It is a Windows setting. Go to Control Panel/Power Options or Management/Advanced and you have 3 options for what the computer does when you close the lid,Standby, Hibernate or Do Nothing. This is with W-XP and I believe it is the same with W2k.. With W-ME, you have four options; None, Power Off, Standby and Hibernate. With W98, it is a BIOS function on the Power Management page in F2 Setup.
This is Windows XP (Home not Pro don't know if that makes a difference)
I went to Control Panel then Power Options then Advanced
Under Power Buttons I have "When I close the lid of my portable computer", "When I press the power button on my computer:" and "When I press the sleep button on my computer"
They are all set to "Do nothing"
but when I reboot, it still shuts off if the lid is closed.
Yeah I was sitting there looking at it last night after I'd asked my question thinking that you all might be thinking I'm nuts :)
For Windows XP (or any OS for that matter) you can connect to the machine via a program like VNC which is what I do.
But for that matter, I'm sure there are people running Linux out there on their laptops that leave the lid closed as well once they get Linux running. And they have to reboot on occasion (just less frequently then Windows people).
No idea what "VNC" is, but they are now making laptops with multi-media controls
that can be accessed without opening the lid.
There are also units that will play a CD or DVD without loading Windows and that
saves a lot of battery power, would expect to be able to turn them on with
the lid shut.
With your Lid option set to "nothing" or "turn off display", just boot it up
and then close the lid:)
I had done that long ago with the LM for a CD and it would be even better
with the D800's edge mounted speakers, just don't block the airflow for cooling!
I'm just guessing that this is a BIOS setting but if it is I can't find it. When I reboot my laptop with the lid closed, it doesn't reboot, it just shuts off. Definitely not what I want to happen. It is NOT docked, it just has it's lid closed.
This is a Latitude C640
Thanks
Thoalex
I had the same problem with my old Latitude C610. My solution is to insert a stack of Post-It Note so the screen will not be completely closed. My current Latitude X300 acts the same way too if I undock it. I believe this is a default behaviour for undocked notebooks (at least Dell ones).
Advanced Search, [Suspend Manager], "anytime" for a lot of details, but;
Back in the Win95 days, the Latitudes and early Inspirons had no options
(except suspend) available with lid closure and some folk were taking
fingernail clippers to the lid switch.
Sure that Dell's idea was to prevent 'cooking' systems that would be put
in their cases while turned on, but often you just want to pick it up and
walk into another room, without dealing with "Stand-by".
Forum member, Al Testani (Aquest, Inc.) wrote a small utility to control the
"Suspend" function in Win95/98 and posted it on this board for all to
use.
My Sony VAIO (XP-Pro) had an additional option in Control Panel, close-
lid, which was "turn screen off".., this D800 follows the "Do-Nothing"
option (by turning screen off) and since BIOS A_12 'Stand-by' would not
present a problem.
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Just how are you rebooting the PC with the lid closed and NO access to the keyboard or being able to see what is on the screen????
Don't close the lid.
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Yeah I was sitting there looking at it last night after I'd asked my question thinking that you all might be thinking I'm nuts :)
For Windows XP (or any OS for that matter) you can connect to the machine via a program like VNC which is what I do.
But for that matter, I'm sure there are people running Linux out there on their laptops that leave the lid closed as well once they get Linux running. And they have to reboot on occasion (just less frequently then Windows people).
Thoalex
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that can be accessed without opening the lid.
There are also units that will play a CD or DVD without loading Windows and that
saves a lot of battery power, would expect to be able to turn them on with
the lid shut.
With your Lid option set to "nothing" or "turn off display", just boot it up
and then close the lid:)
I had done that long ago with the LM for a CD and it would be even better
with the D800's edge mounted speakers, just don't block the airflow for cooling!
Art
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Back in the Win95 days, the Latitudes and early Inspirons had no options
(except suspend) available with lid closure and some folk were taking
fingernail clippers to the lid switch.
Sure that Dell's idea was to prevent 'cooking' systems that would be put
in their cases while turned on, but often you just want to pick it up and
walk into another room, without dealing with "Stand-by".
Forum member, Al Testani (Aquest, Inc.) wrote a small utility to control the
"Suspend" function in Win95/98 and posted it on this board for all to
use.
My Sony VAIO (XP-Pro) had an additional option in Control Panel, close-
lid, which was "turn screen off".., this D800 follows the "Do-Nothing"
option (by turning screen off) and since BIOS A_12 'Stand-by' would not
present a problem.
Art
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May 16th, 2005 05:00
Hi,
Have a look in the Bios page 6 " display close "
Regards Chris