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NBF MobileForce XP 169.09 M4 -> now LCD doesnt turn off when the lid is closed

post #1 of 30
3/10/08 at 6:48am
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with this new driver my LCD does not shut off when i close the lid.. is there any fix for this?
the dell website drivers worked for this, and i sleep with my laptop next to me and the light MUST be off when i sleep. (for me)

sorry in advance if this has been done 500 times, this is kind of a hard thing to search for..
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post #2 of 30
3/10/08 at 6:59am
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Originally Posted by Evil_Spork View Post
with this new driver my LCD does not shut off when i close the lid.. is there any fix for this?
the dell website drivers worked for this, and i sleep with my laptop next to me and the light MUST be off when i sleep. (for me)

sorry in advance if this has been done 500 times, this is kind of a hard thing to search for..
Only the dell drivers will turn off the LCD with the lid closed.
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post #3 of 30
3/10/08 at 8:06am
Of course you can set the LCD to turn off after X idle time but its not quite as convenient as it instantly turning off.
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post #4 of 30
3/10/08 at 1:09pm
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Originally Posted by Doughy View Post
Only the dell drivers will turn off the LCD with the lid closed.
thats really lame.. FPS or functionality

i want both!!!!

oddly my screen shut off after about 30 minutes of being closed last night... i dont have an idle shut off time set though.... gah.. back to dell drivers. the battery savings is too nice.
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post #5 of 30
3/10/08 at 2:57pm
Just set it to got to sleep when the lid closes
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post #6 of 30
3/10/08 at 3:00pm
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Originally Posted by ZX81 View Post
Just set it to got to sleep when the lid closes
i think he wants the laptop to continue running when the lid is shut, i personally would just set the display to turn off after 5mins in the power options.
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post #7 of 30
3/10/08 at 4:59pm
174.31 from laptop video to go turns off my lcd when shut ..........

xps gen 2
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post #8 of 30
3/10/08 at 11:15pm
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Originally Posted by Doughy View Post
i think he wants the laptop to continue running when the lid is shut, i personally would just set the display to turn off after 5mins in the power options.
i do a lot of file sharing as well as downloads over night. i also want access to my computer instantly in the morning as i dont have several minutes for it to turn on or wake up. ALSO i use the lid shut to turn the LCD off to save power if i need to be away from a 120v outlet.

setting it to shut off after 5 minutes would also not help as that would interfere with watching videos and movies as i do often. the only fix is for the drivers to work.
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post #9 of 30
3/10/08 at 11:16pm
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Originally Posted by onguarde View Post
174.31 from laptop video to go turns off my lcd when shut ..........

xps gen 2
um... that driver doesnt exist on their website. care to link me?

edit: in fact that driver doesnt exist at all. 169.09 is the latest driver released by nvidia....
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post #10 of 30
3/11/08 at 5:53am
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Originally Posted by Evil_Spork View Post
um... that driver doesnt exist on their website. care to link me?

edit: in fact that driver doesnt exist at all. 169.09 is the latest driver released by nvidia....
Here you go, http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...p?showforum=88
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post #11 of 30
3/11/08 at 6:55am
Hmm, all nvidia drivers under Linux support turning off the LCD on display close. In fact, I think they support lcd dimming as well. I guess nvidia just likes us more
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post #12 of 30
3/11/08 at 11:03pm
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Originally Posted by zzpulp View Post
Hmm, all nvidia drivers under Linux support turning off the LCD on display close. In fact, I think they support lcd dimming as well. I guess nvidia just likes us more
so why cant they figure this out for windows?
the dell driver does it... so cant that part be reverse engineered?
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post #13 of 30
3/11/08 at 11:39pm
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Originally Posted by onguarde View Post
174.31 from laptop video to go turns off my lcd when shut ..........

xps gen 2
lies! all lies!!!

it didnt work for me

i dont want to have to use the stupid dell drivers!!
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post #14 of 30
3/12/08 at 1:02am
odd... i have the MobileForce 169.04 drivers for XP and my LCD shuts off when lid is closed.
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post #15 of 30
3/12/08 at 2:00am
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Originally Posted by goffer View Post
odd... i have the MobileForce 169.04 drivers for XP and my LCD shuts off when lid is closed.
there must be some sort of rhyme or reason to this!!

you have an m1705, i have a 1710.. gah.. WWWHHYYYYYYYYYY

edit: which "m" version are you using?
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post #16 of 30
3/12/08 at 11:36am
Well it is just a workaround but you could use that tool available at:
http://www.pcwelt.de/downloads/pcwel...s/tools/39930/

With it you can instantly switch off the display and you save the energy to close the lid.
works with XP and W2k3 and every nvidia driver
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post #17 of 30
3/12/08 at 3:51pm
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Originally Posted by Evil_Spork View Post
lies! all lies!!!

it didnt work for me

i dont want to have to use the stupid dell drivers!!

I resent that ....... I am not a liar and the do work fine on my gen with a 7800gtx.

lcd off when closed ............ speak what you know............
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post #18 of 30
3/12/08 at 5:54pm
Vista has a built-in lid switcher, I don't know if you're using Vista onguarde, but XP has no such built-in feature.

Krayziepop and I were working to see if we could incorporate the Vista bits to XP, but I still haven't gotten around to looking into it further. Hopefully this weekend I'll have time to do it.
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post #19 of 30
3/12/08 at 6:16pm
I am using XP Professional. I uninstalled the old drivers and used driver cleaner and installed the new one and works fine.........shuts off lcd when closed......
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post #20 of 30
3/13/08 at 3:27am
Its the 7900GS and other 79 series cards in question. Not the 6800's or the 7800GTX I believe.
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