Is there any danger in simply closing your laptop lid and waiting for it to go into sleep mode or standby?

Question

Somebody told me that closing your lid and waiting for your laptop to do whatever you tell it to do when you close the lid of your laptop is a great way to ruin your display screen. Is there any truth to this?

Thanks for your responses. (I am not tech savvy, and I do this all of the time, so I am really concerned:))

Answer 1

No, right when you close your screen the laptop goes black anyways. Its probably better then making it sit there for 10 min everytime you want to get off. Saves battery life aswell

Answer 2

No, all screens turn off when you close the lid. just watch it as you hinge down, you can see it go offf, The danger is killing you battery if it is not set up correctly. Set the battery shutoff so it never goes flat.



Laptop. Desktop Power settings

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The following text is written to help fault find.



Right click on the empty space on the desktop >properties >screensaver tab >power

set everything to never in the drop down menu.

Choose if you want to login on screensaver restore

disable hibernation

choose what you want to do when lid closes, or power button etc.

click the battery tab and set the alarm and stuff so the battery will never fully discharge..

set up a screen saver say 15 minutes is ok

apply etc





Then open device manager (see help files - click start > help and support)

Or right click the my computer icon >manage >device manager

Look for and expand the universal serial bus

right click on each one listed underneath >properties >power tab

choose so the power stays on.. Do each USB listed that has a Power tab.



This is the best set up to eliminate hassles to help trouble shooting. Only choose power saving settings if you really have to.



If you want to use power settings then make sure you have them in order, first screensaver, then monitor, then hdd.



If you want to use hibernation set hdd to never, specially if you have trouble with it restoring. You may need to experiment a bit here. If you want to use a USB device to pull the computer out of hibernation, then the power to the USB device has to be set to never.



How to stuff a laptop battery

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If you accidentally leave the computer on so the battery goes dead flat, and the turn off feature is not set, then the battery can reverse polarity. When it does this, it opposes the charging current. The battery will be useless and has to be replaced.



Also a flat battery that is down, but not enough to go faulty as above, can take a really long time to fully charge. The reason is that the voltage comes up really quickly, which restricts the current from charging a reasonable amount to a trickle. The light may say charged because the voltage is ok, but the battery goes flat quickly because the quantity is lacking. Resolution: you have to leave on charge a really long time, like 3 - 7 days..

Answer 3

Best Buy makes a lot of money fixing notebooks that are treated like that.



A sleeping or hibernating hard drive is still operating, just held in place so a lazy person can start off again where they left off.



If any power problems occur or if the notebook is bumped or dropped, the hard drive head will scratch the surface and your hard drive is severely damaged. Sometimes the data can be recovered, some times not.



Your choice. Take a minute and shut down the system or not. Depends on how heavy you gamble.



Sarge

Answer 4

I actually have a dell too. as nicely to be waiting to alter what happens once you close up the computing gadget, you are able to completly swap video show contraptions. circulate to start>administration Panel>(on the left click swap to classic view, if whether it says swap to classification view, do not something)>ability techniques>stepped forward(tab)>replace once I close transportable lid to do not something. you additionally can swap video show contraptions complelty. I actually have a dell inspiron 4100 computing gadget on XP and use an exterior visual show unit and discover that this works extra advantageous. In contorl panel, click show>settings(tab)>stepped forward>show(t... the 2nd visual show unit to customary(circle somewhat of two packing containers>turn off the computing gadget show Now, each time you turn on the computing gadget every time it particularly is going to basically use the 2d show, it particularly is far less stressful and quicker

Answer 5

I don't think so I have done this for years and nothing has ever happened like that.

Answer 6

No that won,t do any harm to your laptop.

Answer 7

i do it all the time when my mom's about to come in, it's perfectly fine.