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    Studio 1535 media buttons, staying lit?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Mastershroom, Mar 25, 2009.

  1. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    This is a pretty nice glitch, even if it is completely accidental. :p

    So I was powering on my laptop just a few minutes ago, and during boot, the progress bar was going slower than usual and stopped at one point, about 3/4 of the way through. So, I wondered what was going on, and tapped the media buttons to see if the whole thing was locked up, and they all lit up.

    However, they never actually turned off. Now, I'm booted into Windows and everything's working normally, but the buttons are still lit! And the best part is, they function like normal when pressed!

    I wish there were a way to set this up to work like that all the time...the buttons are impossible to see in the dark.

    Here's a pic. Sorry for the cell phone camera quality, but you can still see that all the buttons are lit up, along with the Wifi light on the far right:

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    So, does anyone know of a way I can get it to do this every time without an unusually slow boot? :p
     
    Mastershroom, Mar 25, 2009
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    The question is, will this feature remain once you restart the computer?

    Also, what BIOS version are you using?
     
    Bog, Mar 25, 2009
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  3. bigdarkmad

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    Somewhere here has info how to custum programing the buttons...
    I guess It is possible but how....
    IMO: Your idea is bad, because they (the buttons) are too close to Display, the display is Glossy and every light will reflect not very good (only my theory)
     
    bigdarkmad, Mar 25, 2009
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  4. fattail95

    fattail95 Notebook Evangelist

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    awesome - with they would stay on on the 1530 :( !

    fattail95
     
    fattail95, Mar 25, 2009
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  5. elixir1018

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    very cool, hopefully you figure out how to do this, it will be very useful for all of us with studios!
     
    elixir1018, Mar 25, 2009
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  6. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    I'm using BIOS A06, the latest one available for the 1535. And no, they went back to normal after rebooting, and no amount of mashing the media buttons could get them to stick again during boot. :(

    I was just at Best Buy an hour ago, and I saw the Studio XPS 13 on display, with all its media buttons lit up...it wouldn't be so hard for Dell to release a BIOS update or something to allow that for ours, right? I mean, I kinda just did that accidentally. :p
     
    Mastershroom, Mar 25, 2009
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  7. elixir1018

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    just revisiting this topic to keep the idea alive and hopefully someone can figure a way to do this perm for all of us studio owners
     
    elixir1018, May 16, 2009
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  8. FatMangosLAWL

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    Posted a thread with pictures of this about a month or a couple months ago. :p I don't think there's any way though...It was just random.
     
    FatMangosLAWL, May 16, 2009
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