Alienware M5550 not going into Stand by when closing the lid..

What seems to be up? I installed Windows Media Center 2005 and all the updates that are available and yet nothing seems to happen when I close the lid of my laptop. I have tried searching for a solution but no luck.

help please?

 

Are you sure it's set to d so in Power settings? Mine is set to do nothing when you close the lid.

 

My m9750 doesn't go to stand by mode either when closed lid it only *shuts off the screen light* im sure there is a way to change it to make it go to standby but all seems normal.

 

Yeah, settings are all good... it just...doesn't... frustrating ...

 

bump....as of right now I have the thing set to hibernate when I press the power button... I really would like it to do whatever it's supposed to do when I close the lid through... :-(

 

banana bump

 

I don't know if you have Vista or XP but with Vista you can go to Control Panel-.Power Options and on the left side of the form is a
"What to do when closing the lid" item which lets you set either do nothing, sleep, or hibernate.

 

XP, I have done that, nothing happens

 

Does the display even turn off when you close the lid?

 

Nope...checked it everytime...it's like nothing happened

 

hmmm well your screen should at least turn off but not the alienware head and what not.

 

Hmm...might be a switch on the hinge that is defective, since you say you tried all of the software settings and the display doesn't even turn off.

 

Absolutely nothing happens...it's an fresh install of Windows XP Media Center 2005...is there an specific update or driver I need to install?

 

It could simply be an issue since they replaced the screen . . . perhaps the sensor isn't working.

 

Thanks Chazzie, since they still have my laptop (replacing screen with better one, old one had alot of backlight bleeding) Although I hate how dumb the Tech support is... lol all people who came straight out of elementary English class... Hehe. I told them the problem after 25 minutes of hold, he tried suggesting the stuff I already tried, I told him just let the tech check it out. So hopefully I get my laptop back soon. They received it on the 24th. I just got my free 9-cell battery in the mail today.

 

Seems like AW are handing these things out like lollypops. I almost hope mine has an issue so that I get a free battery

 

control panel, power saving options

 

Thanks for the help, but did you read the thread? LOL

 

I should be getting my laptop back with new LCD (again, one without backlight bleeding) and I think they fixed the lid problem. I'll update you guys.