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    HP 8510w, weird problem with screen brightness

    Discussion in 'HP' started by 015734, Feb 18, 2009.

  1. 015734

    015734 Notebook Guru

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    I have been very satisfied with this purchase, however, after installing either vista service pack 1 or the nvidia drivers for my graphics card, the screen has significantly dimmed to the point where even max brightness is almost unusable. Before it was very bright, and this is a brand new display put in yesterday... so I know it's not a hardware flaw. What do you think is causing this, and how can I fix the problem short of restoring again and either foregoing SP1 or my videocard drivers?
     
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    Did you install driver 179.44? if so install another one.
     
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    Yep... 179.44 is installed... Let me try another version and see if it helps

    Edit: Yep... darn drivers were limiting my screen brightness. Thanks a lot for the tip :)
     
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