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    screen not turning off when i shut lid?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by brinox, Jul 11, 2005.

  1. brinox

    brinox Notebook Geek

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    Hey peeps, i just got my i9300 today, and after a small scare of the monitor connection being unconnected (under the power button plastic casing) i noticed that my screen doesnt turn off when i shut the LCD lid. is this controlled by a windows system service only? or should that happen no matter what the system is doing (meaning is it software triggered or hardware triggered)?
     
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    desktop properties > screen saver > power > advanced... check your settings
     
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    I thought it was a hardware thing. Mine always goes off when I close the lid past a certain point eventhough my settings are set for it to stay on all the time.
     
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    hmm, ill go over to the dell forum and ask them...
     
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    have updated your drivers? that solved the problem in one of our archive threads.
     
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    i actually couldnt stand 55+ processes running on the default dell installation of windows, so i reinstalled windows xp pro and it shuts off when i close the lid anywhere with my system on. who knows!
     
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