Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

[Fulko Hew]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:36 PM, John Aldrich <jmaldrich at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Quoting Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>:
>
>> Am 19.01.2012 19:05, schrieb linux guy:
>>
>>> I'd like to run my new laptop with the lid closed.   I'm using
>>> external displays and keyboard, mouse, etc.   When its at my desk, I
>>> only want to use it as a processing unit.
>>>
>>
>> you do not really want this because the machine will OVERHEAT!
>>
>>  How do you figure that? I'm typing this at my desk at work on a laptop
> with the lid closed. Granted it's on a docking station that raises the rear
> a couple inches (I guess for extra air-flow) but it still illustrates the
> fallacy of your argument.
>

I won't go so far as say 'over-heat', but _my_ laptop does get 'a lot
warmer' with its lid shut.
Its due to the fact that its backlight rarely gets turned off when the lid
is closed.
(The difference between one radiating surface versus two.)
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