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    dv9000t: How do I shut off my laptopt monitor ONLY?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by bribri135, Jun 4, 2007.

  1. bribri135

    bribri135 Notebook Guru

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    Hey guys, I got a sort of random question. I use my laptop as a music machine alot (I have a great external ExpressCard / USB sound system) but I want to be able to turn off my screen only, since it can get distracting when I'm writing reports for english (I'm in high school). Does anyone knkow a solution to this? It seems pretty simple but I've been fiddling around for a bit and haven't found a solution!

    Thanks in advance!

    BTW any fellow seattlites around.. STP FTW!!!
     
    bribri135, Jun 4, 2007
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  2. acoustikrage

    acoustikrage Notebook Enthusiast

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    can't you just sorta close your laptop, but not all the way?

    stp? i'm from seattle (well eastside) but i have no idea what you're talking about.
     
    acoustikrage, Jun 5, 2007
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  3. Duy028

    Duy028 Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    Go into your power settings in the Control Panel and you can configure it however you like.
     
    Duy028, Jun 5, 2007
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  4. SideSwipe

    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    yeah power settings let u turn off the monitor after x minutes and such

    u cud also close your laptop and it can continue to run, all u gotta do is configure the close lid option to not go into standby or hibernate when u do that so it keeps running.
     
    SideSwipe, Jun 5, 2007
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  5. AtLarge

    AtLarge Notebook Geek

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    I suppose you could use the Fn +F4 or whatever key combination to switch it from monitor to external vga / s-video port too. Probably wouldn't help your juice consumption though still your still running a video output.
     
    AtLarge, Jun 5, 2007
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  6. sandesign

    sandesign Notebook Consultant

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    On my laptop, (hp dv8320us) there's a small button on the upper left corner of the keyboard. When you close the lid, the screen presses that button and shuts off. You can put something on that button to shut off the screen without closing the lid.
     
    sandesign, Jun 5, 2007
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  7. celondil

    celondil Notebook Consultant

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    Or you could just write your reports on the laptop... ;)
     
    celondil, Jun 5, 2007
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