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Inspiron 700m WiFi Indicaton Light ..
Hi everyone!
Just a quick question, if I may.
As I just recently purchased a 700m, I was wondering if it was normal for the WiFi indicator light to turn off on its own -- even when in the middle of a connection?
It's quite odd, because, the WiFi light pops up when the system boots up and all. And even stays on for a bit. But after about 10-15 minutes, it seems to turn itself off.
I can manually hit FN-F2 to turn off and again to turn ON the indicator light. But then, eventually, it seems to turn itself off again.
Would appreciate any feedback or answers. Thanks in advance!
Just a quick question, if I may.
As I just recently purchased a 700m, I was wondering if it was normal for the WiFi indicator light to turn off on its own -- even when in the middle of a connection?
It's quite odd, because, the WiFi light pops up when the system boots up and all. And even stays on for a bit. But after about 10-15 minutes, it seems to turn itself off.
I can manually hit FN-F2 to turn off and again to turn ON the indicator light. But then, eventually, it seems to turn itself off again.
Would appreciate any feedback or answers. Thanks in advance!
@bacillus wrote:
Does this happen only when using battery or with the both AC and battery?
So far as I can see, it happens when running on battery power. But then again, I don't often times use when it's plugged in.
The problem seems to be intermittent. I'm thinking this is probably an apparent software glitch..?
@bacillus wrote:
it may well be turning off in order to save power.
which wireless card is it?
suggest you look in device manager under the advanced properties of the card & try disabling any power management settings.
Hmm.. Odd that that may be.
Considering since, even when the light turns off, the wifi connection is still retained.
I'll check the device manager and power saving settings to see if it comes up with anything. However, off the top of my head, I don't recall any individual adjustments that allow for the setting of the indicator lights.
Thanks for the feedback=)
BTW, I'm using the Intel PRO/Wireless 2915 -- which came pre-equipped with the notebook.- I was looking through this forum to see if I could find a solution to this exact same issue.
I experience the same behavior on 9300, WiFi led is on on reboot or after resume from suspend, but sometimes it turns off on its own. The WiFi connection is still functional but the led is simply out.
I suspect it has something to do with heat as I noticed that the WiFi led will go off after a few min of palying HL2 or UT2k4, I run both at 1900x1200 at max settings because the HW will allow it and still be playable at over 60fps. keyboarduy
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Posted June 8th, 2005 01:00
I have the same issue with my Inspiron 9300, and it also seems to go off after playing games or watching movies. I guess it's a "feature".- I have a Latitude D610 and it does the same thing with the wifi light. Out of curiosity, what router do you guys have? I have a Linksys WRT54G with the latest firmware. On this router I get the disconnect of the wifi light. It will come back on by usin the fn-F2 keys and also closing the lid of the laptop and resuming from suspend.However, at work we have a WRT54GS. I am able to have the wifi light on all day without it going off. So, I am wondering if it is some setting in the WRT54G.Thanks,Erik
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Posted July 28th, 2005 02:00
I also have a WRT54G. Interesting...
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