Wireless Power Management

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  1. Posts : 102
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       #1

    Wireless Power Management


    Okay, I know there's a problem with the devices going to sleep, and I know that people have a fix which works. The only problem is, my device doesn't have power management:


    I really don't know what to do, but I'm definitely not going back to Vista, so will someone please help me?

    EDIT: I forgot to mention that the driver installed successfully, and there aren't any updates for it.
    Last edited by Barman58; 05 Mar 2009 at 18:22.
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  2. Posts : 2,899
    Windows 7 Ult x64(x2), HomePrem x32(x4), Server 08 (+VM), 08 R2 (VM) , SuSe 11.2 (VM), XP 32 (VM)
       #2

    hello Copyright and welcome to the forums
    if you see below where it says power state mapping which says which are supported..
    from what i can see this should be supported....
    like i said my tut here disables the adapter before the computer goes to sleep so it shouldnt matter whether its power state is enabled...
    i cant tell completely if you dont have power management but if you look lower like i have here...
    Wireless Power Management-power-states.png
    you can see that the S1 S3 states (i think you know what means) are translated into D1 D3 ect and are arranged like you see here in mine i dont have dcap wake from D(X) and my computer can come out sleep fine (used to happend on 7000 x64 but not anymore on 7048)
    Wireless Power Management-power-cap.png
    unless i can see the lower half i can be for certain
    if you want you can give vista drivers if you have not tried them..
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  3. Posts : 102
    Windows 7 x64 7229
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Here is the bottom section:

    I think you misunderstand my problem. My wireless card just stops working randomly, and I believe it's because Windows is putting it to sleep.
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  4. Posts : 2,899
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       #4

    aww i see
    but randomly?
    you cant detect a pattern?
    on the facts it says that if you have
    # Wireless networking


    In certain wireless adapter and platform combinations, the wireless adapter may become disabled and no wireless network will be visible in the following scenarios:

    * When the computer resumes from the hibernate or sleep states
    * When the computer is processing multiple video streams simultaneously over the wireless link
    * Computers that have Microsoft Virtual PC installed

    If your computer has Microsoft Virtual PC installed, you may be able to avoid this issue by uninstalling it. In all cases, if this occurs, restart the computer.
    i have used MVPC SP1 and without issues...
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  5. Posts : 102
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       #5

    Those aren't the problems, a few others using Windows 7 have had the issue where their device goes to sleep randomly, for example on my LAN connection under Power Management: "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power".
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  6. Posts : 2,899
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       #6

    maybe changing this settings on the power options may help
    especially the USB setting to disabled should help
    Wireless Power Management-capture.png
    since you are using a USB device it would also be helpful if you disable the power management on that USB hub...
    you will have to do some searching here in the device manager to find which hub is adapter conected
    Wireless Power Management-capture2.png
    here is a example
    once you find go here and change it
    Wireless Power Management-capture3.png
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  7. Posts : 102
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       #7

    Hey, thanks a lot. I think your idea worked. I will rep you.
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  8. Posts : 2,899
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       #8

    Copyright said:
    Hey, thanks a lot. I think your idea worked. I will rep you.
    allright if anything happens keep us posted...:)
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  9. Posts : 102
    Windows 7 x64 7229
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Ok, this didn't seem to work, I'm not sure what to do now. There are only two things I can think of, the driver, and the fact the card is a dual-band N card, and my router is G.
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  10. Posts : 2,899
    Windows 7 Ult x64(x2), HomePrem x32(x4), Server 08 (+VM), 08 R2 (VM) , SuSe 11.2 (VM), XP 32 (VM)
       #10

    ok you have to explain a bit more
    is the card disabling as it needs to be enabled or is it disconnecting from the AP (access point?)
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