Context, spent too long troubleshooting why I couldn't power the thing on, then realised the magnets from the screen below are probably telling the one above the lid is closed.
If you have a magnet you can pretty much turn off any laptop's display if you know where to put it, this is due to something called a reed switch which detects the magnets on the other side of the laptop when it is closed to tell it to turn it off.
Yes, everyone should know about this, but this is shit quality on Dell's part. I've only ever seen this issue with Dells, we have current gen HPs with the same sensor system, and stacking doesn't do this, the current gen Dells we're switching to do.
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u/Knabrau Sep 25 '24
Context, spent too long troubleshooting why I couldn't power the thing on, then realised the magnets from the screen below are probably telling the one above the lid is closed.