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    Max Brightness battery power W500 not available in BIOS??

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by pufftissue, Feb 15, 2009.

  1. pufftissue

    pufftissue Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi,

    I can't get max brightness while on battery power in the BIOS. I have the latest one. I have a W500 and it bothers me as I'm in pretty brightly lit classroom environments alot.

    Any help?
     
    pufftissue, Feb 15, 2009
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    StealthTH Notebook Evangelist

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    You can change the setting via the power manager and it will work to the same effect.
     
    StealthTH, Feb 15, 2009
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    pufftissue Notebook Evangelist

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    It doesn't work. I can assure you that on max performance with everything turned on, max brightness, etc, when I unplug the laptop, the screen brightness goes down a little bit.

    I have had thinkpads before so I know you can change this in the BIOS, but the option doesn't exist on the W500! Can anyone confirm this?
     
    pufftissue, Feb 16, 2009
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    T400 same thing. On ATI settings, max power plans, it dims a little bit on battery power.
     
    pufftissue, Feb 20, 2009
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