diff -ur orig/xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.4.1/src/i830_driver.c new/xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.4.1/src/i830_driver.c
--- orig/xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.4.1/src/i830_driver.c	2008-08-14 22:35:37.000000000 -0400
+++ new/xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.4.1/src/i830_driver.c	2008-12-29 03:13:32.000000000 -0500
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@
 #ifdef INTEL_XVMC
    OPTION_XVMC,
 #endif
+   OPTION_LVDSHACK,
 } I830Opts;
 
 static OptionInfoRec I830Options[] = {
@@ -345,6 +346,7 @@
 #ifdef INTEL_XVMC
    {OPTION_XVMC,	"XvMC",		OPTV_BOOLEAN,	{0},	TRUE},
 #endif
+   {OPTION_LVDSHACK,	"lvdshack",	OPTV_BOOLEAN,	{0},	FALSE},
    {-1,			NULL,		OPTV_NONE,	{0},	FALSE}
 };
 /* *INDENT-ON* */
@@ -1502,6 +1504,12 @@
       pI830->lvds_24_bit_mode = FALSE;
    }
 
+   if (xf86ReturnOptValBool(pI830->Options, OPTION_LVDSHACK, FALSE)) {
+      pI830->lvds_hack = TRUE;
+   } else {
+      pI830->lvds_hack = FALSE;
+   }
+
    if (xf86ReturnOptValBool(pI830->Options, OPTION_LVDSFIXEDMODE, TRUE)) {
       pI830->skip_panel_detect = FALSE;
    } else {
diff -ur orig/xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.4.1/src/i830.h new/xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.4.1/src/i830.h
--- orig/xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.4.1/src/i830.h	2008-08-14 22:33:23.000000000 -0400
+++ new/xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.4.1/src/i830.h	2008-12-29 03:16:10.000000000 -0500
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@
    OptionInfoPtr Options;
 
    Bool lvds_24_bit_mode;
+   Bool lvds_hack;
    Bool lvds_use_ssc;
    int lvds_ssc_freq; /* in MHz */
    Bool lvds_dither;
diff -ur orig/xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.4.1/src/i830_lvds.c new/xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.4.1/src/i830_lvds.c
--- orig/xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.4.1/src/i830_lvds.c	2008-08-14 22:35:47.000000000 -0400
+++ new/xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.4.1/src/i830_lvds.c	2008-12-29 03:18:18.000000000 -0500
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@
     I830Ptr		    pI830 = I830PTR(pScrn);
     uint32_t		    pp_status;
 
+    if (pI830->lvds_hack && !on) return;
     if (on) {
 	/* if we're going from on->on, be aware to current level. */
 	if ((INREG(PP_CONTROL) & POWER_TARGET_ON) && !dev_priv->dpmsoff)