Posts by psi777

ya, well i dunno the more i look into this the more complicated it really is and prona that will not work. i thought i said it beofre but, windows does not reconize the fn key on these laptops, as there is no software that reads it in...

a easy way to find out is to use the ulilty, then see if u can dim the screen using the fn down combo if u can its a screen draw. i think the prolem is with find software already made to do this, is that every company does it...

odious.... that program draws the screen to "look" darker it does not accully dim the screen to save power

ahh cool, i still wanna figure it out so i know, and id like to get fimilar with work with hardware, u can tell that its not app control in the machine cuz the fn + up or down work even if ur looking at bios

there is no api for the dimmer it seems, u got me on the idea so iv been working on it but it seems bios controled and i have little experenice when it comes to hardware. even the fn key is only seen by the bios, and the key combos are...

i think i read 500 cycles

Quote: Originally Posted by Doc.Caliban Actually, I'd imagine it wouldn't be hard to do this. Everything is already there. The screensaver API's, the API's for dimming the screen... Someone could probably make a...

Quote: Originally Posted by garyinthehouse yay! im master of my domain! thanks to those who helped! woohoo, anyway ill spread out some rep

this post has made my day. i think you sir

hee sales reps are a pain. i agev up and waited for a coupon price i liked, if u search u would see the problems i had trying to get price down.