Holy smokes! I'll try that! Thanks very much John and Tom. Apprieciate it very much.
BTW Tom I did some googling per your advice, found downloadable manuals on the Dell site. Thanks again, Bill. -------------- Original message from John DeCarlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -------------- > On 8/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Yes I know it is supposed to do that.:) However, now even the slightest > > vibration or movement of the lid and I have a black screen. I have to > > reboot from the power off button (ouch) and this is playing havoc with my > > os. Details are: Dell Inspiron 1000, Windows XP, only about two years > > old. > > > > BTW I have been real careful with it. Is there any maintainance I can > > perform, or do I take it to the shop? Thanks for any replys, Bill. > > > > One option for you is the "cover it with black tape and ignore it" approach. > > Namely, go into Control Panel and open up the Power item. Find the power > option that says what to do when you Close The Lid. > > Change the value to Do Nothing. > > That way, whether you really close the lid or simply jiggle the screen, > nothing will happen. > > -- > John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
