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Disable Power Button on Remote

post #1 of 8
4/12/03 at 1:08am
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Is there any way to disable the power button on the remote? I don't like a shutdown with no confirmation.
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post #2 of 8
4/12/03 at 4:10am

Re: Disable Power Button on Remote

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Originally posted by bradmurray
Is there any way to disable the power button on the remote? I don't like a shutdown with no confirmation.
Don't know about disabling it, but in Control Panel-Power Options-Advanced, you can change the function of the PowerButton to Hibernate, Do Nothing, Standby, etc. My 8887 has been coming back from Hibernate flawlessly every time...which makes for much faster boot times.

This changes the action of both the power button on the machine and the remote control power button.

If you don't want to accidentally shut it off, set it to Do Nothing;
When you want to do a normal shutdown, you can do it through the Start menu

When you get stuck and need to force a hard shutdown, you can still hold the power button on the machine down for 4 seconds.

hbear
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post #3 of 8
4/12/03 at 11:38am
I do not know if the laptop's powerbutton is tied to the remote's (or vice-versa), but I just don't use the remote to know.

I was hoping I could get the screen to turn off when the lid was closed, and a user in the Chat Room said to use the control panel->power options bit, well, on the 8887 the only choices for the lid-closed-switch is Stand By or Do Nothing...

Why oh why, Sager?

btw: hbear, I only fixed your "[/QUOTE" by adding the closing bracket (that's why it says edited by myrkat).

-myrkat
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post #4 of 8
4/15/03 at 12:26pm
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I recently noticed that when I close the lid on my 8887 the screen does not even turn off. If I push the little white switch (which gets pushed when the lid is closed the screen does not go off. Is this not an available option? I know the thing knows when I close and open the lid because it comes out of stand-by when I open it.
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post #5 of 8
4/15/03 at 12:57pm
If you go to Control Panel -> Power Options (or something like that), then select the Advanced tab, it will give you the choice of "Do Nothing" or "Standby" - unfortunately, it does not just turn the LCD OFF, which is the ideal setting, imo.

-myrkat
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post #6 of 8
4/15/03 at 12:59pm

You could...

try setting the LCD to turn off after one minute

I know this is a workaround but you dont even have to think about it anymore once it is set - just remember to un-set it when you wanna watch a DVD or something...
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post #7 of 8
4/15/03 at 2:29pm
Heh, that was the advice I gave to someone who asked how to turn off the LCD... except they needed to still use the keyboard and/or mouse.

I ended up telling them to turn off the LCD via the ATI control panel (they were using an external monitor as well).

It's funky, but there should be an LCD-OFF option for the little switch.

-myrkat
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post #8 of 8
4/15/03 at 3:50pm
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Originally posted by myrkat
I ended up telling them to turn off the LCD via the ATI control panel (they were using an external monitor as well).
-myrkat
If you just want it off when you're using an external monitor or projector, use the function key combination Fn+F6. Each press of the key combination cycles through three possible situations:
1. LCD On and External Off
2. LCD Off and External On
3. Both On

The machine 'knows' when something is connected externally, so this can't be used to turn off the LCD when nothing is connected.
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