The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    17xR3 - Depressing Volume keys minimizes WoW

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by OoksOo, May 14, 2011.

  1. OoksOo

    OoksOo Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    55
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    While i was running warcraft3, i try to lower the music volum, using those key at top, but it will minimize my window, how can i change that?
     
    OoksOo, May 14, 2011
    #1
  2. zergslayer69

    zergslayer69 Liquid Hz

    Reputations:
    62
    Messages:
    1,551
    Likes Received:
    91
    Trophy Points:
    66
    Might have to uninstall the alienware osd. I personally formatted so I don't have that bugging me.
     
    zergslayer69, May 14, 2011
    #2
  3. steve1ddd

    steve1ddd Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    82
    Messages:
    482
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    if you do this the button stops working completely...not a solution.....this happens on lots of games no fix as of yet
     
    steve1ddd, May 14, 2011
    #3
  4. OoksOo

    OoksOo Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    55
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    oh no, another defect on this expensive laptop
     
    OoksOo, May 14, 2011
    #4
  5. Emm3

    Emm3 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    37
    Messages:
    530
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Funny that on my first r3 with Dell ssd the volume buttons worked ALWAYS no matter what program or game or video I was watching full screen or windowed. On my 2nd r3 I got the hdd and it would do the same for me in Warcraft 3. I play TFT and on the first one with ssd the volume bars would just appear above everything and adjust. Not sure why though. First machine was 3d gtx 460 2nd was 6970. Maybe a gpu Thing ?
     
    Emm3, May 14, 2011
    #5
  6. Emm3

    Emm3 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    37
    Messages:
    530
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    What's your setup?
     
    Emm3, May 14, 2011
    #6
  7. steve1ddd

    steve1ddd Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    82
    Messages:
    482
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    it does this because when you hit the volume button, a little box comes up to the forefront to show you your level of volume....this is not a defect of the R3, just the way windows works....Dell would need to suppress the box from popping up in order to "fix" this....perhaps a future version of OSD, who knows
     
    steve1ddd, May 14, 2011
    #7
  8. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    7,395
    Messages:
    7,964
    Likes Received:
    25
    Trophy Points:
    206
    This shouldn't happen. The app is designed to function in the background without stealing focus.

    Make sure you have the current OSD installed. Link is here:

    Alienware OSD v0.31.0.8C for M17xR3
    Drivers and Downloads

    You can also try the M18x version - v0.31.0.14C
    It will not break anything however if any 'weirdness' is encountered, just uninstall and reinstall the 17xR3 version.
    Drivers and Downloads


    Post back results after you confirm this occurs using the current version of OSD for the R3.
     
    BatBoy, May 14, 2011
    #8
  9. Emm3

    Emm3 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    37
    Messages:
    530
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    With my ssd equipped r3 it did NOT do this ever. not once. So no it is not normal.
     
    Emm3, May 14, 2011
    #9
  10. steve1ddd

    steve1ddd Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    82
    Messages:
    482
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Batboy....i can confirm that it behaves this way on my setup with the OSD you reference..
     
    steve1ddd, May 14, 2011
    #10
  11. darkloki

    darkloki Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    412
    Messages:
    1,829
    Likes Received:
    182
    Trophy Points:
    81
    I know that if you can force your game to DX 9 it won't happen. Not a REAL solution, but a solution.
     
    darkloki, May 14, 2011
    #11
  12. ECKS

    ECKS Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    950
    Messages:
    4,635
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    106
    It's glitchy for me. Sometimes it minimizes, sometimes it doesn't (during games or watching a movie on WMP). If it doesn't minimize, I don't see the box that pops up indicating volume. When it minimizes, that box pops up. It never pops up/minimizes during BFBC2 or SC2 or Dolphin/PCSX2 fyi.
     
    ECKS, May 15, 2011
    #12
  13. N4TUR3

    N4TUR3 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    87
    Messages:
    50
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    same here when i first got my R3 it was giving me the same problem on crysis 2 and portal 2,

    After a few days of using the laptop this issue doesn't occur anymore, i didn't install any drivers, except carried out an windows update which i think after that the issue stopped.
     
    N4TUR3, May 15, 2011
    #13