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    acer power smart manager and 3810TZ

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by c-_-k, Apr 15, 2010.

  1. c-_-k

    c-_-k Newbie

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    Hi,

    I have a Problem with the Acer Powersave mode. When I switch on the power save mode, the brithness decrease to 30% I can change the brightness but after restart the value is 30% again. Anyone knows how to change the brithness default value in power save mode?

    Thanks for your help.


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    c-_-k, Apr 15, 2010
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  2. ellalan

    ellalan Notebook Deity

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    I think the brightness reduces to preserve power, if you want higher brightness you have to keep the settings at "High Performance". This is what I understand,then again I could be wrong.
     
    ellalan, Apr 16, 2010
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  3. c-_-k

    c-_-k Newbie

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    @ellalan
    thank you for your answere, but the problem is that I want to use the power save mode with 40% brightness instead of 30%. With only 30% the picture quality is really poor and with 40% it much better.

    Has nobody else this problem?
     
    c-_-k, Apr 16, 2010
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  4. ellalan

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    I have tried what you are looking for but I get no options to change any brightness settings in Power safe mode(greyed out), in Balanced mode my brightness shows 53%. Your laptop model is more recent than mine and may have some advanced settings, I'm sure someone else will pop in with a solution.
     

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  5. David53

    David53 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes I have a similar problem. Acers Power Smart Manager overides Windows Power Option settings so I can't save my own preferences for battery mode. I've uninstalled the PSM program but Windows keeps defaulting to the Acer settings even though its been removed. What can I do?
     
    David53, May 7, 2010
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    Hi,

    in case you have Windows 7, you can create your own, user defined power plan. Not sure if this is also possible with Vista.

    Michael
     
    michael_recycled, May 8, 2010
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