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    Search Everyone: NHC & Brightness

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by phatpatt, Mar 22, 2008.

  1. phatpatt

    phatpatt Notebook Guru

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    I have looked in a lot of forums and in many search engines: might have missed it but thought I would still try and ask on this forum...

    Everytime my NHC opens up my LCD brightness goes to zero... I have vista 32bit and an xps 1530. I only have NHC to keep my harddrive from ticking like crazy, it worked there but I don't know if I can deal with changing the brightness constantly, is there any way to fix this...? Thanks in advance.
     
    phatpatt, Mar 22, 2008
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  2. pstrisik

    pstrisik Notebook Evangelist

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    I've not that problem. But you could try disabling ACPI functionality in NHC (ACPI tab in settings). Also make sure you have the special Dell version of the latest release.
     
    pstrisik, Mar 22, 2008
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  3. ACHlLLES

    ACHlLLES Notebook Virtuoso

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    Goto display part of the NHC, and play with the %'s on the bottom right corner.

    I think it should be lower to get the LCD brightness higher.
     
    ACHlLLES, Mar 22, 2008
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  4. mystery905

    mystery905 Notebook Deity

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    I have this exact same problem.

    Has anyone found a solution?
     
    mystery905, Sep 27, 2008
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  5. Tex-Twil

    Tex-Twil Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,
    I have a Sony Vaio laptop but I have exactly the same issue with NHC. It pushes the brightness always to minimum when I'm running the pc from the battery. I tried to disable the ACPI but it doesn'"t help.

    Thanks,
    Tex
     
    Tex-Twil, Oct 4, 2008
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  6. mgh_a1

    mgh_a1 Notebook Evangelist

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    Have you tried going into the control panel and adjusting the power / battery settings?

    You should be able to force the computer to stay at full brightness or whatever you like - no matter what mode you go into.
     
    mgh_a1, Oct 4, 2008
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  7. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    Please do not revive threads that are dead (6 months +) please create a new thread instead
     
    X2P, Oct 4, 2008
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