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    Sager np8662 monitor really dark display?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by aigoya, Nov 18, 2009.

  1. aigoya

    aigoya Notebook Guru

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    Hello,

    My baby was running fine a few days ago. I came back home after 2 days powered it up, and it seems like almost nothing is showing on my monitor. I see the blue power light being displayed still, hear noises, hear fans...


    after looking at it again, i can faintly see my desktop, but i dont know how to get it brighter! i tried to toggle the screen to make it brighter (fn+f9) but it still doesnt fix anything. I've had this issue before where it would do this in the middle of wowing. back then i was able to fix it by pressing (fn+f7) but its not working now.

    any help?

    *edit. Its even dark on bootup, i cant see any texts or whatsoever. I would try to open up the nvidia drivers but i have a huge glare and my monitor is dusty! D:
     
    aigoya, Nov 18, 2009
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  2. aigoya

    aigoya Notebook Guru

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    Okay so its still dark after i did some things:

    i installed newest drivers from driver2go.com
    i turned up my gamma/brightness in the nvidia control panel, its slighty better but still dark as hell.

    what am i doing wrong here D:
     
    aigoya, Nov 18, 2009
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    Eivind Notebook Evangelist

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    Maybe the LCD-cable is a little loose?
     
    Eivind, Nov 18, 2009
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    aigoya Notebook Guru

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    how do i go about fixing that...

    another few things i just saw:


    1. when i plug an external monitor, there are no problems, looks great on the external, but still same problem on my laptop screen

    2. when i press fn+f2, it quickly seems to go to the normal brightness setting, then goes back to being dark...
     
    aigoya, Nov 18, 2009
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