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Closing laptop lid without screwing up external monitor Chris 10-11-2006
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Posted by BillW50 on October 12, 2006, 3:37 pm
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> I have an Asus A3Ac and an external monitor and have had no problems
> with the external when closing the lid on the notebook. Out of
> curiosity which graphics adapters or chipsets are in the notebooks
> you're using? I know the Intel 915/910 chipsets should function the
> way you seem to desire.

I'm using Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900. And when I close the
lid and have it set to do nothing, that is what it does even with an
external monitor. I also have the CMOS/Setup for an external monitor.
This keeps the build in LCD screen dark while booting too. Although I
don't see the post or anything on the external monitor until Windows is
booted half way through. Same with you?

--
Bill


Posted by dave on October 13, 2006, 2:08 am
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 If I have it set to clone mode it fires up right away...if its in extended
it fires up after the win startup screen.



Posted by Chris on October 16, 2006, 4:50 pm
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dave wrote:
> If I have it set to clone mode it fires up right away...if its in extended
> it fires up after the win startup screen.

If your laptop is using the external monitor to extend the desktop and
you close your laptop lid, is the desktop still extended to the
external monitor? This is what I want to happen. I don't want to see
the start menu or anything else that supposed to be on the primary
display show up on the external monitor regardless of whether or not
the lid is closed.

On the Dell laptops I was able to achieve this, but it's not an optimal
solution. The "lid closed" switch is actually hidden underneath the
buttons for the touch pad. A magnet in the LCD bezel activates the
reed switch as it approaches the touch pad area which happens as the
lid is closed. Unfortunately, the laptop LCD stays lit up the whole
time.


Posted by dave on October 17, 2006, 3:30 am
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If your laptop is using the external monitor to extend the desktop and
you close your laptop lid, is the desktop still extended to the
external monitor? This is what I want to happen. I don't want to see
the start menu or anything else that supposed to be on the primary
display show up on the external monitor regardless of whether or not
the lid is closed.

Yes the external monitor keeps its settings (extended) when the lid is
closed and if I have apps running on the extended desktop they are still
functional.



Posted by Chris on October 17, 2006, 3:05 pm
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dave wrote:

> Yes the external monitor keeps its settings (extended) when the lid is
> closed and if I have apps running on the extended desktop they are still
> functional.

Nice!! Do you know if your LCD stays lit when you close the lid?


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