Your next step would be to check for updated drivers for your network interface. This is most common with wireless connections. You didn’t mention what kind of network interface you’re using, but if its drivers don’t handle the resume state properly, the result could be a dropped or stuck network connection. Drivers are software installed in Windows itself that act as the interface between Windows and the hardware, often managing communication between Windows and corresponding BIOS/UEFI components. Waking up from standby requires each piece of hardware to re-initialize, and that’s in part the job of the drivers for that hardware. Installation is typically a download which you then run, or copy to something you then boot from. Your first step should be to check with your computer’s manufacturer - Dell, in your case - for an updated BIOS or UEFI for your machine. Problems with standby were very common in older laptops as the BIOS on many computers didn’t handle every standby scenario properly. It also plays an important role in power management. It acts as an interface between Windows and that hardware. Your computer’s BIOS - or UEFI, in more modern machines - is the software “built in” to your computer’s hardware. When you resume from standby, the hardware is turned back on, and then needs to not only be re-initialized, but restored to the exact same state it was in before standby.Īs I said, there are two common causes. Most hardware, other than RAM, is turned off to conserve power. When you put a computer into standby, software is not unloaded, but left in RAM memory. If you have other machines or networked printers on your local network, this machine probably can’t connect to them either, at least not until you reboot.
What you’re seeing is simply a lost network connection.Īs you say, the computer cannot connect to the internet - at all - so web pages can’t be retrieved the browser error is the result. While I suppose they have to some degree, a dozen years later, this scenario remains fairly common. One would hope things have improved since then. This is an update of an article originally published nearly twelve years ago.
0 kommentar(er)
