laptop screen problem

[-Nick-]

ok, my brother came home from uni and i have noticed that his screen is way too dim when running off battery, once plugged into the mains it's way brighter, is this broken then?

he got it last december, i went to the website and this is the info i got about from the serial no.

Warranty information for your product

Product: AMILO L1310G 60GB BTU05 /BU L1310G -UK-/
Warranty performance: 1 Jahr Collect & Return Service

i assume that means it only had a 1 year warranty? what can i do?

 

[Samione]

nah, i'm pretty sure all laptops do this, my laptop did it, my dad's did it aswell. I think it's just a power saving device.

 

[Richiev4]

Most laptops have a number of profiles you can set up so the machine will alter settings depending on the power source.

If you have a battery icon in the system tray try right clicking on it and see what options you have.

Rich

 

[semi-pro waster]

Entirely normal, as Richiev4 suggests you can try altering the profiles or the even simpler option is to change the brightness levels manually - on many laptops there are brightness keys (usually you need to press Fn + the key which looks like a small sun) to adjust it.

 

[-Nick-]

cheers everyone (Y)