Silly laptop question.

Gamer_T · 12 Jan 2010 at 15:51

Hi guys.

I've had a laptop today and I'm just wondering how I stop it from turning off when I close the lid?

I've had a look in power settings and I can't find anything.

It's running Windows 7.

Cheers

Alex74 · 12 Jan 2010 at 16:20

Should be in "change advanced power settings" and under "power button and lid" (after clicking "Change plan settings" in the Power Options window).

Hope this gets you there

Gamer_T · 12 Jan 2010 at 16:26

Cheers mate that sorted it. What is the difference beteen sleep and hibernate?

Thanks

danb21t · 12 Jan 2010 at 16:32

sleep keeps the memory powered and is considered 'instant' when loading back to windows.

hibernate writes all data from your current windows session to a file (located in the root of C) and it a lot slower when turning the laptop back on

box · 12 Jan 2010 at 16:36

Gamer_T said:
Cheers mate that sorted it. What is the difference beteen sleep and hibernate?

Thanks

Sleep will basically turn off everything in your computer but keep a small power applied to the RAM to maintain the system state so that it can turn back on 'instantly'. This will require that you keep the power plugged in however.

Hibernate writes the current contents of your system RAM to your hard drive so that you can turn off the power completely/move the system around and still get back to a useable desktop relatively quickly. Although to be honest, I'd personally prefer a clean shut down over hibernation.

I think Vista also used to have a 'hybrid sleep' mode where it would basically do both of the above, so that you'd have a failsafe if you pulled the plug while it was sleeping. Dunno if this feature has been kept in Windows 7 though.

Gamer_T · 12 Jan 2010 at 16:50

Thanks for the replys guys. Really appreciated.