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happymaan · 06-20-2003, 09:41 AM

I have no idea if this exsits, or how hard it would be to make...

I have MAME (arcade emulator) machine I built into an old arcade cabinet. The monitor is covered by a piece of glass, so I do not have access to the power switch on the front of the monitor.

I need a way to be able activate the monitors sleep mode, through software, so that I can shut off the monitor when I want to. I have the sleep time set to 2 hours because sometimes I watch movies on the system, but othertimes when I am just listening to music on the system, I would love to be able to have the monitor turn off, so I don't waste electricity. But I also don't want to change my sleep timing settings each time I want to shut off my monitor.

Does anyone know of a way to instantly activate the sleep mode on a monitor? Would it be hard to write an app to do this? I'm using win2k.

-happymaan

06-20-2003, 09:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
happymaan Insane Location: los angeles	putting monitors into sleep mode I have no idea if this exsits, or how hard it would be to make... I have MAME (arcade emulator) machine I built into an old arcade cabinet. The monitor is covered by a piece of glass, so I do not have access to the power switch on the front of the monitor. I need a way to be able activate the monitors sleep mode, through software, so that I can shut off the monitor when I want to. I have the sleep time set to 2 hours because sometimes I watch movies on the system, but othertimes when I am just listening to music on the system, I would love to be able to have the monitor turn off, so I don't waste electricity. But I also don't want to change my sleep timing settings each time I want to shut off my monitor. Does anyone know of a way to instantly activate the sleep mode on a monitor? Would it be hard to write an app to do this? I'm using win2k. -happymaan Last edited by happymaan; 06-20-2003 at 09:44 AM..