adapter is on. Five seconds later a message
> that my network adapter has been powered off to save power. Five seconds
> later ...
>
> I can't tell what's actually happening, because sometimes I can still get
> out to the network and sometimes I can't. Mostly I can't when this
> happens.
>
> I've set every setting I can find to tell the system to keep the network
> adapter running when I power back up. That includes:
>
> Control Panel > Power Options > Edit Plan Settings,
> Control Panel > System > Device Manager > Network Adapters,
> Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection > Power Management, and
> Dell Quickset > Internal Network Card Power Management.
>
> Anybody have an suggestions for me please?
>
> -------------
> Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done.
>
>

Your network adapter driver does not fully support sleep mode, it is only
providing basic functionality of the device. Contact Dell about this issue,
as they need to provide your with a driver that does. You may be able to
find one here:
http://support.dell.com/support/down...g=en&TabIndex=

Once you resolve this issue, it may help you with the other one you posted.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"JP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> One of my work laptops has just been upgraded and I'm now forced to run
> the
> Very Incompetently designed, STupidly implemented operAting system
> (VISTAsucks) on that laptop. Fortunately, all of my other computers are
> remaining XP for the time being.
>
> On this computer, a Dell Latitude D630, if the computer goes to sleep,
> hibernates, or even if the disk drives shut down -- once I bring the
> computer back up into operation, I'll get a message telling me that my
> network adapter is on. Five seconds later a message that my network
> adapter has been powered off to save power, Five seconds later a message
> to tell me that my network adapter is on. Five seconds later a message
> that my network adapter has been powered off to save power. Five seconds
> later ...
>
> I can't tell what's actually happening, because sometimes I can still get
> out to the network and sometimes I can't. Mostly I can't when this
> happens.
>
> I've set every setting I can find to tell the system to keep the network
> adapter running when I power back up. That includes:
>
> Control Panel > Power Options > Edit Plan Settings,
> Control Panel > System > Device Manager > Network Adapters,
> Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection > Power Management, and
> Dell Quickset > Internal Network Card Power Management.
>
> Anybody have an suggestions for me please?
>
> -------------
> Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done.
>
>