[Broughy1322]

Hi. I'm really frustrated at this and feel I've tried everything. I've been searching all over the internet for help but to no avail - nobody seems to have this specific problem.

I have just bought a new Sony Vaio VGN-NR11Z/S (2 GHz Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo T2750; 2 GB RAM; Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit Version). It has an integrated wireless switch on it and is running windows Vista. These two things don't seem to agree with each other.

I boot up the laptop and the wireless connection works fine, I connect to the internet straight away. I then put it to sleep in the way I used to using standby on XP (closing the lid basically). When Vista comes out of sleep mode I find that I can't connect to the internet, and the little light on the wireles switch is off.

I diagnose the problem and it tells me to turn on my wireless switch, which is odd as it is already on. The only way to get the internet working again is to restart the computer. "ipconfig/renew" in command prompt says the media is disconnected. Device manager says the device is working properly and disabling then enabling it doesn't help. I've just installed the latest driver (11.5.0.32) and that hasn't helped either. Changing power settings to maximum performance does nothing as well, neither does turning the switch off then back on again.

My wireless device is "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection". It's basically when I come out of sleep the computer can't recognise the wireless switch, or it turns itself off even when it's in the on position.

Does anybody have any idea how i can fix this? This is my first Vista laptop and I'm really frustrated

Why didn't microsoft just keep Standby as an option?

Thanks in advance.

[BlaadeGTR]

I am currently having the same problem on a SZ series sony laptop. was anyone able to solve this yet

[DaveA]

Did you go to the Device manager and then the properties of the Wireless card, and then the Power Management tab, and see what is checked?

There is two items that may be the source of your problems.
Do NOT let the device power down. The other to allow device to wake the computer may not allow the system to ever go to sleep.