Hybernate

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My dell laptop does not have the option in control panel/power options
to go to stand by or to hibernate.
I went to Add/Remove, Windows Components, and made sure that admin tools
and maintenace (I think that was the name of it) was installed, which it
wasn't so I installed it and thought, great, now I should have it. But
it is still not there.
The only way I can power down the computer is to turn it off and then do
a cold boot when I want to use it again. Because it has an over-heating
problem (typical of my particular model dell laptop ;-( , I feel that I
have got to turn it off to cool down or else the drives keep spinning
and the heat builds up. It has already fried one memory chip, which I
did have diagnosed and replaced by a Dell store in my area, so I feel
safe that he knew of what he speaks. That is in fact how I found out
that overheating is a problem with this model laptop.
Does anyone know how I can get the power options I need to handle sleep
mode and hibernation?
Thanks so much for the info
Joanne
 
Joanne said:
My dell laptop does not have the option in control panel/power options
to go to stand by or to hibernate.
I went to Add/Remove, Windows Components, and made sure that admin tools
and maintenace (I think that was the name of it) was installed, which it
wasn't so I installed it and thought, great, now I should have it. But
it is still not there.
The only way I can power down the computer is to turn it off and then do
a cold boot when I want to use it again. Because it has an over-heating
problem (typical of my particular model dell laptop ;-( , I feel that I
have got to turn it off to cool down or else the drives keep spinning
and the heat builds up. It has already fried one memory chip, which I
did have diagnosed and replaced by a Dell store in my area, so I feel
safe that he knew of what he speaks. That is in fact how I found out
that overheating is a problem with this model laptop.
Does anyone know how I can get the power options I need to handle sleep
mode and hibernation?
Thanks so much for the info
Joanne
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Go to this Dell web site and download the latest drivers for your video
card/display adapter.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen

The easiest route to find the correct driver is by entering the service tag.
Look for a bar code label on the bottom of your laptop. There should be a seven
digit alphanumeric character on the sticker. That's your service tag.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Have you tried holding down the shift key when you selected shut down; in my
case this gives me the hibernation option.
 
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