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    Trackpad Light

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Alienware Fan, Aug 27, 2010.

  1. Alienware Fan

    Alienware Fan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey I just noticed that when I plug in a mouse the light around it goes away, is this normal?
     
    Alienware Fan, Aug 27, 2010
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  2. inap

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    yes, its normal. when mouse is plugged in the touchpad turns off. you can turn it back on with fn+f12
     
    inap, Aug 27, 2010
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  3. Alienware Fan

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    Ok, thanks
     
    Alienware Fan, Aug 27, 2010
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  4. Arklight

    Arklight Notebook Evangelist

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    can you turn the light off by any chance without turning off the touchpad?
     
    Arklight, May 6, 2011
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  5. Seph 7

    Seph 7 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not as far as I know. There are some lit-up areas that cannot be disabled, others can with alien fx by turning the colour to black in command center, if you wanted to have the keyboard lit up whilst having the head lights off for example.
     
    Seph 7, May 6, 2011
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  6. jarvmeister

    jarvmeister Notebook Consultant

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    You can actually. Simply go into AlienFX and choose to have no light surrounding the pad.

    EDIT: I'm an idiot. You can't, unless you disable the whole lot by pressing FN+F11
     
    jarvmeister, May 6, 2011
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  7. Seph 7

    Seph 7 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I can't find an option to disable the light surrounding the track pad? Am I missing something?

    EDIT: Nevermind :)
     
    Seph 7, May 6, 2011
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  8. bsrj22

    bsrj22 Notebook Guru

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    If you don't want the touchpad to go off when you plug a mouse in, go into the command center and into the AlienTouch section, there is an option for it.
     
    bsrj22, May 6, 2011
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  9. lastOne

    lastOne Notebook Guru

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    if you don`t want your trackpad to automatically disable when you plug a external mouse then:

    Control Panel > Mouse settings > Device Settings Tab > unckeck "Disable internal pointing device when external USB pointi .....bla bla"
     
    lastOne, May 6, 2011
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