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Posted by ~misfit~ on April 26, 2009, 9:07 pm
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs BillW50 wrote:
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> Adrian C typed on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:22:45 +0100:
>> BillW50 wrote:
>>> Anybody knows of a screen off utility that only lights up the LCD
>>> with a certain key press? As I listen to podcasts a lot and I don't
>>> need the screen for long periods. But I do use the keyboard to pause
>>> and play when I am leaving the room. And all of them turn on the
>>> screen when I do this. My old trick was using an external monitor
>>> and just turn it on and off. Although I am not using an external
>>> monitor that much anymore. TIA
>> Maybe use the laptop specific key combinations to select an external
>> monitor? That should send your internal screen black unless it's got
>> some ID stuff checking if the external screen exists just to give you
>> a 'monitor not found' telling off...
> Hi Adrian! Yes my Gateways and EeePC are not fooled by no external
> monitor connected. Although surprisingly, on this Gateway it works if
> it is plugged into the external. And the external could be unplugged
> from the AC too. I never tried it with just a cable not connected to a
> monitor.
That's a shame Bill. My ThinkPad (R51) will switch to external monitor and
turn off the panel even when there's no external monitor connected. (Which
might be something to do with it having an S-video output as well as a
D-Sub?) I use the option often as I want this excellent IPS panel to last as
long as possible, it's one of the main reasons I bought this machine.
Cheers,
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Shaun.
"Build a man a fire, and he`ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and
he`ll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett, Jingo.
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Posted by BillW50 on April 27, 2009, 10:38 am
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~misfit~ typed on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:07:14 +1200:
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> Somewhere on teh intarwebs BillW50 wrote:
>> Adrian C typed on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:22:45 +0100:
>>> BillW50 wrote:
>>>> Anybody knows of a screen off utility that only lights up the LCD
>>>> with a certain key press? As I listen to podcasts a lot and I don't
>>>> need the screen for long periods. But I do use the keyboard to
>>>> pause and play when I am leaving the room. And all of them turn on
>>>> the screen when I do this. My old trick was using an external
>>>> monitor and just turn it on and off. Although I am not using an
>>>> external monitor that much anymore. TIA
>>> Maybe use the laptop specific key combinations to select an external
>>> monitor? That should send your internal screen black unless it's got
>>> some ID stuff checking if the external screen exists just to give
>>> you a 'monitor not found' telling off...
>> Hi Adrian! Yes my Gateways and EeePC are not fooled by no external
>> monitor connected. Although surprisingly, on this Gateway it works if
>> it is plugged into the external. And the external could be unplugged
>> from the AC too. I never tried it with just a cable not connected to
>> a monitor.
> That's a shame Bill. My ThinkPad (R51) will switch to external
> monitor and turn off the panel even when there's no external monitor
> connected. (Which might be something to do with it having an S-video
> output as well as a D-Sub?) I use the option often as I want this
> excellent IPS panel to last as long as possible, it's one of the main
> reasons I bought this machine.
> Cheers,
Hi Shaun. Does you application windows change size as like when the
screen resolution changed when you switch to a non-existent external
monitor? This part really bothers me. As I feel the need to tidy up all
of the windows.
Also does that IPS panel purple hue in dark areas of the screen bother
you?
Well the S-Video out on the Gateways are one thing. But my five EeePCs
also refuses to switch without an external monitor. The EeePC also
displays a window what display will be active in a split second. And you
can toggle through all of the choices. Without an external monitor,
there are no other choices.
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Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2
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Posted by AJL on April 26, 2009, 1:04 pm
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> But my five EeePCs also refuses to switch without an external monitor.
Asus heard your pain Bill. The 1000HD Eee (and probably the 1000
series) has a series of chrome buttons across the top of the keyboard.
The button on the left is marked by a picture of a screen with an 'X'
in it. Guess what it does... ;)
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Posted by BillW50 on April 27, 2009, 3:54 pm
Please log in for more thread options AJL typed on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:04:52 -0700:
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>> But my five EeePCs also refuses to switch without an external
>> monitor.
> Asus heard your pain Bill. The 1000HD Eee (and probably the 1000
> series) has a series of chrome buttons across the top of the keyboard.
> The button on the left is marked by a picture of a screen with an 'X'
> in it. Guess what it does... ;)
Hahaha. Well that is good news. Does it stay off too when you press
other keys? Does the 1000HD have a multimedia keyboard too (Play/Pause
for WMP)?
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Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2
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Posted by AJL on April 26, 2009, 8:23 pm
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>AJL typed on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:04:52 -0700:
>>> But my five EeePCs also refuses to switch without an external
>>> monitor.
>> Asus heard your pain Bill. The 1000HD Eee (and probably the 1000
>> series) has a series of chrome buttons across the top of the keyboard.
>> The button on the left is marked by a picture of a screen with an 'X'
>> in it. Guess what it does... ;)
>Hahaha. Well that is good news.
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>Does it stay off too when you press other keys?
No, the screen comes back on when you push any key.
There are 4 chrome "Instant Keys" above the keyboard on the 1000HD.
The first 2 are 'screen off' and 'screen resolution' and *can't* be
reassigned (at least not with the Asus software included - it will
only reassign keys 3 and 4). The funny part is that on the regular
keyboard Fn + F7 will do exactly the same thing and is also marked
exactly the same way (screen with an 'X' inside logo). So there are 2
keys that do exactly the same thing - turn off the screen. I suspect
that Asus was making so many variations that this just slipped in.
(The 1000HD to my understanding was a 1000 variation made cheaper by
no Blue Tooth and camera. Most were sold at Best Buy where I got this
one).
BTW Fn + F8 switches to external monitor and like yours won't switch
with no monitor plugged in.
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>Does the 1000HD have a multimedia keyboard too (Play/Pause
>for WMP)?
No, does any Eee have that?
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>> BillW50 wrote:
>>> Anybody knows of a screen off utility that only lights up the LCD
>>> with a certain key press? As I listen to podcasts a lot and I don't
>>> need the screen for long periods. But I do use the keyboard to pause
>>> and play when I am leaving the room. And all of them turn on the
>>> screen when I do this. My old trick was using an external monitor
>>> and just turn it on and off. Although I am not using an external
>>> monitor that much anymore. TIA
>> Maybe use the laptop specific key combinations to select an external
>> monitor? That should send your internal screen black unless it's got
>> some ID stuff checking if the external screen exists just to give you
>> a 'monitor not found' telling off...
> Hi Adrian! Yes my Gateways and EeePC are not fooled by no external
> monitor connected. Although surprisingly, on this Gateway it works if
> it is plugged into the external. And the external could be unplugged
> from the AC too. I never tried it with just a cable not connected to a
> monitor.