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    FN Brightness +/- stopped working [P-6831FX]

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by mrsamsa, Oct 16, 2008.

  1. mrsamsa

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    I noticed as of today that I can no longer adjust the screen brightness up or down using the FN key and up/down arrow keys. All the other FN combinations work, including the "overbrightness" one.

    Any ides what's going on?
     
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    I had something very similar happen on my old 6850. Driver reinstallation took care of it.
     
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    Could I ask which driver specifically to reinstall?
     
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    Sure. If youre using Vista 32bit(which you most likely are), This one.
     
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    I was actually asking which type of driver, I didn't realize it was the video driver I need to mess about with.

    I'm currently using the Laptopvideo2go 179.13 drivers. Any ideas if others have had similar issues with them?
     
    mrsamsa, Oct 16, 2008
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