CZroe
Lifer
As a security guard, I use a radio to communicate where I work.
When responding to a transmission once, my laptop's backlight just shut off as soon as I hit the transmit button. And it stayed off. I've used this radio a thousand times near my laptop. I tried hitting the "lid closed" sensor, tried the Fn shortcuts for changing display output modes and more. The only way to get the backlight back on was to shut down and restart the PC. Well, hibernating and Restoring works just as well (I have that action set to my power button).
I tested again to make sure it wasn't a problem that just randomly happened and just happened to occur when I was beginning a transmissing. It knocked the LCD's backlight off again with the exact same results.
I repeated one more time to demonstrate the problem to a coworker before concerns for the safety of my laptop ruled out doing it again.
I'm sure a two-way radio creates one heck of an EMF field for a handheld device, but one powerful enough to "crash" the backlights on/off circuit and require a power cycle? I figured it would be more of a concern for HDD failure or something...
When responding to a transmission once, my laptop's backlight just shut off as soon as I hit the transmit button. And it stayed off. I've used this radio a thousand times near my laptop. I tried hitting the "lid closed" sensor, tried the Fn shortcuts for changing display output modes and more. The only way to get the backlight back on was to shut down and restart the PC. Well, hibernating and Restoring works just as well (I have that action set to my power button).
I tested again to make sure it wasn't a problem that just randomly happened and just happened to occur when I was beginning a transmissing. It knocked the LCD's backlight off again with the exact same results.
I repeated one more time to demonstrate the problem to a coworker before concerns for the safety of my laptop ruled out doing it again.
I'm sure a two-way radio creates one heck of an EMF field for a handheld device, but one powerful enough to "crash" the backlights on/off circuit and require a power cycle? I figured it would be more of a concern for HDD failure or something...
