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    Monitor whitening out

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by aznboi855, Oct 17, 2010.

  1. aznboi855

    aznboi855 Notebook Consultant

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    So i've had this laptop for about three months now and it's been working pretty well, but recently I notice that when I run on battery, the screen seem to start whitening out randomly then get back to normal. It's sort of makes everything blurry and hard to see, however, if I change the brightness setting it temporary solve the problem. Should I get the screen replace?
     
    aznboi855, Oct 17, 2010
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  2. Radam

    Radam Notebook Geek

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    It's the Intel graphics power saving settings. Right click on your desktop and then go graphics properties. Then pick power, then power features in the drop down box pick on battery. There you can untick display power saving or just drag the slider all the way to quality and apply the settings.
     
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    corwinicre Notebook Deity

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    ^Mine has all the settings to maximum power saving and doesn't have this problem.

    I have the latest IGP driver. How about you, aznboi855? Perhaps what Radam describes is a bug in an older version.
     
    corwinicre, Oct 17, 2010
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    Radam Notebook Geek

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    Hmmm, I will update to the latest driver and see if that fixes it.
     
    Radam, Oct 17, 2010
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    aznboi855 Notebook Consultant

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    What's the latest IGP driver? Anyhow, i'll try to do what Radam said and see if it'll work.
     
    aznboi855, Oct 17, 2010
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    jeremyshaw Big time Idiot

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    2202, Iirc.
     
    jeremyshaw, Oct 17, 2010
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    Tedster59 Notebook Consultant

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    I have a problem sometimes that when I log in, the colors are all washed out, and after a few seconds, they turn to normal.
     
    Tedster59, Oct 17, 2010
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    slickie88 Master of Puppets

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    That sounds like an ICC profile being loaded at startup.
     
    slickie88, Oct 17, 2010
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