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    Acer Timeline 3810TZ Brightness Changes Automatically

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by bobgao, Jun 24, 2009.

  1. bobgao

    bobgao Newbie

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    Hi:

    I bought a 3810TZ with SU2700, but I have noticed that when on battery power and brightness set to low, the brightness of the screen would change automatically by itself according to the background. for example, the screen would darken if you have something dark open on the screen, and the screen would become brighter if you have a web page that's mainly white. Is this a feature in windows vista, or is the LCD screen defective?

    Thanks
     
    bobgao, Jun 24, 2009
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  2. dart22

    dart22 Notebook Consultant

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    As screen brightness is a major factor in a notebook battery life, meaning the higher the brightness is the less battery life you'll get! so its likely that acer is trying to use some sort of adaptive screen brightness system to conserve in battery life!!
     
    dart22, Jun 24, 2009
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  3. techiediva

    techiediva Notebook Consultant

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    is this the same with bios version 1.07?
     
    techiediva, Jun 24, 2009
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  4. bobgao

    bobgao Newbie

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    i'm on BIOS 1.04 that is the latest version
     
    bobgao, Jun 26, 2009
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    muhammad Notebook Enthusiast

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    Are you guys also having problem of CPU 100% ?
    I am almost ready to buy 4810 but this thread is confusing me where everyone discussing about this problem ??????
     
    muhammad, Jun 26, 2009
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