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    Turn off Screen.

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by fr332live, Oct 14, 2011.

  1. fr332live

    fr332live Notebook Enthusiast

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    is there a button or program to turn off display?

    I dont like closing screen lid because it makes a weird robot skipping sound. and I do not want to turn my screensaver on because it gets annoying when I am trying to read and screen goes blank.
     
    fr332live, Oct 14, 2011
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    SA Spurs1 Notebook Consultant

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    You can go into control panel/power options/when to turn off display and you can set it to as little as a minute.
     
    SA Spurs1, Oct 14, 2011
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  3. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    Or you can get a small magnet and put on the right front corner of the palm rest and the screen will turn off and the computer with think the lid is closed.
     
    ejohnson, Oct 14, 2011
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    CZroe Notebook Evangelist

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    And it will trigger the same sound the OP wants to avoid.
     
    CZroe, Oct 15, 2011
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    BitByteBit Notebook Guru

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    I wanted the same functionality, so I wrote a script to do this.
    To use, simply press Alt+F6 to turn off the screen.

    Here is the source code
    Here is the download link.

    Enjoy!
     
    BitByteBit, Oct 15, 2011
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  6. fr332live

    fr332live Notebook Enthusiast

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    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I LOVE IT! quick ALT-F6. :)
     
    fr332live, Oct 15, 2011
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  7. Ratio91

    Ratio91 Newbie

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    Wow I was looking for something to disable my LCD when idle and ran into this little forum. Saw the post of the download which enables ALT + F6 to disable the LCD and it works amazingly I'm super satisfied YAY lol
     
    Ratio91, Dec 5, 2011
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  8. LockOn

    LockOn Notebook Consultant

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    I will post an alternative. This was posted a long time ago and I find it useful. It adds an icon you can click for the same effect. I prefer it to a button combo.
    I am not the person who made this but it works well.
     

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  9. satchmobob

    satchmobob Notebook Geek

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    I use nircmd for this --> NirCmd - Windows command line tool
    Just create a shortcut on your desktop to nircmdc.exe monitor off
    I have it pinned to the taskbar for convenience.
     
    satchmobob, Dec 5, 2011
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