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    My 1420s screen does not turn off when I close it?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Diversion, Sep 12, 2007.

  1. Diversion

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    Is this normal? If it is, why did Dell choose to leave the backlight on when you close the lid/screen of the notebook? Seems like a waste of energy to me.

    Jay
     
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    You can disable that in power settings under control panel where it says "When I close the lid of my laptop...."
     
    xJ9x, Sep 12, 2007
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    Well I use Windows XP on my 1420 and that feature doesn't exist in XP.. typically laptops just have a hardware trigger that when the screen is closed, the screen/backlight turns off to conserve power.
     
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    I am pretty sure it should always turn off... the power setting thing is just to decide if you go into hybernate/sleep/whatever

    On my 1400 I select do nothing and it still turns off the backlight.
     
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    Yeah.. mine's set to "do nothing" as well when I close the lid because I don't want it hibernating/sleeping because I have active applications that run in the background that I don't want suspended.. but my screen and backlight remain on when I close the lid. Maybe I ought to talk to Dell then, faulty lid-closing switch maybe.
     
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    Anybody with a 1420 have this issue?
     
    Diversion, Sep 13, 2007
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    My 1400 doesn't have the issue. (Basically the same as a 1420)
     
    Waveblade, Sep 13, 2007
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    I know it's almost the same, but i'd like a 1420 user to chime in and let me know what they think.. just incase that part is different.
     
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    I have my 1420 set to do nothing when I close the lid. At about an inch left to closing, the screen turns off. I think maybe it's just you?
     
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    Then I have a broke close-lid detector or something. Sigh.
    Now to talk to Dell support..

    Jay
     
    Diversion, Sep 14, 2007
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