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    G1S screen keeps..brightening?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Naish, Sep 6, 2007.

  1. Naish

    Naish Notebook Enthusiast

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    Heya. After about 5 minutes, on battery life (not on AC...weird) of use, the screen will automatically go back to 100%.

    Even when I only have it set to use 30% brightness. Is this a known bug? Software issue? Backlight issue(please god no, I've started classes, I cannot RMA again now..)?

    I noticed it after my first day in class, I ended up having to plug into the wall (luckily there is an outlet next to my seat) for half of the class.
     
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  2. MadFerIt

    MadFerIt Notebook Consultant

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    What nVidia drivers are you using? I have the 163.44 and it does the same thing.

    The stock drivers though don't have that problem.
     
    MadFerIt, Sep 6, 2007
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  3. Naish

    Naish Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ah, son of a.... Yea, that's gotta be it. Thanks :).

    I'll have to install the stock drivers for class... :p.
     
    Naish, Sep 6, 2007
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    sluzi26 Notebook Geek

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    I normally just click it back down. It's really not worth the hassle for all the laptop moving i do.
     
    sluzi26, Sep 7, 2007
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    solargaze27 Notebook Consultant

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    Actually, the problem isn't with the drivers. Right click on the battery icon in your system tray. Select "Power Options" (NOT Power4Gear eXtreme). On the right panel, select "Adjust the display brightness." Then, select "Change advanced power settings." Scroll down and open up the "Display" box. The options that are affecting your screen brightness on battery are "Allow SmartDimmer to reduce my brightness after," "Have SmartDimmer reduce my brightness by," and "SmartDimmer full-screen video mode." Playing with the percentages in these boxes will affect how your screen brightness adjusts itself. To get my screen to stop re-brightening itself, I changed "Allow SmartDimmer to reduce my brightness after/ On Battery:" to 100%. I then changed "Have SmartDimmer reduce my brightness by/ On battery:" to 0%. Finally, I set "SmartDimmer full-screen video mode/ On battery:" to Maximum Power Saving. This should solve your screen-rebrightening problems even with the 163.44 drivers (I use those too).
     
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  6. MadFerIt

    MadFerIt Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks so much man. I think that "SmartDimmer" is a part of the new nVidia drivers, because I don't remember having those options before.

    Anyway, you're a great help :D. Glad I won't have to keep lowering the brightness.
     
    MadFerIt, Sep 7, 2007
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