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Bill McGonigle bill at bfccomputing.com
Thu Jan 13 00:25:01 EST 2005


On Jan 12, 2005, at 18:23, Thomas M. Albright wrote:

> The problem is that when I
> shut the lid on the laptop, it goes to sleep and I can't connect to the
> internet. How do I get it to stay awake when I shut the lid?

Some laptops overheat if they run with the lid closed - others have it 
as a feature.  Just be aware if you need to do sufficient hackery to 
get it to work there might be a reason...

-Bill
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