Turning off a F3SV's Monitor

Hey guys, I am an ownder of F3sv, but I have yet to figure out how to turn off the monitor completely without having to push down my monitor, but if I use my Fn + F7 to turn off the monitor, it only turns of the lighting and the display is still on. So I'm wondering whether or not there's a way you can turn it off like a regular LCD Display.

 

I don't think you can actually turn it off without attaching another display. You could probably activate the standby mode by hand in the screensaver settings, but that isn't really handy.

 

Yeah I usually have something running over night that requires my laptop to be on, but can't turn of the monitor completely.

 

But if your goal is to use this trick to increase battery life while keeping the system on (as compared to standby, which also turns off the monitor), then cutting the power to the CCFL backlight accomplishes that goal at very nearly the same amount as if the panel was turned completely off. The vast majority of the power consumed by the panel is burned by the CCFL tube, not the screen itself.

This is the best you can hope for, except for toggling between the LCD/external monitor line(Fn-F8, I think). This trick will work in the absence of a connected monitor.

 

But if I turn of the backlight while leaving the display on, the lifespan would be greatly decreased as the pixels are still on. My worry isn't power consuming, it's solely due to the lifespan of the display.

 

I guess I'll beg to disagree with that.

A laudable goal, but the fact is that 99.999% of users will have any other component break in their notebooks before either the LCD itself fails, or the notebook just gets too old anyway and they have to replace it. The chances for either the inverter cable, connection, or the CCFL tube to stop working first (none having to do with the lcd pixels) *vastly* exceeds the chances for the display itself to stop working because of pixel use timespan.

I think you're stressing about something that really is never going to be an issue for you . A notebook is a tool that, if taken care of with proper maintenance and barring major MB or gpu component failure, should last easily 4 years minimum without major incident. Beyond that, it's near functional obsolescence and should be replaced.

 

Thanks a ton, ClearSkies, that's really useful information, it's been stressing me for quite abit now. Now with that in mind, I can finally leave it on worry free.

 

If you don't mind, I have an off topic question that I would like to ask, my f3sv GPU (8600GS) usually runs at 95C' + when I'm gaming, is that dangerous?

 

You're quite welcome, I'm glad I could help you relax .

95 is a touch high, but if you only hit that after several hours of load 3d gaming then it's just that - a touch high; what measurement tool are you using and under what circumstances are you getting those readings?

Make sure you're using it on a hard surface with the vents clear. That will help.

 

I use NVMonitor to monitor its temperature, but the temperature goes up to 95+ as soon as I start a game. and it stays there until the game is shut.

 

I think that's not an odd temperature with newer GPUs on ASUS machines... they can get quite hot...

Except making sure that the airways are clear like ClearSkies said (which includes cleaning the dust from the heatsink grill and fan once every few months), there's not much to do about it.

Well, there are other things like replacing the thermal paste but they are more involved, have disadvantages (like the above voiding warranty), and the benefits are somewhat doubtful.