But this button puts my laptop on standby. Isn't that the way all laptops
work?
--le
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hamid Hamraz" <hhamraz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: screen issues:turning off monitor?
You can use a sticky matirial to keep the lid button pressed; it is
exactly
the same as closing the lid. That is usually a very tiny button close to
the
axis where the monitor turning around.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 10:44 PM
Subject: screen issues:turning off monitor?
Hello all,
I posted this a couple days ago, and didn't go anywhere with it.
Basically:
On my toshiba I can turn off my monitor by setting the output to the
video
port, and it doesn't care whether or not a screen is plugged in.
I recently got a new Dell, with windows Seven, and am having a problem
trying to turn off the screen. I would like to do it through some sort of
software or possibly a hardware fix, but taking off the screen/replacing
it with an old one and trying to sell it/covering it with felt is out. I
work in a couple classes where a group setting is the norm, and I don't
generally have the time in class to remove felt and tack a new piece up,
etc etc.
So, I'm trying to find out if anyone has some tricks here worth sharing.
I've turned down the brightness, tried the SC_MONITORPOWER message (which
doesn't work for laptops apparently), etc etc.
The other idea would be to use some sort of driver to make a dummy video
card, where the video would just go to memory and be overwritten next
time
data is sent, but I haven't the experience with the WDK to do this.
Basically I want to turn it off both to save battery power, and to keep
the brightness down. My puples don't contract with light. At night or
when
it's darker, the light is rather painfull on the eyeballs, as it is
fairly
bright and I'm overly sensative to it, so any ideas would be really
appriciated!
TIA,
Ty
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