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    Laptop not going to sleep in Windows 7

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by aditghai, Sep 7, 2009.

  1. aditghai

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    I just installed Windows 7 Enterprise 90 day trial. I have my power management settings set to-"When I close the lid-Do nothing".

    In Vista, the screen used to go off when the lid was 90% closed. With Windows 7, when I close the lid, the light is still on and the screen does not go off when I do the same-Seems like the lid sensor is not working in Win 7.

    It's a Dell XPS studio 16-Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks
     
    aditghai, Sep 7, 2009
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    I was afraid of sleep not working in Windows 7.

    Try setting it to go to sleep. It really doesn't take that long for it to wake up, and it's only a few seconds longer than having the screen turn back on.
     
    Amnesiac, Sep 8, 2009
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    I actually got it to work after I installed the ATI catalyst control center
     
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    Oh, that would make sense because sleep mode is actually handled by the GPU...

    Sarcasm for the people who believe it.

    It does make sense though, as it may have been a driver problem.

    Now, did you get CCC without a driver? I'm looking for just the program by itself without the driver...
     
    Amnesiac, Sep 8, 2009
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