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    dell vostro 1500 lcd won't shut off when close lid

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by mluu510, Oct 13, 2007.

  1. mluu510

    mluu510 Notebook Enthusiast

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    i have a dell vostro 1500 with xp installed. i am using some hacked nvidia geforce driver because it's more up to date than dell's crappy drivers. when i close my lid, the lcd won't shut off. anyone else have this problem?
     
    mluu510, Oct 13, 2007
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    star882 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have the same problem with the 1700. The screen blanking is apparently done in software. However, closing the lid does trigger an ACPI event. My solution was to use a script that was run by acpid. The file is "/etc/acpi/actions/lm_lid.sh".
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    #!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/xset -display :0.0 dpms force off
    I found that very simple script from a website somewhere.
     
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    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    OP is talking about Windows XP :confused:
     
    PhoenixFx, Oct 13, 2007
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    I just came back to XP today... and I'm finding the same issue
     
    jb1007, Oct 14, 2007
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    I'm on a Vostro 1400, I'm finding the same issue... from what I've read this is only in XP with Vista there is no problem and the LCD shuts off ~inch before you actualy close the lid, try it with the BIOS open and see. Its a driver issue, I read somewhere that only the Dell Drivers will fix this or something, I'm currently using modded laptopvideo2go drivers.
     
    Encore2097, Oct 14, 2007
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    Solved the problem: Use Dell drivers, I used the Dell Vostro 1500 8400m GS drivers and now my laptop lid turns off when I close the lid but does not hibernate/stand by or anything :)
     
    Encore2097, Oct 14, 2007
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