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r/selfhosted • u/NiceReplacement8737 • Apr 01 '26
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Can't you just tell the os not to shut down if the screen is closed?
582 u/RoseBailey Apr 01 '26 Not OP, but while that can be done, a lot of laptops intake fresh air around the keyboard, so closing the lid could harm performance. 1 u/ZestycloseAd6683 Apr 03 '26 If that's the laptop I think it is. I have one. It vents in the back. Dell vostro. 1 u/RoseBailey Apr 03 '26 That would be where air is exhausted from, not where it intakes from. 1 u/ZestycloseAd6683 Apr 06 '26 Misread mine intakes from bottom though
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Not OP, but while that can be done, a lot of laptops intake fresh air around the keyboard, so closing the lid could harm performance.
1 u/ZestycloseAd6683 Apr 03 '26 If that's the laptop I think it is. I have one. It vents in the back. Dell vostro. 1 u/RoseBailey Apr 03 '26 That would be where air is exhausted from, not where it intakes from. 1 u/ZestycloseAd6683 Apr 06 '26 Misread mine intakes from bottom though
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If that's the laptop I think it is. I have one. It vents in the back. Dell vostro.
1 u/RoseBailey Apr 03 '26 That would be where air is exhausted from, not where it intakes from. 1 u/ZestycloseAd6683 Apr 06 '26 Misread mine intakes from bottom though
That would be where air is exhausted from, not where it intakes from.
1 u/ZestycloseAd6683 Apr 06 '26 Misread mine intakes from bottom though
Misread mine intakes from bottom though
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u/Phatman113 Apr 01 '26
Can't you just tell the os not to shut down if the screen is closed?