Sleepmode screen

hey there,
i'm having a prob with my ibookg4 (10.4.11) and sleepmode. the screen of my ibook broke a couple of days ago (white strip at the bottom) i'm not repairing the screen, so i hooked it up with an external screen, everything works fine. my question would be: is there any chance to close the laptop without it going to sleep so i can work on the external screen.
help would be gr8!
thanks
KARO

Carreau,
is there any chance to close the laptop without it going to sleep so i can work on the external screen.
Well the only way to do that is to defeat the action of the reed switch. 1) by unplugging the reed switch cable. 2)by removing the actuating magnet in the top case.
However the common wisdom is not to do this because of heat buildup from the hard drive and the heat spreader.
Richard
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