# unhibernate my dell **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 14, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840 "2007-03-14T03:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lillith\_Fair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840/1 "2007-03-14T03:00:05Z")
I accidentally put my Dell Inspiron 1501 into hibernation. How do I wake it back ujp? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840/2 "2007-03-14T03:08:42Z")
Hit the power button is usually how it works. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840/3 "2007-03-14T03:28:10Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] Hit the power button is usually how it works. [/QUOTE] Did you try yelling at it? Didn’t work, try the power button, or look for buttons on the keyboard with a picture of a moon/sun. ---
**Author:** ![Lillith\_Fair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840/4 "2007-03-14T12:11:19Z")
Pushing the power button creates a little sound then a series of beeps, then it is back off. I thought the blue function key with the hibernate key would turn it back on. No. I don’t see a sun or moon anywhere. Any other ideas? ---
**Author:** ![JackaRoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@JackaRoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackaRoe)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840/5 "2007-03-14T12:43:47Z")
Try holding the power button down for 5 seconds, this forces a reboot. Dell laptops have a problem with hibernating and not waking up, maybe its DST. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840/6 "2007-03-14T13:43:33Z")
On desktops, holding down the spacebar for 5 seconds or so often starts them back up. If not, the power button. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840/7 "2007-03-14T14:06:40Z")
Just wait for the end of Winter… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840/8 "2007-03-14T14:07:59Z")
[QUOTE=Nanoda] On desktops, holding down the spacebar for 5 seconds or so often starts them back up. [/QUOTE] Isn’t that for standby? In hibernate, it’s powered down. > [@Lillith Fair](#): > > Pushing the power button creates a little sound then a series of beeps, then it is back off. How’s your battery level? Could be low. Are you trying this with the power cord plugged in? If not, give that a try. ---
**Author:** ![Lillith\_Fair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840/9 "2007-03-14T18:57:45Z")
Cord is plugged in. I have been waiting for tech chat with dell for two hours or so. It said 18 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840/10 "2007-03-14T22:29:31Z")
That happens to my Dell laptop once in a while as well. I’m not sure whether it is really hibernating or if the screen is just shut off. I’ve never been able to figure how to make it come alive despite pressing just about every combination of keys and buttons. What I do is hold down the power button for at least 5-10 seconds. This does a hard shutdown of the whole system. Wait a couple of seconds and then press the power button again, which will turn it back on. You’ll probably lose whatever you’re working on, but you’ll get your computer back. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Lillith\_Fair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840/11 "2007-03-16T13:28:33Z")
Thank you, I will try that next time. I finally had to ask Mr. Lillith to fix it. Then I had to go somewhere. When I got home my computer was back on and he won’t tell me how he did it. ---
**Author:** ![Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Can_Handle_the_Truth)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840/12 "2007-03-17T16:06:59Z")
That happened to me and the only thing that worked was to take the battery out, wait a minute, put it back in, and hit the power button. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840/13 "2007-03-17T17:05:57Z")
Hibernation saves the deskitop condition and shut off. The file is read when XP starts again, and all the applications you had open reopen. Failure to restart is a different issue from hibernation. The beeps while attempting to boot, gives the person with a manual the code to find out at what stage the motherboard fails to start. Anything required component could have loosened, and stop the boot. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840/14 "2007-03-17T17:56:26Z")
Remove the battery, power cord disconnected, wait about a minute and insert the power cord/replace the battery. ---
**Author:** ![Swede\_Hollow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Swede\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swede_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhibernate-my-dell/395840/15 "2007-03-18T23:25:49Z")
When my Inspiron 8200 does this it usually only takes closing the screen, waiting a minute or two and opening it up again. It will usually wake up.