Yes! Very important!

I remember it being a bit trendy to turn old laptops into desktops by just unplugging the display and plugging peripherals into them, but people were finding that the keyboard actually was designed as another heat escape, so running them with the lids closed wasn't so great!

But it looks like it's sitting on carpet which would definitely block the vents

Take out the lid-close sensor and use it in a side project that requires a proximity sensor.

It's probably to prevent overheating.

Why is it just sitting on the carpet though?

if you just moved in, server comes first, then a mattress, then the rest of the furniture

you see ivan, server is much happier when comfortable on carpet, you can tell it wams its heart

Yeah. That one triggered me.

I mean, literally just lean it against the wall, at the very least...

Wow five years is a long time to juggle something

I instantly recognized it too! Mine got stolen. I loved mine.

I think that’s a Y510p. This was the machine that made me think Lenovo knew what they were doing and were the true successors to IBM, for laptops at least.

This machine was released right before the gaming laptop age really kicked off, so its paltry GT750(M! Sometimes two of them) was about as good as it got outside of a sketchy DTR from a company you’ve never heard of. Only a few years later did the standard go way up for gaming laptop performance, with everyone and their dog getting an Nvidia 1050/1060/1070 machine.

But I really liked the Y500/Y510. Serious design that made it look like a thick business laptop with polished black surfaces and cool red key edges vs gaudy RGB sludge with LOOK AT ME I AM EPICLY GAMERING all over it. I kind of wish they kept this design style.

Oh well. Tongfang has my back now.

but my keyboard is a heatsink...

put it in /etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/nosleep.conf so that updates can't ever undo this

Thanks, but honestly, a simple cat would be more helpful than a sed line. I mean, who reads sed lines?

You should be able to deactivate shutdown or sleep mode on lid closure with some commands.

That free computer is going to cost you a lot on your electric bill.

Yes, easily. Most OSes let you do that.

Sure, it's part of windows settings under power management.

Yes usually it's the OS that handles it and it can be set to ignore the lid detection.

I did it for a while. Also removed the battery so it doesn't start swelling

Yes, in most OSes it’s just a setting you can toggle. But even if you can, you may want to leave it open for cooling. Lots of laptops are barely cooled enough to support themselves, and will often rely on radiating heat out of the case as a form of passive cooling. And even when the screen is open, they still struggle to stay cool. Closing the lid often makes these cooling issues much worse.