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Shutting screen wont turn it off

post #1 of 10
1/7/06 at 7:58am
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My sentia 12" laptop recently stopped shutting off the screen when it is shut, windows will recognize that the screen is shut and standby if i have it set to that, but if i have it set to nothing, it wont shut off, any suggestions?
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post #2 of 10
1/9/06 at 12:34am
have windows set to turn off when you shut it? *Shrug*
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post #3 of 10
1/9/06 at 8:26am
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not the computer..the screen itself..no option for that in windows or else i wouldnt be posting this question on the forums
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post #4 of 10
1/10/06 at 5:57am
I could be wrong but I bet if you took the battery out and unplugged it right before you shut the lid that it would turn off?
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post #5 of 10
1/10/06 at 6:16am
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lol, it worked! now let's try the same thing while the laptop still on!
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post #6 of 10
1/10/06 at 11:15pm
I don't know too much about this paticular problem, if it were me<<An' if you really want to run it with the screen down>> I'd just set the monitor to turn off after a few minutes of inactivity. Alternatively, I'd try flashing the BIOS to the latest version, an' see if that fixed it, be sure to have tech on the phone if you do so. Aside from that...I'm no expert. That's what I'd do. If you've the time, I'd try reformatting an' installing windows again, see if it's that<<more for my own curiosity though>>...but yeah, I don't really know what to do in this situation, having never encountered it myself. <<I'm sorry I don't have time to research it myself, homework calls, but keep us updated>>
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post #7 of 10
1/11/06 at 11:21pm
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yeah i gotcha, alrdy tried reformating, the flash was updated to latest version when i sent it in for repair, ive flashe dit once before also but that was way back in the day. am i able to reflash it with same version?
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post #8 of 10
1/12/06 at 12:39am
Well, first of all, if you do have a Sentia from AW an' not a Uniwill standard, be sure to have tech online, otherwise, I'd just use the newest BIOS avalible to flash it, you'll be able to find it pretty fast with google, or off of the mothership.
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post #9 of 10
1/12/06 at 10:15am
Dont think there is a Windows option to only shut down screen when lid closes, best bet is to just set screen to shut down after a few minutes and disable standby on lid close, that will produce the desired result sorta...
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post #10 of 10
1/12/06 at 9:52pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The BugEater
Well, first of all, if you do have a Sentia from AW an' not a Uniwill standard, be sure to have tech online, otherwise, I'd just use the newest BIOS avalible to flash it, you'll be able to find it pretty fast with google, or off of the mothership.

newest bios is 1.10 i think, it's installed alrdy..is it possible to overwrite it with same version, but fresh install? and ya i have the uniwill standard
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