Configure laptop's lid angle to turn off the monitor, viable?

I just bought a new laptop; ASUS N55SF-S1070V, and I have to completely close the lid to turn off the monitor. My former one turns its monitor off when I close the lid for, say 45deg, and I really love it as it helps the cooling.

The built-in hotkey to turn off the monitor first appeared to work, but when I looked closely, it just turn off the backlight or something. I can still see the screen's content!

I'm now using some apps to force turn off the monitor, but it's a bit inconvenient.

I've been wondering: is there a way to configure the angle in which the monitor will turn off automatically? I've read a post elsewhere saying there's a built-in hardware based switch that detects this action, and it can't be configured otherwise. Is this true? I'm hoping to see a registry hack, a code injection or something.

Ideas, anyone?

Thanks!

I can't imagine that a laptop LCD screen really puts out any heat at all, especially with the backlight off. When it is, even the power usage is nearly non-existent. If you're just worried about excess heat or power savings, I think you need not worry here.

I have never used a laptop that didn't have a key sequence to disable the internal monitor and only use the externally connected device. My Dells all use FN+F8.

aptx said:

Well, I was talking about the heat from the CPU and stuff, not the LCD. I know they're hot as it's a 2630qm and I've been leaving it up and running 24/7 for some 4 months... Believe me, the heat generated from CPU and stuff (it does has a heatpipe) can cook the monitor.

I'm still not understanding what the issue is, really - are you saying that you can keep your laptop running with the lid completely closed (or almost)?
Unless the machine is constantly busy (CPU usage near 100%), heat shouldn't be much of an issue - most of it will be channeled through the heatpipe and the vents anyway, not rise up through the keyboard and into the screen...maybe I'm misunderstanding something here.

guyz, geez, read the original post more closely!!
then apply thought processes in a logical manner.
And pardon me for my remarks aptx!:) Nu'n personal.

aptx says two rather obvious paradoxal things

I just bought a new laptop; ASUS N55SF-S1070V, and I have to completely close the lid to turn off the monitor. My former one turns its monitor off when I close the lid for, say 45deg, and I really love it as it helps the cooling.

The built-in hotkey to turn off the monitor first appeared to work, but when I looked closely, it just turn off the backlight or something. I can still see the screen's content!

(YEAH WITH AN ANGLED FLASHLIGHT)
I understand the angle thing is a NO-GO without decent engenering wiring and soldering skills, but turning off the monitor, as someone correctly pointed out saves such little battry "juice" it hardly seems w/in the realm of true [esp. since an inverter produces very high Voltage very low Current to the ccfl bulb(s)] then the conversation changes suddenly to how the hot key worked, but all it did was SHUT OF THE BULB - and true a bulb is not a lcd, but this is much like arguing "when I turn off my A/C unit, a LED lights up the off switch, therefore I am not savinging as much as my old one did, which had no LED indicator!"

I'm guessing there's confusion between turning off a moniter, its back light (which could be grouped together as one) and maybe sleep mode

And unless your $4000 laptop has some killer 2-way hydrolics or a linear actuator and an encoder/potentiometer to measure angle, apex, NOPE no amount of angular difflection scripts would help w/o high end hardware for your obtuse interests. I guess you got lucky w/ your old one, like a test/prototype type model maybe or at best 2 switches (45 degrees) & (0 or 180 degrees) that touch 2 plastic step-like appendages at just the right angle (no pun intende)

thanksfor the ear lending guys
maybe im way off, or maybe it's the "or something" that makes it seem like apex has difficulty conveying this paticular thought.

if im right i hope this clarifys apex's thoughts to get better answers.

(now don't dig apex, ultra tiny wires + movement = monitor death, and soldering that tiny is a bich...DONT )
Reguards,
mike

Well, I was talking about the heat from the CPU and stuff, not the LCD. I know they're hot as it's a 2630qm and I've been leaving it up and running 24/7 for some 4 months... Believe me, the heat generated from CPU and stuff (it does has a heatpipe) can cook the monitor.

so moving a monitor that is "completely off" 45 degrees closer to that much heat surely must be more detramental to the liquid crystals in he lcd than the 1/2qm produced by the bulb + monitor (exaggerated guess here!). I bet I could hold my tounge on the brightest bulb (CCFL) that is made for a laptop for more hours than you can hold your finger on a cpu in minutes w/o aheat sink or fans or copper pipeline and I'm guessing youve only got 2-15 seconds before chip falure due to melting from the inside out (assuming BIOS has temp. sensors removed)

I'm just chatting, not pointing or the likes, just dawing contrasts

sincerely,
Mike (AGAIN)