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    Unable to control the screen brightness on my HP8710w

    Discussion in 'HP' started by pete77, Aug 28, 2008.

  1. pete77

    pete77 Notebook Enthusiast

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    For some reason, i'm unable to control the brightness (FN F9/F10) on my HP 8710W running Vista 64 bit. Especially when i unplug the power, the screen gets darker and i'm not able to brighten it. Is there away like the volume buttom on the quicklaunch where you can control the brightness directly instead of through the quicklaunch buttons? I tried increasing the brightness level in the graphic card settings but that didn't work.
     
    pete77, Aug 28, 2008
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    jerry66 Notebook Deity

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    did you turn off auto dim bright in bios ?
     
    jerry66, Aug 28, 2008
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    Vista power settings?
     
    flipfire, Aug 28, 2008
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    nothing better than "newbie" power
     
    Infamous22, Aug 29, 2008
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