Re: screen issues:turning off monitor?
- From: "qubit" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:19:54 -0500
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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