I have an old Acer-V731 laptop that has been very good over the years. I mainly use it now to watch sports programs (mostly tennis) and connecting it to my large screen TV thru the HDMI port. What I'd like to do (if possible) is turn the laptop monitor off when connected to the TV or a large monitor I have. I have gone through all the settings I can find, but see nothing to do this.
Since it stays plugged in, I can close the lid, but then it has a
tendency to slightly overheat when watching long matches. I tried an
external fan that's supposed to help with the overheating, but that was a dud.
Any ideas?
SC Tom <sc@tom.net> wrote:--
I have an old Acer-V731 laptop that has been very good over the years. I
mainly use it now to watch sports programs (mostly tennis) and connecting
it
to my large screen TV thru the HDMI port. What I'd like to do (if
possible)
is turn the laptop monitor off when connected to the TV or a large
monitor I
have. I have gone through all the settings I can find, but see nothing to
do
this.
The laptop probably has a special key to switch between 'PC screen'
and 'Second screen only'. On my HP laptop, it's a key on the top row
with an icon which looks like a screen/display, with a vertical line on
each side. So look in your *hardware* documentation.
Since it stays plugged in, I can close the lid, but then it has a
tendency to slightly overheat when watching long matches. I tried an
external fan that's supposed to help with the overheating, but that was a
dud.
Any ideas?
My wife's laptop (also an HP) is used as a kind of desktop with a
large monitor and seperate keyboard and mouse. For the overheating
problem you mention, I have two little carton blocks on each front side
of the laptop, i.e. to the left and right of the touchpad. These blocks
are about a centimeter thick, so the lid/display is open for that height
at the front. No overheating problems.
I have an old Acer-V731 laptop that has been very good over the years. I >mainly use it now to watch sports programs (mostly tennis) and connecting it >to my large screen TV thru the HDMI port. What I'd like to do (if possible) >is turn the laptop monitor off when connected to the TV or a large monitor I >have. I have gone through all the settings I can find, but see nothing to do >this. Since it stays plugged in, I can close the lid, but then it has a >tendency to slightly overheat when watching long matches.
external fan that's supposed to help with the overheating, but that was a >dud.
Any ideas?
TIA,
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:15:16 -0400, "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> wrote:
I have an old Acer-V731 laptop that has been very good over the years. I
mainly use it now to watch sports programs (mostly tennis) and connecting it >> to my large screen TV thru the HDMI port. What I'd like to do (if possible) >> is turn the laptop monitor off when connected to the TV or a large monitor I >> have. I have gone through all the settings I can find, but see nothing to do >> this. Since it stays plugged in, I can close the lid, but then it has a
tendency to slightly overheat when watching long matches.
Point it facing away from you.
Drape a newspaper over the screen only.
I tried an
external fan that's supposed to help with the overheating, but that was a
dud.
Any ideas?
TIA,
There's an F-key that controls video output mode on a laptop.
A,B,Span A+B, A,B,Span A+B...
That's the sort of sequence it goes through.
It is a toggle, and if you press it enough times,
it comes back to "Main Panel Only".
I've seen this happen quite a few times before, so I need to ask.
Is your newsfeed delayed so much that you don't see responses of the
last few hours?
My - same - solution was posted more than two hours before yours and
SC Tom confirmed my solution one and a half hour before your post.
OTOH, if you've seen other people's solutions/posts, but want to add something, then please acknowledge those earlier solutions/posts.
In this case, that could have easily been done by responding to my
post or to SC Tom's response to my post (instead of to micky's post as
you did).
N.B. There were only four posts in the thread when you responded, so
it wasn't a case of not being able to keep up with the traffic.
[...]
Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
[...]
There's an F-key that controls video output mode on a laptop.
A,B,Span A+B, A,B,Span A+B...
That's the sort of sequence it goes through.
It is a toggle, and if you press it enough times,
it comes back to "Main Panel Only".
I've seen this happen quite a few times before, so I need to ask.
Is your newsfeed delayed so much that you don't see responses of the
last few hours?
My - same - solution was posted more than two hours before yours and
SC Tom confirmed my solution one and a half hour before your post.
OTOH, if you've seen other people's solutions/posts, but want to add something, then please acknowledge those earlier solutions/posts.
In this case, that could have easily been done by responding to my
post or to SC Tom's response to my post (instead of to micky's post as
you did).
N.B. There were only four posts in the thread when you responded, so
it wasn't a case of not being able to keep up with the traffic.
[...]
On 3/27/2024 3:00 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
[...]
There's an F-key that controls video output mode on a laptop.
A,B,Span A+B, A,B,Span A+B...
That's the sort of sequence it goes through.
It is a toggle, and if you press it enough times,
it comes back to "Main Panel Only".
I've seen this happen quite a few times before, so I need to ask.
Is your newsfeed delayed so much that you don't see responses of the
last few hours?
My - same - solution was posted more than two hours before yours and
SC Tom confirmed my solution one and a half hour before your post.
OTOH, if you've seen other people's solutions/posts, but want to add something, then please acknowledge those earlier solutions/posts.
In this case, that could have easily been done by responding to my
post or to SC Tom's response to my post (instead of to micky's post as
you did).
N.B. There were only four posts in the thread when you responded, so
it wasn't a case of not being able to keep up with the traffic.
[...]
It has more modes than you alluded to.
I pointed out it is a "toggle" and if you
press it enough times, you are returned to the
original operating condition ("Main panel").
This is important for individuals who press it once
and get a black screen. And they panic.
Any ideas?
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