This is one of the strangest things I've seen in a while..
I was copying some text between my laptop and Storm, so I rested the Storm to the right of the laptops touchpad and the screen started flickering. I picked the Storm up off of the laptop, and the screen went back to normal.
If I place the Storm on a specific spot to the right of the touchpad, the screen goes black. The computer still runs, nothing is interrupted, the screen just goes black.
The laptops hard drive is located directly under the touchpad, and the battery is directly under the spot where the Storm causes the screen to go blank.
I tried the same thing with my Zune and old cell phone, and nothing happens. I also tried it with the Storm powered on and off (battery removed) and the screen still blacks out.
I know this sounds completely ridiculous, so I'll post a video if this just sounds too unbelievable.
I'm still totally lost about why it's happening from that specific spot. There's nothing under it that should affect the screen. The battery is under the spot, but the electrical connections to the battery are on the other side of it. The only thing that could be in that spot are wires connecting to the wifi/bluetooth on/off switches.
Now I have had something like this happen with my panasonic tough book. If i face my PDA phone camera towards the screen (standing it up in front of the touch pad my screen would go black. I just assume it was a setting in my military laptop???
Possibly there is something in the lid of your laptop that shuts off the screen when you close it and that same thing is in your Storm? I know most laptops sense when the screen is closed and will usually turn off the screen or something because it isn't being used.
Possibly there is something in the lid of your laptop that shuts off the screen when you close it and that same thing is in your Storm? I know most laptops sense when the screen is closed and will usually turn off the screen or something because it isn't being used.
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Possibly there is something in the lid of your laptop that shuts off the screen when you close it and that same thing is in your Storm? I know most laptops sense when the screen is closed and will usually turn off the screen or something because it isn't being used.
My Dell Latitude D630 does the same thing. I have to place my Storm half way on the trackpad on the right side and it will do it.
My guess is that that magnet in the storm is effectively doing the same thing that happens when you close the lid of your laptop. Most laptops now have magnetic sensors that cut the display when closed (instead of the pins used on older laptops) and the magnet in the Storm makes the computer think the lid is closed therefore cutting the display.
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