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    Alienware M17x R3 lighting effects question

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by RED-XIV, Nov 6, 2011.

  1. RED-XIV

    RED-XIV Notebook Consultant

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    Ok, so I have had an R3 for a while now, and set up my lighting effects the best I can... ...but I would love to be able to turn off the bloody touch-pad light. >_< can anyone pleas find me a way to turn the touch-pad light off?

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    yes yes... this is a picture of an R1-2 ...but the light looks the same on the R3 :p
     
    RED-XIV, Nov 6, 2011
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  2. Aunty June

    Aunty June Notebook Guru

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    easy, FN F12
     
    Aunty June, Nov 6, 2011
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  3. BlaZe404

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    but that will disable the touchpad.
     
    BlaZe404, Nov 6, 2011
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  4. RED-XIV

    RED-XIV Notebook Consultant

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    :p that turns off the touch pad ~ I am looking to keep it active, but have the light off XD
     
    RED-XIV, Nov 7, 2011
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  5. bigtonyman

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    only way i know how to turn off the trackpad light is to turn all the lights off :(
     
    bigtonyman, Nov 7, 2011
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  6. RED-XIV

    RED-XIV Notebook Consultant

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    Hmm... I was thinking of opening it up again, (dust cleaning), and taking look at the light wires... BUT~!!! I dont want to kill any of the others, and I am afraid of killing all/some of the other lights if I force off (disconnect) the light wires to the touch pad... any thoughts?

    Edit ~ I heard when reading the forums that someone burnt out the light on the touch pad... so I dont think disconnecting the light wires will kill the other lights, BUT~! may screw with the Alienware lighting app :(
     
    RED-XIV, Nov 7, 2011
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  7. bigtonyman

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    i don't know much about that light circuits and how they function sorry :( I haven't had to mess with them.
     
    bigtonyman, Nov 7, 2011
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  8. mrm2x

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    easiest and (by my knowlegde) only way to "kill" the touchpad-light but keep it functional is to manually edit the alienfx theme-file.

    you have to open this file with notepad and find the entry which defines the colour for that zone (i think its zone 9...but not sure right know).

    there you type in the desired colour (for black = off, i think its #FF000000 ), save and load via alienfx editor.

    bit of a hassle but it works.

    btw i have no idea why alienware wouldnt allow to change the colour of the touchpad, mediakeys and status-leds to black...its kinda stupid in my opinion.
     
    mrm2x, Nov 7, 2011
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  9. chez

    chez Notebook Consultant

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    I found an easier way just now, by chance..

    Right-click the AlienFX tray icon, choose Quick Change, choose black, then go into the editor, save as a new theme and edit the zones you want to have colour from there.
     
    chez, Nov 8, 2011
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  10. RED-XIV

    RED-XIV Notebook Consultant

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    ThanxXx for the tips, Ill take a look at both~ let ya know how it goes :3

    Edit: Thanx both of you, I went with mrm2x's method, worked like a charm =^_^=
     
    RED-XIV, Nov 8, 2011
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