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Usually it's a tiny button or hole near a hinge at the back of the laptop. Some newer slimline notebooks/laptops may have a switch hooked up internally to the hinge workings and others use magnets.
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First see if it's a hardware problem with the switch that gets depressed when you close the lid. Leave the lid up and push the pin near the hinges down manually a few times and see what happens. You...