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Thread ID: 96281	2009-01-05 05:15:00	Monitor won't turn off after the lid is closed =(	Sylar (953)	Press F1

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735143	2009-01-05 05:15:00	Hi, I discovered today that the monitor of my Presario Compaq laptop does not turn off when i close the lid like how it used to. I have made sure that the settings are set to "Do Nothing" when I close the lid. This laptop was bought on 19/01/08 and the monitor had always turned off when I closed the lid down to a certain degree... until today. I have searched the web but I am still not sure what is causing this problem, whether there is a problem with the sensors / mechanism or some other problem Any help would be greatly appreciated :thanks PS: My laptop model is Presario V3000 (v3645AU) -Thanks again ;)	Sylar (953)
735144	2009-01-05 05:28:00	"I have made sure that the settings are set to "Do Nothing" when I close the lid. " - this is probably the cause.	SuSu (12582)
735145	2009-01-05 06:49:00	"I have made sure that the settings are set to "Do Nothing" when I close the lid. " - this is probably the cause. No, There are four options to choose from: 1.Do Nothing 2.Sleep 3.Hibernate 4.Shut Down "Do Nothing" turns off the monitor when the lid is closed as i mentioned on my first post, that the monitor would automatically turn off when i closed the lid of the laptop down to a certain degree...	Sylar (953)
735146	2009-01-05 06:55:00	If you choose another option, say sleep, when you close the lid does the laptop sleep? If not probably the sensor no longer works. Also maybe try updating your graphic chip driver.	SuSu (12582)
735147	2009-01-05 07:57:00	"Do Nothing" turns off the monitor when the lid is closed as i mentioned on my first post, that the monitor would automatically turn off when i closed the lid of the laptop down to a certain degree... NO... you're wrong... Do nothing means just that... it will do nothing... the monitor will stay on when you close the lid. If you want the monitor to switch off but keep the laptop going... you will need to change the power settings for the monitor to switch off after "x" time period. That's in Control Power under Power Options. cheers,	chiefnz (545)
735148	2009-01-05 09:10:00	NO... you're wrong... Do nothing means just that... it will do nothing... the monitor will stay on when you close the lid. If you want the monitor to switch off but keep the laptop going... you will need to change the power settings for the monitor to switch off after "x" time period. That's in Control Power under Power Options. cheers, Some laptops have a sensor, which is pressed when the lid is being closed, the LCD automatically turns off immediately no matter what the OS settings are.	SuSu (12582)
735149	2009-01-05 10:21:00	Thank you for both your help :thumbs:, Some laptops have a sensor, which is pressed when the lid is being closed, the LCD automatically turns off immediately no matter what the OS settings are. Yes, i think you may be right because before the problem happened this morning the setting was set to "Do Nothing" but the "x" mins for the monitor to turn off were set to 10 mins (and i don't think this affects the monitor to turn off when the lid is closed since the monitor used to turn off immediatley after the lid closed). Yes SuSu, I did try setting the lid to "Hibernate/Sleep" before and they both worked. Only the "Do Nothing" does exactly nothing, but I remember that option turns off the lcd monitor when I close the lid down. So does anyone know why this is happening, where the other options work like "Hibernate" and "Sleep" but the "Do Nothing" option does not turn off the monitor off like how it used to? -Thanks	Sylar (953)
735150	2009-01-06 10:09:00	Anyone know how i can fix this? I need to find out soon because my warantee time is running out =\ -Thanks	Sylar (953)
735151	2009-01-06 19:38:00	Some laptops have a sort of spring loaded pin that the lid pushes down when it closes does yours? If it does is it stuck?	gary67 (56)
735152	2009-01-06 19:48:00	Some laptops have a sort of spring loaded pin that the lid pushes down when it closes does yours? If it does is it stuck? No i don't see any visible springs. I'm guessing that the sensors or mechanism that connects the monitor to the rest of the laptop is faulty but im not sure	Sylar (953)
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