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    Difficulty adjusting brightness

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by aselker, Oct 4, 2013.

  1. aselker

    aselker Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a Lenovo Ideapad Y400 running Windows 8. I recently sent it in for a dead GPU, which Lenovo fixed by replacing the motherboard. Now the brightness adjustment does not work.

    I have tried two different NVidia drivers, both of which are WHQL. I have tried turning on and off adaptive brightness and the EnableBrightnessControl registry hack. Neither had any effect. The brightness keys do nothing, and the slider moves but has no effect.

    Any suggestions?
     
    aselker, Oct 4, 2013
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  2. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Did you try the original Lenovo GPU driver?
     
    Nick, Oct 9, 2013
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