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    Vista On Screen Brightness Display Poll

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by ItzCooLz, Jul 18, 2007.

  1. ItzCooLz

    ItzCooLz Notebook Consultant

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    From what I gather based on several threads, it seems like this is an issue that is not rare, and I was curious to see how widespread it is, and if it applies to all the 61 series models. But it deserves to be said that this is a VERY minor issue.

    I believe it only applies to Vista, so please ONLY respond to the poll IF YOU ARE RUNNING VISTA.

    If you are NOT running Vista and have this issue, please respond with "No Brightness Meter (Other)" and include your info.

    Once we see trends, maybe we can talk more about the nature of the issue (if it's just the brightness meter, or if it's all the on-screen displays, etc).
     
    ItzCooLz, Jul 18, 2007
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  2. unr1

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    Vista 32-bit, runs fine on T61
     
    unr1, Jul 18, 2007
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    Dunno if this will help people that do not have the on-screen brightness display:

    On my T61 with Vista, I do have it.

    However, it is only after ALL boot programs are loaded does it kick in. Seems to kick in when the Power Scheme actually kicks in. Dunno if this helps to isolate the problem for those who don't have it but want it.
     
    alchemy, Jul 18, 2007
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    i have reinstalled my OS several times and can never get the brightness OSD to work properly. I have seen it once before so I know it definitely exists.
     
    panteedropper, Jul 18, 2007
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  5. platinum717

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    mine didnt show up either after a clean install of vista but after uninstalling and reinstalling lenovo system interface driver and hotkey, I got it to work again
     
    platinum717, Jul 19, 2007
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    R61 here. There isn't any OSD for brightness, even the first time I used it (formatted since).
     
    thiru, Jul 19, 2007
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    fresh install vista ultimate x64, manually install several lenovo/thinkvantage utilities, the OSD working fine on mine.
     
    tesna, Jul 19, 2007
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    really? The brightness OSD?
     
    swliu, Jul 19, 2007
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  9. ItzCooLz

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    hmm.. so it looks like this a pretty common problem. any ideas as to what might be causing this?

    how many of you guys are using the factory install and lack the OSD?
     
    ItzCooLz, Jul 19, 2007
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  10. jcvjcvjcvjcv

    jcvjcvjcvjcv Notebook Evangelist

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    Are you guys all refering to the green bars when you hit Fn and Pagedown/ Pageup?

    It was working right out of the box, did a reinstall (clean), installed several Thinkpad utilities and I still have it :D
     
    jcvjcvjcvjcv, Jul 19, 2007
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  11. ItzCooLz

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    yeah... we are talking about that. good for you!

    edit: that came off sounding bitter or something, but i wasn't at all. haha
     
    ItzCooLz, Jul 19, 2007
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    Fresh Vista install, not working.
     
    redmaxx, Jul 20, 2007
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  13. Nicalaine

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    No brightness display on my T61. Volume & light OSD work though. Never had the brightness display from the first day I bought the notebook.
     
    Nicalaine, Sep 15, 2007
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  14. eyecon82

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    well i did a clean install..and installed all the programs back via update manager...still not working...the volume works..but not this..not sure why
     
    eyecon82, Sep 16, 2007
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    T61p - worked out the box, and still works fine after clean Vista re-installs. (Ultimate, 32bit)
    As noted earlier, it only works once all other vista startup processes have got up and running.
     
    timd75, Sep 17, 2007
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    fresh vista install, brightness OSD not working, although the hotkeys do work (it's supposed to be installed by the same file, isn't it?)
     
    jbauchet, Sep 17, 2007
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    No real problems here, although occasionally sound or volume on-screen display won't work. Restarting seems to solve the problem.
     
    Bighaugs, Sep 17, 2007
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    I believer Hyper???? mentioned some time ago the cause of this problem was the integrated graphics. Lenovo seem to know about this but no fix as yet it seems.

    I've got integrated, vista and do not have OSD functionality.
     
    ArchAngle, Sep 17, 2007
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    ahh..so those with dedicated graphics can see the osd for lcd brightness?
     
    eyecon82, Sep 17, 2007
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    eyecon82

    I believe you'll have a better chance of OSD working correctly if you've dedicated graphics.
     
    ArchAngle, Sep 17, 2007
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  21. eyecon82

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    thank you...very interesting...I hope they come up with a fix for this for those of us who have integrated...It's not that big of a pain...but it would be nice to know how many bars of brightness you are running
     
    eyecon82, Sep 17, 2007
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    Yes, I agree. It's not critical. After all, your eyes can tell you when the screen is being dimmed or not. So, you don't really need that OSD thingy!
     
    ArchAngle, Sep 17, 2007
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    ok..weird..mine randomly started working again
     
    eyecon82, Sep 17, 2007
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    Its part of the Thinkvantage tool set, which one I'm not exactly sure though. I did notice that after the recent update it did enable it though, so maybe Lenovo forgot to include it before.
     
    Tailic, Sep 17, 2007
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    Mine is still wrking intermittently...I like it when it works!
     
    Nicalaine, Dec 12, 2007
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    set your power management so closing lid does not do anything. then if when this occurs again, just shut and open your lid really quick and it will appear
     
    eyecon82, Dec 12, 2007
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    I have a T61 with integrated and it works.........most of the time
    Sometimes it doesn't display, and when it doesn't, it will dim down one more level than when the osd is working. When the osd is working and I fn+end a few times it will go as low as it can then jump up one level..........anyone know what gives?
     
    hja87, Dec 13, 2007
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