The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Question about "lid" turning M18X off.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by napawino, Aug 10, 2011.

  1. napawino

    napawino Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    60
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Maybe this is a goofy question, maybe not.

    Is there a way to leave the M18X "on" after closing the lid?

    The reason I ask is, I sometimes hook up to my 24 inch monitor, and use a wireless keyboard and mouse, and would like to have the lid closed while gaming on the bigger screen.

    For now, I just leave it open, but if there was a way to keep it ""on with the lid down, that would free up some area on my desk, as I could put it on my keyboard shelf while the keyboard is in my lap.

    Possible?
     
    napawino, Aug 10, 2011
    #1
  2. Brabostaan

    Brabostaan Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    238
    Messages:
    1,452
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Yes, just look at the energy saving settings.
     
    Brabostaan, Aug 10, 2011
    #2
  3. cachexic

    cachexic Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    18
    Messages:
    120
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Sure, you can do it.

    Open up AlienFX software. Go to the AlienFusion section. There you can modify all sorts of settings including the one you want to modify.

    There's an option there that lets you keep the computer on even with the lid closed. Choose the option "Do nothing." Then when you close the lid, the display will turn off, but the computer stays on.
     
    cachexic, Aug 10, 2011
    #3
  4. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

    Reputations:
    1,370
    Messages:
    3,110
    Likes Received:
    63
    Trophy Points:
    116
    What Brabostaan said here is a pic

    [​IMG]

    Uploaded with ImageShack.us
     
    Mechanized Menace, Aug 10, 2011
    #4
  5. napawino

    napawino Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    60
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    PERFECTO!!!

    Thanks much!
     
    napawino, Aug 10, 2011
    #5