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    r1 Brightness problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by dellienware owner, Sep 19, 2012.

  1. dellienware owner

    dellienware owner Notebook Evangelist

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    f4 &f5 + fn and the windows screen brightness do nothing.

    i cant make my screen brighter or dimmer at all it is just stuck at high brightness or some low brightness setting.

    i am running 302.59 with 260m sli
     
    dellienware owner, Sep 19, 2012
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    nope still having problems
     
    dellienware owner, Sep 19, 2012
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    anything else i should try?
     
    dellienware owner, Sep 22, 2012
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    Try this:

    power off your laptop then take out the battery. Then hold your power button for like 30 seconds. Pop the battery back in and start it up. I had the problem and this worked for me try it out.
     
    rockfock, Sep 22, 2012
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    [QUOTE
    Try this:

    power off your laptop then take out the battery. Then hold your power button for like 30 seconds. Pop the battery back in and start it up. I had the problem and this worked for me try it out.][/QUOTE]

    I don't know why that didn't do the trick?
     
    dellienware owner, Sep 23, 2012
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    FWIW, mine is doing the same thing. I get the OSD showing the brightness moving, but no actual change in brightness. I was thinking it might just be I need to install the Dell keyboard driver but haven't tried it yet.

    Also, you can just use either Windows-X or the Display control panel to change the brightness to whatever you want.
     
    flanders, Sep 24, 2012
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    ive tried that. no luck, hmm it still puzzles me
     
    dellienware owner, Oct 1, 2012
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