On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:49:40 +0530, bruno1111
<bruno1111.3u453b@DoNotSpam.com> wrote:
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>I have a Dell XPS M1530 and recently it has stopped going into sleep
>mode.
>
>Whenever I try to put my laptop to sleep its pretty much like it
>"restarts." I hear the 2 clicks from the cd drive and then after login
>all of my programs are booting up again.
>
>I have already checked the power settings in the control panel. My
>laptop is set to go to sleep when the lid is closed on both battery and
>ac.
>
>Additionally, my laptop goes to sleep whenever I manually use "Fn + F1"
>and when I press "start - sleep."
>
>Has anyone had this problem before? How did you fix it?
>
>Your help would be highly appreciated.
>
>Thanks[/color]

Popular Vista issue. Mine recently developed the same problem. Might
be SP2.