Yes, the connection will stay alive unless your ISP disconnects you.  Only
the LCD display is turned off.  The laptop will stay active unless other
power management settings turn it off.  I routinely start large downloads
before going to bed and then close the cover to turn off the LCD screen.

Doug

At 7/29/2002 08:46 PM, Susan S. Hays wrote:

Does this allow the dial up connection to stay on?  Does it strictly turn off
the monitor?  In other words, since I am constantly connected to the
internet, the power settings just don't work, right?

---------Doug Wrote-------
  Instead of using the Power Management settings (which have given me
some problems on other machines) I just close the lid on my
laptop which shuts off the LCD monitor.


At 7/27/2002 08:25 AM, Susan S. Hays wrote:

My desktop at home crashed so I had to bring my laptop from
work to use here. At work, I had my monitor to shut off after 30 minutes of
being idle.  That feature worked just fine at work.  But here at home, for
some reason, that feature doesn't work.  Will it hurt my laptop for my
monitor to be on all the time?  I have a second phone line so when I
connect to AOL,
I just remain there until I leave for work the next morning.  What does
my monitor and hard disk need to be set on for the energy saving feature to
kick in after 30 minutes to an hour of no activity.  If it won't hurt laptop
to be on all the time, I won't worry about it.  But if it will tend to burn
out my monitor sooner, I need to know what settings to use to fix this
problem.

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