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Frustrated by "Standby" button

post #1 of 17
11/20/05 at 9:45pm
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This is getting very frustrating. It's very strange to separate the Mute and volume buttons with a Standby button. But I've found it extremely frustrating when I try to press Fn-F5 to decrease my volume while in a game, but instead I bump F4, which immediately send my Sager into standby mode without ever asking me. Isn't there a way to either disable this entirely or at least make it prompt me for confirmation before it disconnects me?
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post #2 of 17
11/21/05 at 6:46pm
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Am I really the only one frustrated by this? Or does this mean that I'm the only one getting this problem?
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post #3 of 17
11/21/05 at 6:49pm
Do you have fat fingers?
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post #4 of 17
11/21/05 at 6:56pm
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LOL No. But it's just too easy to press it. Simply the fact that the Mute and Volume buttons are separated is frustrating enough.
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post #5 of 17
11/21/05 at 7:09pm
It's happened to me too when watching DVDs. I end up now using the volume controls on the front of the laptop (part of the audio dj feature on the 5680) instead. Never had a problem since.

-Peter
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post #6 of 17
11/21/05 at 7:31pm
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OH YEAH! I keep forgetting about those because I'm not used to a notebook with that feature.

Still frustrating though that there is no confirmation.
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post #7 of 17
11/21/05 at 7:35pm
This happens to me also and it can get very annoying.
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post #8 of 17
11/21/05 at 8:49pm
If it's that bad then change the function that button is mapped to. Go to power options under the control panel--->power options---->advanced--->pull down the sleep button option and set it to do nothing.
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post #9 of 17
11/22/05 at 2:28am
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Originally Posted by DJosephDesign
This is getting very frustrating. It's very strange to separate the Mute and volume buttons with a Standby button. But I've found it extremely frustrating when I try to press Fn-F5 to decrease my volume while in a game, but instead I bump F4, which immediately send my Sager into standby mode without ever asking me. Isn't there a way to either disable this entirely or at least make it prompt me for confirmation before it disconnects me?
Under the power options | advance tab - change 'When I press the sleep button on my computer' to 'Do nothing'
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post #10 of 17
11/22/05 at 10:28am
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I still like it putting the computer to sleep, but I just wish that there was a confirmation prompt first.
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post #11 of 17
11/23/05 at 7:37am
ok, in the taskbar look at the plug.... right click. adjust power properties. advanced. "when i press the sleep button..." "do nothing."


boom. problem solved.
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post #12 of 17
11/23/05 at 10:20am
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Read my previous post. I still want to put the computer in sleep mode, but it should ask for confirmation. How hard can that be?
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post #13 of 17
11/23/05 at 11:41am
Guess they will have to address that "issue" in the next upgrade to the machine
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post #14 of 17
11/23/05 at 2:22pm
Sorry sir, but unfortunately, the sleep button is reserved in the Bios I belive and its either an off or an on setting, no mapping allowed in addition to "confirmation ," the Microsoft OS does not support that feature. Perhaps a 3rd party utility might exist that does that, however I'd be suspicious of it because it would have the ability to intercept a hard coded key and then delay its transmission to the mobo/OS to put the machine to sleep.
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post #15 of 17
11/23/05 at 4:20pm
I know a program can intercept the Sleep (Hibernation/Standby) button but it must be written into the program. I have been converting a movie file using Windows Movie Maker and it gave me a warning if I wanted to cancel it. But I don't see it being a very requested option for most programmers
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post #16 of 17
11/23/05 at 8:42pm
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Originally Posted by DJosephDesign
Read my previous post. I still want to put the computer in sleep mode, but it should ask for confirmation. How hard can that be?
then do what i said, except instead of selecting "do nothing" select "ask me what to do."
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post #17 of 17
11/24/05 at 12:57pm
I'm with you on this one computer_potato it would make more sense to have the SRS WOW function there instead of on FN+F1. maybe they could release a patch like they did with the fan controls to swap it if you want. Just a thought.
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