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by: XsiBoss July 20, 2012 4:02 PM PDT

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Laptop goes to sleep when lid is closed ramdomly

by XsiBoss - 7/20/12 4:02 PM

I'm using my laptop (ASUS G73JW) with external monitor.
The OS is Windows 7 ultimate 64.
I set to "Do nothing" when the lid is closed and "Never" sleep in power settings.
It never goes to sleep even if I'm doing nothing with my laptop for a long time.
But it goes to sleep in random time when I start to play video with media player, even if I keep doing somethng with mouse or keyboard.
I tested with various other media players, but symptom is the same.
I'm not sure if this is the same on other laptop models/vendors.
It seems like a bug is in Windows kernel drivers or ASUS specific drivers.
Anyone has an idea how to fix this problem?


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If you research this, it's TRUE!

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 7/20/12 4:16 PM

In Reply to: Laptop goes to sleep when lid is closed ramdomly by XsiBoss

This is not so much a bug but a decision to not allow such use because part of the cooling is done through the keyboard.

I have yet to have any laptop maker support this today due to the possible heat issues. Be sure to ask the maker and if they are like most you'll have to reconsider this model.
Bob


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by XsiBoss - 7/20/12 4:26 PM

In Reply to: Laptop goes to sleep when lid is closed ramdomly by XsiBoss

I couldn't find a way how to edit my original post, so I'm doing this.
It seems not to be related to media player - it went to sleep right after I submitted this post!
I was not playing video with media player.
It went to sleep and after couple of minutes, it shutdown immediately immproperly.


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There is that other issue to chat about.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 7/20/12 4:36 PM

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This is one of those gamer laptops so tell the forum if you used the canned air this month.

My son has the 15 inch g53 model and every month we do the work.
Bob


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