PSA: Your watch band may be messing with your laptop – magnetic clasps can cause lid sensors to lock your PC

It’s likely a niche issue, but I discovered recently that my magnetic watch clasp was confusing an Acer laptop into thinking I was closing and opening the lid, causing me to repeatedly get logged out of Windows just as I tried to type.

Source: Tom's Hardware30 July 2026 at 8:39 pm ISTrss

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Original headline: PSA: Your watch band may be messing with your laptop – magnetic clasps can cause lid sensors to lock your PC
Product category: wearables
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