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    HELP! M1330 LED goes dim off battery even though it's not set to. HELP!

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by sethhobrin, Aug 19, 2008.

  1. sethhobrin

    sethhobrin Notebook Consultant

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    Just got my m1330 today. It has the onboard Intel graphics NOT the nvidia graphics. I am running x64 vista ultimate SP1 installed fresh. All x64 drivers installed properly and everything is detected fine in Device Manager. The laptop runs great.

    Except for ONE thing. When I unplug it from AC the LED Screen goes very DIM. I've checked all of my power settings and it is configured for full brightness on battery and off battery.

    HELP!
     
    sethhobrin, Aug 19, 2008
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    louisw Notebook Enthusiast

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    You need to go into the BIOS.
     
    louisw, Aug 20, 2008
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    sethhobrin Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah i figured that out last night. Thanks though. Crazy....
     
    sethhobrin, Aug 20, 2008
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    asingathi Newbie

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    Hi,

    I have the same problem in my dell xps m1330, but I am not able to see any power setting options in BIOS, could anyone help me how to set BIOS power display settings in Windows Vista.


    Thanks,
    AJ
     
    asingathi, Feb 8, 2009
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    thefunks67 Notebook Consultant

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    thefunks67, Feb 8, 2009
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