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Does your 9300 screen turn off when you close the lid?

post #1 of 23
9/18/05 at 11:38pm
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Hey, isnt the screen suppose to turn off when you close the lid on the 9300? For some reason mine does not. Can anyone tell me how to enable this power saving feature.... thanks!
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post #2 of 23
9/18/05 at 11:56pm
Mine does, I do not know why? In fact, it goes into standby, check your power settings in the Control Panel.
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post #3 of 23
9/18/05 at 11:57pm
Mine does as well, but that's because I have it set to hibernate when the lid closes.
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post #4 of 23
9/19/05 at 12:16am
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Thanks for the info but I just want the LCD to turn off not set the lappy into standby or hibernate...
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post #5 of 23
9/19/05 at 12:30am
yes my screen turns off.
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post #6 of 23
9/19/05 at 12:43am
my screen turns off but if I push one of the media buttons on the front it turns back on and stays on until i open and close the lid again!

I called tech support and talked with a guy for an hour and he said that they have never heard of the problem before and I told him that it is happening on 2 other freinds laptops as well (it really is) and he said it might be something they overlooked when designing the laptop and he would report it so that the problem might be fixed in the next bios update... so whenever A05 bios comes out i'll know if they fixed the problem or not...
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post #7 of 23
9/19/05 at 12:48am
I have the A04 bios, and as far as I can tell, they fixed it.
Sorry, they still seem to have fixed it.
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post #8 of 23
9/19/05 at 1:06am
??? when did this happen? wow right under my nose they released another bios update... dannnggg... oh wait neverminde ha ha you got me...

http://support.dell.com/support/down...03090&vercnt=3

that's the latest version that they have listed on their site... if you actually have 05 where did you get it from cauz dell is only offering 04... (or is that 05 for xps 2?)
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post #9 of 23
9/19/05 at 1:22am
Sorry, I have the A04 bios, they still, have seemed to have fixed it.
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post #10 of 23
9/19/05 at 1:23am
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so is there any way to get the lcd to turn off when i close the lid without my pc going into standby or hibernation?
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post #11 of 23
9/19/05 at 2:33am
Larry: Nah, i9300, A04 bios, any input will turn the LCD back on until you open the lid. That issue isn't "fixed". Of course, if you don't have an external mouse to provide input, and if you don't hit your front panel media buttons, it works fine.

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Originally Posted by Sosuke
so is there any way to get the lcd to turn off when i close the lid without my pc going into standby or hibernation?
Open the power options properties. In the Hibernate tab, uncheck "enable hibernation". In the Advanced tab, in the "power buttons" section, pull down the "Do nothing" option for the "When I close teh lid of my portable computer:" question. Apply, OK. You're all set.

Hope this helped,
K
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post #12 of 23
9/19/05 at 4:42pm
mine turns off when i close the lid (without going into standby or hibernation)
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post #13 of 23
9/19/05 at 6:11pm
Make sure you don't use any bluetooth devices when your screen's shut (ie. mice, cell phones, etc.) Using them will wake up the screen.
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post #14 of 23
9/19/05 at 8:42pm
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Wingzero ..how do you get yours to do this? Mine remains on cause I can see the light from the screen when i close the lid....remvonig all the mice and stuff doesnt work...i beginning to think my 9300 is defective...lol
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post #15 of 23
9/19/05 at 10:26pm
My screen doesn't come on when I hit a button while it's closed. I've got it set to turn off screen when it's closed.
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post #16 of 23
9/19/05 at 10:41pm
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Originally Posted by Sosuke
Wingzero ..how do you get yours to do this? Mine remains on cause I can see the light from the screen when i close the lid....remvonig all the mice and stuff doesnt work...i beginning to think my 9300 is defective...lol
i just set my power options in the following way:
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post #17 of 23
9/20/05 at 1:21am
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Originally Posted by Sosuke
Hey, isnt the screen suppose to turn off when you close the lid on the 9300? For some reason mine does not. Can anyone tell me how to enable this power saving feature.... thanks!

YES mine does its supposed to, perhaps you need to check your power settings in the control panel?
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post #18 of 23
9/20/05 at 1:36am
I was going to suggest the same thing, cutters...mine also turns off when I close it up. Hope you figure it out!
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post #19 of 23
9/20/05 at 4:07am
My screen turns off and goes into Standby. By opening the lid, it automatically comes back on.
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post #20 of 23
9/20/05 at 8:55pm
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Yeah mine can do the standby thing too is just that when im leaving my lappy on to download i dont want the whole pc going into standby. Just want the lcd to turn off...een tried reflashing my bios ....grrrr
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