Newhotness Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 i have a 700m Dell Inspiron laptop, and the screen changes brightness based on whether it is plugged in to AC or if its running on batteries, does anyone here know how i change that setting? I've googled it and checked on dells site, but nothing so far. thankx for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted July 27, 2005 Moderators Share Posted July 27, 2005 Try the display properties. Right click on desktop>properties> Screen saver tab. Look at the energy star settings there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newhotness Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 Try the display properties. Right click on desktop>properties> Screen saver tab. Look at the energy star settings there. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> NOTHING THERE, ALL THE SETTINGS ARE ALREADY NOT TO TURN OFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted July 27, 2005 Moderators Share Posted July 27, 2005 Could their be something wrong with your battery? Has it been loosing power faster than normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjLizard Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 It's not actually a problem, it's a feature. It changes the brightess, as stated, according to whether AC power is applied or not. The only way to change this is if your dell BIOS has support for changing it. Boot up and tap F2, or F10, or whatever the hell key it wants you to tap to get into BIOS/SETUP. If it's not in there, and you have the latest BIOS revision, then you can't change this feature. Click here if CCleaner Issues are re-appearing DjLizard.net DjLizard.net wiki Dial-a-fix Dial-a-fix tips DjLizard.net software support forum Do you live in Bradenton, Sarasota, Tampa, or St. Petersburg, Florida? Visit Digital Doctors where I work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newhotness Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 thankx for all the suggestions, i just googled the issue using different words and to my great shock, the issue seemed to be on another forum...the guy there said that dell's have a keyboard shortcut which adjusts the contrast, and as it turns out, if you adjust it while unplugged then it saves the changes and now everythings working great, thankx for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjLizard Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Really? o_O Never gotten that to work. It probably just saves to BIOS anyway Click here if CCleaner Issues are re-appearing DjLizard.net DjLizard.net wiki Dial-a-fix Dial-a-fix tips DjLizard.net software support forum Do you live in Bradenton, Sarasota, Tampa, or St. Petersburg, Florida? Visit Digital Doctors where I work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted July 27, 2005 Moderators Share Posted July 27, 2005 This seems stupid. Why would you want the screen to dim on a laptop. Its not like a cell phone where the screen is only 2 inches. Oh well, another thing learned I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjLizard Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 power consumption... dimming the screen just a few notches saves battery life considerably, and that was the point. Click here if CCleaner Issues are re-appearing DjLizard.net DjLizard.net wiki Dial-a-fix Dial-a-fix tips DjLizard.net software support forum Do you live in Bradenton, Sarasota, Tampa, or St. Petersburg, Florida? Visit Digital Doctors where I work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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