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    Inspiron 1420 Screen Brightness

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by 89blazer, Oct 16, 2011.

  1. 89blazer

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    My battery died a year ago, so the only way for my laptop to be bright is if its connected. However today it was dimmed, and when i tried to press FN+ UP arrow all the way to max brightness it doesn't do anything even if its connected.

    Is my screen light fried?
     
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    GallardosEggrollshop Notebook Evangelist

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    Have you tried adjusting the brightness through the power options in Windows?
     
    GallardosEggrollshop, Oct 17, 2011
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    on Windows Mobility Center? Yes, its turned all the way to the right

    Could it also be the charger? After my original messed up, I bought a generic one. It says its connected, and charging though.

    I don't want to say the backlight is dead, because its usable, just very very dim as if it were in Power Saver mode. ----- When my old inspirons backlight died, it was unusable, almost pitch black
     
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    WHAT IN THE WORLD??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MIRACLE

    After about 5 days of darkness, I was on youtube, and I said what the heck, let me try and press FN+ Up Arrow hoping it works ( tried it all week hoping it'd one day work ) --- and it actually brighttened by screen?!!!! THERE IS LIGHT!!!!! I CAN SEE !!!!!

    I took it to a repair place, and they said it was the Backlight? So what does this mean? Its bright now, was it the inverter? my cheap generic ac adapter decided to mess up - then fix itself? some short of shortage?

    Im scared to turn it off now , dim it , or disconnected it because Im scared it wont brighten again.

    ANY ADVICE?
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    EDIT - 20 MINUTES LATER - OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
    After over a year of not being able to disconnect my laptop because the battery " was to weak to make the screen bright/ put on High Performance", I tried disconnected my laptop from my AC, and clicked FN+UP Arrow, and it NOW WORKS TOO? What the hell is going on?
     
    89blazer, Oct 20, 2011
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