Questions tagged [lid]
The lid of a portable computer, and anything pertaining to the lid sensor, which senses whether the lid is open or closed.
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How to disable the laptop hall effect lid sensor in Windows 10?
TL;DR: LG Gram 14Z90R-K.AAB5U1 (Windows 10) intermittently blacks out or sleeps for 1–2 seconds during normal use. Issue started after minor liquid exposure to a USB-A port (beer spill). Cleaned ...
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How can I use a laptop in a strong magnetic field?
For context, I work in an aluminium smelter where an enormous magnetic field is induced, even in the tea break room. I am trying to use a Dell Inspiron laptop there, so I can get other work done, but ...
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Why is my Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 laptop's brightness broken after reopening the lid?
I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 laptop running Windows 11. My power settings indicate that nothing should happen when I close the lid. Sometimes after the lid is closed for a while and I reopen it ...
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is it possible to stop windows 11 from going to sleep/shutdown when closing the lid?
Quite often I need to leave running computational intensive programs on my laptop for hours or days. I would like to leave the laptop with the lid closed but when I do it the laptop goes to sleep/...
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Power buttons and lid MIA on Windows 11 Home
I do not see the 'Power buttons and lid' options in power options advanced settings which tons of web pages refer to. Can anyone explain where they are?
Windows 11 Home (Version 10.0.22631 Build 22631)...
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How to lock on lid close in MacOS
I want to play music over Bluetooth while the lid is closed, and I want the laptop to lock when the lid is closed. I'm able to prevent my MacBook from sleeping on lid close with sudo pmset -a ...
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How to change a specific control panel setting when HDMI cable is plugged in?
I want to make it so when I plug a second display into my laptop it changes the control panel setting that sleeps the PC when I shut the lid of the laptop. I want to have the setting turn back on ...
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Is there a way to turn on (not wake up) a laptop with the lid closed and without opening the lid?
I want to know if there's a way to turn on (not wake up) my laptop without opening the lid. Not wake up, turn on.
I've seen this type of question being asked all the time, but it always ends up being ...
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What are these orange lid separators on chips of the motherboard
From what I've googled, the motherboards aren't assembled by hand so these lids are put to prevent the heatsink from contacting the chips. My question is what are these lids technically called? For ...
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How can I have opening laptop lid wake computer, but closing laptop lid not put it to sleep?
I am running windows 11 on a laptop. There is an option in control panel to make the computer go to sleep when the lid/display is closed. This also makes the computer wake from sleep when opening the ...
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Chrome Remote Desktop: Windows Blank When Target Laptop Has Its Lid Closed
I have this odd problem with Chrome Remote Desktop where when my target Windows 10 laptop has its lid closed, windows do not display properly(the windows display nothing):
I did some research and it ...
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Closing MacBook lid to sleep with Amphetamine (Monterey)
Amphetamine is a fairly popular Mac program for keeping Macs awake (not sleeping). The program is also used to use MacBooks in "clamshell" mode; using the MacBook while closed with ...
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ASUS computer win11: enable start machine on lid open
In many of today's PCs, the computer will automatically start from a shutdown state when the lid is opened. This is just like a chromebook or Lenovo's Flip to Start feature. My ASUS computer had this ...
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Wake On LAN - wake laptop from sleep when its lid is closed?
I have set up Wake On LAN and I am able to wake my laptop when it's sleeping, but only when the laptop's lid is up, not when it's down/closed.
There will be cases where my laptop will be sleeping ...
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Only wake pc if lid is open
Can I make my mouse only wake my laptop if the lid is open? If I forget to turn my mouse off, it wakes my laptop when moved, even when the lid is closed. This heats up the laptop, which I keep in a ...
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