The
Power On Lid Open is a new feature that is introduced on some of the newer Dell computers. When a user opens the laptop, the system is awakened or powered on automatically. A user may not like this feature and want to disable it.
Note: When the Power On Lid Open option does not appear in the BIOS, your computer does not support this feature.
To
Enable or
Disable this feature, perform the following steps:
- Restart the computer. When the Dell logo appears, press F2 to go into the Setup Menu.
- Depending on your BIOS version, either:
- Touch or click Power.
- Touch or click the plus sign to the left of Power Management.
- Depending on your BIOS version, either:
- Touch or click Power on Lid Open to switch between enabling or disabling this feature.
Figure 1: Power on Lid Open
- Touch or click Apply or Apply Changes and then OK.
- Touch or click Exit, and the computer reboots.
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