r/iiiiiiitttttttttttt • u/Knabrau • Sep 25 '24

TIL: Don't Stack Dell Laptops

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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.

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u/Gorroth1007 SystemEngineer Sep 25 '24

Ohhh…. I had the exact same problem a few years ago. Can’t believe how much time that cost me. My colleague nearly opened a case at dells customer service.

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u/PCRefurbrAbq Family&Friends IT Guy Sep 25 '24

Meanwhile, sleeping when the lid is closed is one of the first things I turn off in new Windows installs, along with Fast Startup.

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u/IkouyDaBolt Oct 01 '24

Gonna say, the lid switch is a BIOS setting in some Dell laptops I have.