Nitro 5 Lid Function / HDMI output I couldn’t find their prescribed volume manage driver

ShallowRelease

Hello.

Closing the lid cuts off my screen duplicate hdmi output to the tv. The paradox is that my close the lid setting is set as “do nothing” for both option for battery and plugged in. I can confirm that that setting works so far as if I have music playing on Spotify and close it, the music is uninterrupted and keeps playing.

I’ve tried setting the main default playback to the connected device as well as a host of other chronological processes like power on device (tv)/ close lid / no signal / power off device(tv) / remove hdmi cable / power up device (tv) / plug it in attempt to invoke functionality.

Is this really not possible? Again, music will play with the lid closed. But if you plug the hdmi cable in or have it plugged in, there’s no signal and no sound.

I read something somewhere about a Regisry hack or something with the ACPI lid driver and updating the driver with Volume Manager while they were solving the same issue in a Windows 7 OS, however I couldn’t find their prescribed volume manage driver in my particular selection.

The “just keep the lid open a little” solution just seems a little too pathetic. I just assumed it would work with the aforementioned settings never having done this before.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/prevent-display-from-switching-when-laptop-lid-is/c1d46375-9ad7-43f0-8928-ee69f7c86934

Thank you for your time in advance.

[Edited the thread to add issue detail]

StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/676573/nitro-5-lid-function-hdmi-output

Have a look at this guide here as its got all scenarios of using your laptop when the lid is closed, Try to "Turn off Hibernation From Command Prompt"

1.   Launch Command Prompt from the Start Menu or you can navigate to Run and type cmd.

2.   Now, simply type this command: Powercfg /hibernate off

3.   Check if the issue still persists.

StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/676573/nitro-5-lid-function-hdmi-output

Have a look at this guide here as its got all scenarios of using your laptop when the lid is closed, Try to "Turn off Hibernation From Command Prompt"

1.   Launch Command Prompt from the Start Menu or you can navigate to Run and type cmd.

2.   Now, simply type this command: Powercfg /hibernate off

3.   Check if the issue still persists.

ShallowRelease

Thank you. This was the answer.

StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1172545#Comment_1172545

Glad to help you out, cheers and have a great day and enjoyable computing😀