HP Pavilion N5470 & Win2K Pro crashes on V1 & 2 - Page 2

RBEmerson · 05-13-2003, 10:38 AM

Originally posted by feldon27
So who's going to write Mr. Emerson a macro that will type "Fn-F5"?

Is it even possible to generate this keystroke from Windows?

Probably not - I suspect the laptop's keyboard logic intercepts the FN keystroke before it hits Windows. Actually, what's really needed is to tell the Trident driver to emit its commands to the internal display by default instead of the external display. That should be accessable from Windows. Well, the operative word there is "should".

Come to think about it, there is an advantage to the system coming up blank: "Gee, honey, this old laptop is shot. It keeps coming up blank and making funny bubbly noises. Guess it's time for a new laptop, huh."

feldon34 · 05-13-2003, 10:40 AM

hahaha

Yes and please get a Dell.

RBEmerson · 05-13-2003, 12:09 PM

Originally posted by feldon27
hahaha

Yes and please get a Dell.

I think not. A friend working on his PhD thesis lost his screen in mid-writing and had to limp by with an external CRT until the project was done (and, yes, he's now Dr. Larry and not just Larry).

In all fairness to Dell, they said "send it back and we'll fix it for free" but obviously that wasn't an option for Larry. Anyway, I've had enough of laptop screens going blank to last me for a while.

feldon34 · 05-13-2003, 12:26 PM

At RB's suggestion, I moved the "removing DirectX 9" question here:
https://www.feldoncentral.com/forums...&threadid=1606

FishyBusiness · 05-13-2003, 07:20 PM

Originally posted by feldon27
So who's going to write Mr. Emerson a macro that will type "Fn-F5"?

Is it even possible to generate this keystroke from Windows?

Try AutoIt

RBEmerson · 05-13-2003, 08:14 PM

I thought about that but I'm not sure the script will run when I want it to (very early in the boot-up process). It's easier to just tag FN-F5 when the screen goes blank during boot-up.

05-13-2003, 10:38 AM	#21
RBEmerson Registered Join Date: May 2003 Location: Skippack, PA Posts: 47	Originally posted by feldon27 So who's going to write Mr. Emerson a macro that will type "Fn-F5"? Is it even possible to generate this keystroke from Windows? Probably not - I suspect the laptop's keyboard logic intercepts the FN keystroke before it hits Windows. Actually, what's really needed is to tell the Trident driver to emit its commands to the internal display by default instead of the external display. That should be accessable from Windows. Well, the operative word there is "should". Come to think about it, there is an advantage to the system coming up blank: "Gee, honey, this old laptop is shot. It keeps coming up blank and making funny bubbly noises. Guess it's time for a new laptop, huh." Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.

05-13-2003, 10:40 AM	#22
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	hahaha Yes and please get a Dell. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

05-13-2003, 12:09 PM	#23
RBEmerson Registered Join Date: May 2003 Location: Skippack, PA Posts: 47	Originally posted by feldon27 hahaha Yes and please get a Dell. I think not. A friend working on his PhD thesis lost his screen in mid-writing and had to limp by with an external CRT until the project was done (and, yes, he's now Dr. Larry and not just Larry). In all fairness to Dell, they said "send it back and we'll fix it for free" but obviously that wasn't an option for Larry. Anyway, I've had enough of laptop screens going blank to last me for a while. Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.

05-13-2003, 12:26 PM	#24
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	At RB's suggestion, I moved the "removing DirectX 9" question here: https://www.feldoncentral.com/forums...&threadid=1606 "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

05-13-2003, 07:20 PM	#25
FishyBusiness Registered Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 2,206	Originally posted by feldon27 So who's going to write Mr. Emerson a macro that will type "Fn-F5"? Is it even possible to generate this keystroke from Windows? Try AutoIt Frank

05-13-2003, 08:14 PM	#26
RBEmerson Registered Join Date: May 2003 Location: Skippack, PA Posts: 47	I thought about that but I'm not sure the script will run when I want it to (very early in the boot-up process). It's easier to just tag FN-F5 when the screen goes blank during boot-up. Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.