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    5793 - screen dimming on low battery.

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Thug21, Sep 13, 2008.

  1. Thug21

    Thug21 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi,

    I am wondering, how can I stop the screen from dimming itself when the battery gets to 10 percent? It doesn't seem to be a Windows power option as I turned power management off. Also, the screen is dim even before Windows boots up if the battery is that low.

    Is this a BIOS thing? If so, can it be turned off?


    Thank you,
     
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  2. emike09

    emike09 Overclocking Champion

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    I'm not positive, but I think you can edit the plan settings for your power profile to choose not to dim so much @ 10%.
     
    emike09, Sep 13, 2008
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  3. Thug21

    Thug21 Notebook Evangelist

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    Where can I do this?
    I have WinXP.
     
    Thug21, Sep 13, 2008
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    emike09 Overclocking Champion

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    No idea in XP :eek:
     
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  5. Thug21

    Thug21 Notebook Evangelist

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    Heh, ok. Thanks Anyway! :)
     
    Thug21, Sep 13, 2008
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  6. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    Its normal.

    When my notebook goes under 10% or so, the screen gets dim and a alarm sounds to tell me that I should plug it in or shut it down.

    I thinks its low level programmed to do so to conserve power.. enough so that the user can react accordingly.
     
    Gophn, Sep 13, 2008
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    I think he's right. I tried to prevent it from doing that on my system and I couldn't find a way.
     
    emike09, Sep 13, 2008
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