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    Volume control for m9750

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by azulcorvette, Aug 12, 2008.

  1. azulcorvette

    azulcorvette Notebook Enthusiast

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    So now that I am not having a heart attack that my laptop was dying, does anybody know of any software that would let me take more control of the volume via that knob of the right side of the laptop? It seems I'd have to turn it maybe 1000 times before it'd be all the way off if I started with it all the way up.
     
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    COBHC666 Newbie

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    give it a try to push and then turn the knob. at first i thought i had the same problem, but then i have push it and then it works great for me.
     
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    You have to be sure not to turn the knob too fast or it will not register. There is no software that fixes that issue unfortunately.
     
    Stone825, Aug 12, 2008
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    azulcorvette,

    I've read somewhere in the posts that the problem is due to the volume control knob is digital rather than analog.

    I find it quite irritating that it lacks any kind of fine adjustment.

    It operates more like push button controls in that it jumps several steps in level rather than being fluid.

    I too would like to know of a fix for this.

    Rob
     
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    Works fine for me, maybe 5 finger moves total to go from max volume to no volume. I'd estimate 2-3 full rotations?
     
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  6. azulcorvette

    azulcorvette Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok I see what you guys mean by pushing now. While pushing and turning it slowly, I can turn it all the way off in about 8 finger moves. Kinda weird since Alienware put these easy to push hot-keys at the top of the keyboard, you'd figure that everything was easy to operate but I guess they figured this volume control was "cool".

    My old Dell laptop had an Fn + some keys to be able to control the volume if I didn't want to use the standard hot-keys it offered. Also wonder why Alienware didn't throw those in for Fn + F10, Fn + F11, or Fn + F12. (I know that Fn + F10 turns the Alien head on and off though)
     
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    @Azul - I believe that F11 and F12 are used to turn off the Wifi and bluetooth or something like that. I am also surprised that you cannot adjust the volume using the FN keys because I would have preferred that
     
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    If your volume % is displayed than you can see as well as hear it. It moves in 4% incriments. 4...8....12...16..etc.

    Would be noce if there was a software fix.

    Rob
     
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    azulcorvette Notebook Enthusiast

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    Looking at my keyboard, the bluetooth is the F9 and wifi is F2. F10-F12 are not labeled (Alien head light is F10 just unlabeled). So F11 or F12 would have been nice
     
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  10. Levenly

    Levenly Grappling Deity

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    F11 is to lock the windows media bar, i'm not sure what F-12 does.

    i like the wheel much better than pushing a key as it is very, very easy to turn something down if it is too loud. though, sometimes the wheel doesn't want to register, i think the wheel was actually a nice concept and design, though, it could be improved.
     
    Levenly, Aug 12, 2008
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