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    closing lid of laptop messes up my desktop icons

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by vpicbm, Jan 11, 2008.

  1. vpicbm

    vpicbm Notebook Guru

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    whenever I close and then open the lid of my laptop, all the icons get rearranged and open windows get resized. it's as if the screen resolution is being decreased and then increased again.

    I have a HP 8510p notebook. it has a ATI HD 2600 graphics card inside. I installed the latest catalyst driver (7.12) with the driverheaven modtool.
     
    vpicbm, Jan 11, 2008
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Try messing with your power plans - especially the options that have to do with closing the lid...
     
    pixelot, Jan 11, 2008
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  3. vpicbm

    vpicbm Notebook Guru

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    for lid closing action I can only choose between hibernation and "do nothing"
     
    vpicbm, Jan 11, 2008
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    Have you used a dock or created a profile for external monitor? it could also be that.
     
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  5. vpicbm

    vpicbm Notebook Guru

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    no, I haven't even used a external monitor yet.
     
    vpicbm, Jan 12, 2008
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    does it do the same when you come back from sleep or hibernate?

    you can try disabling TMM if you haven't already, you can find it under under #1 of the sticky http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=166532

    you probably has already done this, but try setting to lower resolution then revert and see if that helps.

    i know you don't have an external monitor, but could it be the "extend the desktop onto this monitor" is selected under display settings, for a second "non-existent" monitor?
     
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  7. vpicbm

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    no, when I it comes back from hibernation, everything is fine.

    I also don't use vista, so I guess TMM is not relevant for me.

    I also checked the extended desktop thing and it's not activated.
     
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    after some quick google'ing this came up

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=61258

    same problem as yours but it's for the T60, The fixes seem to revolve around BIOs and certain applications, still worth a look. Also might be worth searching for closing lid problem related to thinkpad, saw a few threads on that issue.

    Hope these help.
     
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  9. vpicbm

    vpicbm Notebook Guru

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    it seems this solution is specifically for thinkpads. can't really use it.
     
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  10. Undacovabrotha10

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    Have that exact same problem but that solution didn't help
     
    Undacovabrotha10, Jan 12, 2008
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