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Get monitor to work when laptop lid closed

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Carly127 - Updated on Jun 6, 2017 at 03:47 PM
 Brolover69 - Mar 21, 2018 at 10:48 AM
Hello,
I've attached an emachine monitor to my HP Pavilion dv5-1002 Notebook. It works, until I close the laptop lid and everything goes black. I've gone into power options and changed the power buttons to do nothing when the lid is closed. I've tried to set up the external display in the windows mobility center.
Why can't I use the monitor with the laptop lid closed? I've

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Carly127
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sunny
Updated on Nov 26, 2018 at 03:21 PM
Go in control panel>power options. on left side of screen there is an option saying " when I close lid of laptop....", you should select "DO NOTHING"... and thats it, problem solved!
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Faith
Sep 12, 2010 at 11:35 AM
Thanks, Sunny, for this very easy fix!
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amirhossein
Jun 21, 2014 at 02:07 PM
tnx , it was really helpfull . :)
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jon
Jun 24, 2014 at 01:12 AM
tnx
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Smenkie
Aug 2, 2014 at 02:09 PM
Man that was easy
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Cat
Nov 8, 2014 at 05:21 PM
Thank you this was a HUGE help.
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Answer 2 / 2
Bro102
May 8, 2010 at 05:31 AM
I think I found the answer: What works for me is when I make the monitor the main display and they make sure that the option 'multiple displays' is on 'extend these displays'. Now, when I close the lid, the screen remains on my monitor. Obviously, the options I am talking about are in Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Display > Screen Resolution. So when you do all this and close the lid on your laptop, the screen on your monitor goes black for 2 seconds and then remains the way it was.
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