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Tougher than it sounds - USB port powers down when display shuts down

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Boggin:
Why would you want the USB ports to remain active when you are carrying the machine around ?

Do the USB ports remain active when you use Windows power options to turn off the display ?

RChadwick:
I want to use a wifi adapter connected to a VM. Wifi goes down when lid is closed. Can't use internal. Has to be USB.

Beyond that, any USB device I ever use, flash drive, etc, will do the same thing. Corruption for just closing the lid. I'd rather spend some time now fixing it right instead of years dealing with the issue.

Boggin:
I just don't understand what you are wanting to achieve - if the tablet isn't in use then you don't need anything to be still active.

I only use laptops but when I'm done I shutdown and switch the power off at the wall - I don't use Hibernate and have that turned off.

RChadwick:
I've never been one to advocate the 'Fix the customer, not the computer' ideology. Perhaps that is why I quit Computer Repair many years ago.

As a frame of reference, my main 'desktop' is a laptop that runs 24/7. It's really hard for a computer to bid on Ebay auctions if it's turned off. Between computers I use, and servers, I have 6 computers running 24/7. Electricity is cheap, and turning a computer on and off creates just as much 'wear and tear' as leaving it on all the time. Also, when you do as much as I do, that 5-10 seconds to get a working computer adds up.

If your roof was leaking, and the roofer you got wondered why you didn't just put a larger pot under the leak (It's easy enough to empty, and only needs to be done when it's raining), and said he doesn't understand why it's so important to you because he lives in a tent, and why don't you, how would you feel?

Anyway, after a lot of experimenting, I found that the A06 to A11 BIOS revisions work fine, but the A12-A26 versions shut the USB port off. No mention of this in the Dell BIOS notes.  Dell at their finest.

I do appreciate your help!

Boggin:
I appreciate your explanation.

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