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    What is wrong with my Ambient Light sensor software?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Homer_Jay_Thompson, Jul 11, 2007.

  1. Homer_Jay_Thompson

    Homer_Jay_Thompson blathering blatherskite

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    The ambient light sensor on my D630 will not enable. Every time I try to enable the sensor, it changes the range and seems to work, but then it immediately disables it again. If I try to enable it with the hot keys, it just constantly replies the ambient light sensor is disabled every time I press the button.
     
    Homer_Jay_Thompson, Jul 11, 2007
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    I am not sure what I did, but I fixed the ambient light sensor. I do not understand software. Sometimes it works and other times it just refused to work.
     
    Homer_Jay_Thompson, Jul 11, 2007
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  3. Asleep

    Asleep Notebook Consultant

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    Mine's doing the same thing???
     
    Asleep, Oct 30, 2007
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  4. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    you have ambient light sensors! LUCKY!
     
    nizzy1115, Oct 30, 2007
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  5. jaycee

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    Ambient light sensors on the D630 is overrated. I find mine annoying if anything.
     
    jaycee, Oct 30, 2007
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  6. Asleep

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    I somehow had my Ambient Light Sensor enabled but some idiot "did me a favor" by disabling it with the Fn key.

    Now it won't enable again.

    Anyone figured this BS software out, yet?????
     
    Asleep, Dec 14, 2007
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  7. booboo12

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    I agree, I'll turn it on but I'll try to make it adjust (to see if it works) and nothing happens, the screen stays the same brightness.

    Would be cool if it worked though :)
     
    booboo12, Dec 15, 2007
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    Try unplugging your laptop so that it runs on battery power. That solved my issue
     
    Chevron36, Mar 2, 2008
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  9. splitDiff

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    Worked like a charm! Thanks for the tip.

    -splitDiff
     
    splitDiff, Mar 10, 2008
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