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    Windows screen brightness broken?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by thegh0sts, Apr 18, 2018.

  1. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Is it just me or is being able to control the screen brightness in windows busted?
     
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    thegh0sts, Apr 18, 2018
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    It’s just you.
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Apr 18, 2018
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    Have you changed out your screen to something other than default?
     
    Khenglish, Apr 18, 2018
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    Check your drivers
     
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    Well, yes and the GPU to a 1070. that's probably the cause and I would have thought updating my BIOS to make it "default" would have fixed that.
     
    thegh0sts, Apr 19, 2018
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