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    Asus N56VZ disable ambient light sensor?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by NitrousX, Nov 16, 2012.

  1. NitrousX

    NitrousX Notebook Enthusiast

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    The ambient light sensor is just driving me nuts. I tried FN+A and FN+3 but neither one of those seems to disable the automatic brightness adjustment. If someone could help me out that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
     
    NitrousX, Nov 16, 2012
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  2. ALLurGroceries

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    Do your other hotkeys work?

    Have you ruled out your power4gear profile automatically dimming the screen?
     
    ALLurGroceries, Nov 16, 2012
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    All my hotkeys work. I don't have P4G installed. Automatically brightness kicks in regardless of whether I am running on battery or plugged into the wall.

    Thanks for the help so far.
     
    NitrousX, Nov 16, 2012
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  4. Hodor

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    Auto. ambient light sensor? Where should that sensor be? I don't think my N56VZ has one.
     
    Hodor, Nov 17, 2012
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    Is there or isn't there a light sensor on N56VZ?
     
    xixonga, Mar 18, 2013
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    Select your OS and download and install the P4G utility. I'm not sure why your hotkey doesn't work for the ambient light sensor; since we don't carry this model I don't have a test unit unfortunately.
     
    Prostar Computer, Mar 18, 2013
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    I don't think FN+A will do anything on your N56VZ, FN+F3 is to adjust keyboard backlit not screen.

    This is your A key looks like:

    N56-KB.JPG


    This is UX32VD's A key looks like with a Auto mark key associate with FN key to enable/disable Ambient light sensor:
    UX32-Ambient-light.JPG

    What ALLurGroceries suggests is to check brightness settings on each power mode on Power4Gear Hybrid, let's say if your brightness is set at level 6 on both battery or AC mode then it will always at brightness 6:
    P4G-Brightness.JPG
     
    GenTechPC, Mar 19, 2013
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  8. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Disabled intel DPST in win7 power settings?
     
    Mobius 1, Mar 19, 2013
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