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    m17x-r2 auto-dimming/ auto-brightness?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by tb303, Jul 30, 2010.

  1. tb303

    tb303 Notebook Consultant

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    I just noticed while playing ARMAII that my Dual CCFL WUXGA screen auto-dims or better automatically changes brightness, and at times in certain areas of the game it gets very dark. I can simply turn to some white area, for example a window when within a room in the game, and can clearly notice that the screen turns very bright as a flash and then dims immediately.
    It gets very annoying at times. Is it common and how do i remedy this?
     
    tb303, Jul 30, 2010
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    oogamar Notebook Evangelist

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    Its a design feature - one of the reasons i made sure i got the rgbled.
     
    oogamar, Jul 30, 2010
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    what do you mean? cannot bypass this?
     
    tb303, Jul 30, 2010
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    no, you can't bypass it. it's a feature of those CCFL screens and there's not much you can do about it unfortunately.
     
    mfractal, Jul 30, 2010
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