How to get screen to shutdown rather then standby.

[Penel]

Ok. I was wondering how to get my notebook screen to shutoff rather then go into standby mode when I flip the lid down. The only options in the power managment for "When I close the the lid of my portable computer" are "Do noting" & "standby".

[aaronrkelly]

My Toshiba has a special power management app with all kinds of nice options.....maybe you should look around on your lappy and see if they included something like that.

[NiTrO bOiE]

Go to power management and just set a time for the monitor to shut off after a period of about 15 minutes... It won't shut the screen off as soon as you close the lid, but it won't stay on forever. :)

[Penel]

My Toshiba has a special power management app with all kinds of nice options.....maybe you should look around on your lappy and see if they included something like that.

Yes I do have the Dell software for it but I was removing some software last night with HijackThis and I think that might have messed up some options.

NiTrO bOiE - Yeah I just set it for 15 minitues. My screen does stay shutoff when I close the lid but any movement from the mouse or whatever will active the screen again. For now this will do but I am going to try to get it to work the way I want it too hehe :)

[__Game_Start__]

It is in the power options.

[9mmCensor]

Rightclick on Desktop -> Properties -> Screensaver tab - > Monitor Power

[Penel]

Hmm it just isnt doing what I want it too. I removed some startup stuff with HijackThis, and I belive the 2 ati stuff I removed had something to do with this.
I re-installed Dell Quickset software and that didnt do me any good.

[ozzlo]

all i do is hit the power button and immedeatly close the lid and the comp goes into hybernation. i even stuff it into my notebook bag and takeoff while its still shutting down if i'm in a big hurry.

i did a few tests to see if it would overheat inside my notebook bag but at idle it manages to stick around 60c after an hour and a half inside. I love pentium m.

[alphasl]

lol, my V2000 does this with the "Do nothing" setting for lid closing.

[warlock110]

speed step has option to shut down screen, if i wanna shut it down, i put it on 1min, it's a nice option indeed, not alot of clicking.