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    sxps 16 screen brightness

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by phongoli0, Sep 18, 2009.

  1. phongoli0

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    i have the RGBLED screen and i was wondering how do change the settings on how bright the screen should be on different settings like power saver and high performance or when its running on battery or not.
     
    phongoli0, Sep 18, 2009
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    i know there is an option for it because i have it on my other laptop but i cant seem to find it on this one
     
    phongoli0, Sep 18, 2009
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    it's in the BIOS, I woulld really like to see an update which lets us access it through wondows though, for example in a quickset revision
     
    funky monk, Sep 18, 2009
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    no not that kind but like a power option in windows
     
    phongoli0, Sep 18, 2009
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    There isn't a backlight option in windows yet, that's why we need an update, if Ubuntu can manage it then I'm appalled that dell hasn't come up with a solution
     
    funky monk, Sep 18, 2009
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    my other laptop is also a studio xps 16 with the same screen and it has that option. i just got it tho, the new one has that option but the one i got in july doesnt
     
    phongoli0, Sep 18, 2009
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    You need BIOS version A10 and it will appear in Windows Power Management.

    Dell haven't released the stand alone A10 upgrade yet though, it's only available on new laptops.
     
    iaTa, Sep 19, 2009
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    Does this mean it's torrent time?
     
    funky monk, Sep 19, 2009
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    well i have A10, is it possible to extract it?
     
    phongoli0, Sep 19, 2009
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    i think it's not really possible to extract it directly from the BIOS itself, if u'd have it also on the disc u got from dell then u could upload it
     
    scorpeeon, Sep 19, 2009
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    its not on the disc. i checked
     
    phongoli0, Sep 21, 2009
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    I think it is actually possible to extract it. I'll do some research and come back here with my results.
     
    iaTa, Sep 21, 2009
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    nice one! i wonder if the flash utility does a backup ?
     
    mark.carline, Sep 21, 2009
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