new laptop (how do i change screen brightness)

movingtables · 4 Jun 2007 at 16:19

hey guys.
just got a dell inspirion 6400 and the battery says fully charged but when i unplug it from the mains the screen goes very dull and cant see much.
i had a play with the power options but nothing seems to work

is there a brightness option somewhere ? :confused:

kremedios · 4 Jun 2007 at 16:21

movingtables said:
hey guys.
just got a dell inspirion 6400 and the battery says fully charged but when i unplug it from the mains the screen goes very dull and cant see much.
i had a play with the power options but nothing seems to work

is there a brightness option somewhere ?

Somewhere in Control panel > Power Options > Power management. On my sony vaio its under power options > VAIO Power Management.

movingtables · 4 Jun 2007 at 16:23

just tried maximum performance under the intel media excelerator wich has improved things but i cant find a brightness setting. hmmm

semi-pro waster · 4 Jun 2007 at 16:27

On many laptops there is an option if you press the Fn key and one of the function keys, on my Compaq it is Fn + F1 or F2 but I don't have a Dell here to check.

Nem · 4 Jun 2007 at 16:28

FN + up / down arrow.

Nick

Delvis · 4 Jun 2007 at 16:28

As the post above said tehre normally is an Fn key, then on the number keys something looking like a sun basically

But some laptops do go dimmer when they are running off the battery.

movingtables · 4 Jun 2007 at 16:30

thanks guys i found it but was on full lol

maybe the screen needs to run for a bit to come alive? lol

Delvis · 4 Jun 2007 at 16:31

Maybe...It could sadly be a faulty screen.

See how it runs after a while, otherwise contact Dell i guess and see what they say.

HAPPYSMASH · 4 Jun 2007 at 16:32

in windows power managment, found in the control panel, select the 'always on' profile, this should work.

jake

movingtables · 4 Jun 2007 at 16:33

i think i upped to full properly.
i forgot to say im outside (in the shade).

actually i think im getting used to it.

thanks for the help guys your always there, even in the garden lol!

Delvis · 4 Jun 2007 at 16:37

That's cool, tell us if it gets better etc, if you were in the garden it could just be the sun

hah

movingtables · 4 Jun 2007 at 16:40

nah seems loverly now. panic stations over

nice little laptop for £500 delivered.

core 2 duo 1.7 ghz

1 gig ram

15.4 " screen

80 gig hard drive.

its only to use in the garden of an evening as it gets hot inside in the summer.

just need to uninstall the rubbish it came with now hehe.

orderoftheflame · 4 Jun 2007 at 19:47

I've seen some laptops with bios options for brightness when unplugged, and plugged in.

Checked there?

TheVoice · 5 Jun 2007 at 00:37

HAPPYSMASH said:
in windows power managment, found in the control panel, select the 'always on' profile, this should work.

jake

Probably not wise, this will force the CPU to run at full speed all the time, reducing battery life and increasing heat.