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    An idea in need of someone who is able to carry it out

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by V3_Shae, Oct 10, 2010.

  1. V3_Shae

    V3_Shae Notebook Consultant

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    To begin, I am an idea sort of person. The kind that comes up with things that he has no idea what so ever to carry out. Now, I don't know if this would require rewriting the entire program, but it probably is possible. To anyone that can do this thing, I would be forever in their debt. Now, for the idea: An AlienFX theme that morphs the keyboard from blue -> red according to the primary graphic's cards temperature. Now, I have no idea how one would go about this. If you think you can do it, or think it would be cool, be sure to post here!!
     
    V3_Shae, Oct 10, 2010
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  2. TurbodTalon

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    Yeah, it's possible, and not a bad idea. The problem is finding someone to code the program who doesn't have much bigger fish to fry.
     
    TurbodTalon, Oct 10, 2010
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  3. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    it should be quite eseay provided you have a little coding knowledge and know which library to use to read gpu temperature
     
    granyte, Oct 10, 2010
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  4. TurbodTalon

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    I would make the Alien head change ranging several different colors from and idle temp all the way to full load. I can do a 'Hello World', but that's about it. :D
     
    TurbodTalon, Oct 10, 2010
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  5. V3_Shae

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    We just need one of the heavy hitters here on this forum to stumble on this, then we are in business :p
     
    V3_Shae, Oct 10, 2010
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    faiz23, Oct 10, 2010
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  7. V3_Shae

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    How would I ask him about this? Is he active enough that he would respond to a PM?
     
    V3_Shae, Oct 10, 2010
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  8. TheCodeBreaker

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    Had to say that made me LOL. "Hello world", every programming course started with that :p
     
    TheCodeBreaker, Oct 10, 2010
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  9. DR650SE

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    This would be useful for benching too! And Wattos, did he change is NBR screen name? I just remember him as Wattos in the benching thread.
     
    DR650SE, Oct 10, 2010
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  10. TurbodTalon

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    Maybe this is something that Unclewebb would take a look at. He coded ThrottleStop and RealTemp didn't he?
     
    TurbodTalon, Oct 10, 2010
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  11. DR650SE

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    Yea, yea he did.
     
    DR650SE, Oct 10, 2010
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  12. V3_Shae

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    I'm not sure that he has access to an Alienware laptop, though, so he would need someone to lend him one :p
     
    V3_Shae, Oct 10, 2010
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    Wattos is good start.
     
    the3vilGenius, Oct 10, 2010
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    Wow this sounds incredibly sexy :) Not only will the LED lighting of the Alienware serve the purpose of looking awesome, it will also have a practical function! Shame that I don't know the first thing about programming... :(
     
    Audiophil92, Oct 10, 2010
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  15. V3_Shae

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    I just sent a PM to Wattos, I guess we will see if he is able to pull this off.
     
    V3_Shae, Oct 10, 2010
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    HI guys,

    This was already proposed somewhere in the M15x department ;). Its definitely on my TODO list, but I havent had the chance to start working on it. Ill do it this week hopefully. Thanks for ther pm V3 :)
     
    Wattos, Oct 11, 2010
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    and thx to you Wattos for the quik response and from your reaction i am assuming this isnt really too hard to do?
     
    the3vilGenius, Oct 11, 2010
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  18. V3_Shae

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    Awesome! Thank you Wattos! Probably be a step up from my rainbow keyboard :p
     
    V3_Shae, Oct 11, 2010
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    Would just like to add my 2cents to this, this sounds like an excellent idea! :)
     
    ghostdunks, Oct 11, 2010
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  20. V3_Shae

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    Just thought I would bump this thread up a bit so if it needs to be found again, it will be much easier.
     
    V3_Shae, Oct 13, 2010
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  21. V3_Shae

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    Bumping again, in case Wattos wants to find it again.
     
    V3_Shae, Oct 14, 2010
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  22. weinstein888

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    That would be sick. This project has my full support!
     
    weinstein888, Oct 14, 2010
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    I think it's a great idea as well. I would be kinda cool to be able to split the keyboard (since it's already 3 sections) to have one part for primary gpu, then cpu, then secondary gpu or whatever order, you know?
     
    Len1304, Oct 14, 2010
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  24. V3_Shae

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    I wonder if Wattos had a chance to get to this yet? I hope he has some free time this weekend :D
     
    V3_Shae, Oct 15, 2010
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  25. V3_Shae

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    Bump, for Wattos, hopefully he got to it this weekend, though I know someone with his skillset is in very high demand.
     
    V3_Shae, Oct 17, 2010
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    Great Idea!!! I also like selecting different regions like your left side for GPU1 Middle for CPU and RIght for GPU2! Please someone come up with this!! Maybe the guy who did the Winamp plugin???
     
    johnsmor, Oct 18, 2010
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  27. Mechanized Menace

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    I haven't seen Ingrater in a while, but him/Wattos should be able to do it.
     
    Mechanized Menace, Oct 18, 2010
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    awesome idea
     
    menengroth, Oct 19, 2010
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  29. johnsmor

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    Maybe update Topic heading to include something like "WATTOS / INGRATER bet ya can't do this" :p
     
    johnsmor, Oct 19, 2010
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  30. granyte

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    that just sound awsome it's to bad i don't have a alenFX capable alienware
     
    granyte, Oct 19, 2010
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  31. V3_Shae

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    Already pm'd Wattos about it, said it shouldn't be too hard, but because of his skills, he is a very busy person :p
     
    V3_Shae, Oct 19, 2010
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    I am all wansies...I want this!!
     
    johnsmor, Oct 21, 2010
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  33. V3_Shae

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    BUMP Hopefully Wattos has a chance to get to this this weekend...
     
    V3_Shae, Oct 23, 2010
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  34. V3_Shae

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    I sincerely hope this hasn't been forgotten, because if it happens, it would be awesome.
     
    V3_Shae, Oct 27, 2010
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    This sounds like a sweet idea !
     
    Sverre, Oct 27, 2010
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  36. johnsmor

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    Bump!! Bump!! Bump!!
     
    johnsmor, Oct 29, 2010
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  37. V3_Shae

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    Bump 10char
     
    V3_Shae, Nov 1, 2010
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  38. granyte

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    still no news sad ....
     
    granyte, Nov 1, 2010
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    A person with the skills that Wattos has is always in very high demand.
     
    V3_Shae, Nov 1, 2010
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