


It weighs 15 pounds and is very big, and not easy to remove from the shelf to open and close to restart. The laptop is an HP Pavillion HDX9300 "Dragon" with a 20" monitor. If I keep the lid cracked open, I can restart successfuly, and for now, that's my "workaround." There's not enough room on the shelf under the HDTV to keep the lid fully open. If I then open the lid, the LED lights on the keyboard are illuminated, but the computer will not respond to any input from the mouse or keyboard crtl-alt-del, power-button, esc, enter, clicking, mousing, function-key-monitor, unplugging the HDMI connector, etc.Īt that point, all I can do it press the power button and hold for five seconds until it powers down, then, press power again to start it.

So, I can close the lid, and it works with the external monitor, keyboard, and mouse.īut, when I choose Restart from the start button, it starts the restart cycle with shutting down, but it never starts back up. I've set the power option to do nothing when I close the lid, and I've set the display to use only the external monitor. My laptop is connected to my HDTV using an HDMI connection, and I have a bluetooth mouse and keyboard. Elaborate "cannot restart laptop with the lid closed".
