Re: screen issues:turning off monitor?
- From: Alex Midence <alex.midence@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:47:27 -0500
Pity there's no way to fool that sensor.
Otherwise, you might try seeing if you could get your hands on an
older trashed out model and grab the part from the bottom that the
sensor on the monitor is meant to interface with as it descends.
Could trick it into turning off by attaching the salvaged part near
the monitor's sensor with a bit of tape or something if that were
possible.
Alex M
On 8/29/10, gmail <jimpanes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 6:24 PM
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: screen issues:turning off monitor?
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>> Laura,
>> There's a button on older computers where you would lower the screen and
>> it would push a button to turn it off. That got replaced with some sensors
>>
>> and a magnet setup in some systems. Same idea, just a newer technology.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "qubit" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 4:19 PM
>> Subject: Re: screen issues:turning off monitor?
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>>
>>> 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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