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    How to make AlienFX dark on startup?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by BlackPhoenix, Aug 19, 2009.

  1. BlackPhoenix

    BlackPhoenix Newbie

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    Okay I am completely new to these forums and I think this is the right place for this question :D. I really registered just to ask this because google has not been my friend tonight. To the point.

    I want AlienFX on my area51 m15x laptop to be dark on startup. I can make the keyboard, alienware logo, and the lines on the screen dark just by changing the theme, but the theme editor doesn't seem to allow me to set the alien head, the touch controls, and the touchpad to black. I managed to get the touchpad to stay black on startup because I use an auxillary mouse, but I would prefer that to stay dark even if I don't use said mouse.

    When I right click the symbol in the tray and select 'go dark' I can turn everything off. But I can only do that when my computer is up and running. Any suggestions or hopefully solutions? Thanks in advance for reading :D.
     
  2. bjrebo

    bjrebo Notebook Consultant

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    i dont think you can, i think the controller lights it all up based on the lighting setting. i have not been able to figure it out either... like when i dont want to be flashy i still am for a minute...
     
  3. Matrolz

    Matrolz Notebook Guru

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    When I turn on my computer while its on battery, the lights dont turn on. Its rather annoying actually :(. You'll need to restart your computer with power plugged in to make em light again though.

    I hope it helps