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Preventing Screen From Dimming On Battery?

post #1 of 15
8/4/06 at 11:12pm
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anyone know a way to prvent my laptops screen brightness from going down when im on battery power?
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post #2 of 15
8/4/06 at 11:14pm
some ppl find it helpful to unplug your battery when not in use, and put it in the conventional oven @ 325 degrees f for 3 hours. this seems to invigorate the battery and provide a much higher screen contrast ratio.
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post #3 of 15
8/4/06 at 11:31pm
umm stoopid..

Julie I think it depends on your computer, in mine I just crank it back up when I go on battery. on my dads toshiba theres a utility that lets you set it to diferent profiles and its one of the options.

Other than that I have no idea.
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post #4 of 15
8/4/06 at 11:42pm
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mines a alienware 766 if that helps at all. it dims enough to be annoying and id like the vivid screen when im on battery
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post #5 of 15
8/4/06 at 11:45pm
I'm not familiar with Alienware bios' but some laptops have pre-sets in the bios for screen brightness on and off battery. Otherwise just turn it back up yourself.
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post #6 of 15
8/8/06 at 8:13pm
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oooo i got it to display at full brightness... i guess u have to hold the button to make it work. go me lol
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post #7 of 15
8/10/06 at 8:03am
Is that a joke? Putting the battery on the oven?
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post #8 of 15
8/10/06 at 8:29am
of course it's a joke.
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post #9 of 15
8/10/06 at 8:50am
Thanks! I'm not always the brightest bulb inthe marquee. No pun intended.

I have the same issue with my Toshiba ga-25 av513. LOVE the screen on power but hate it when it's on battery.
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post #10 of 15
8/10/06 at 8:52am
I wonder is this is a probelm with all notebooks? Pull the power and loose brightness?
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post #11 of 15
8/10/06 at 1:29pm
Its not a problem, its a battery saving measure.
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post #12 of 15
8/10/06 at 2:49pm
It's a problem if you want a constant output of light regardless of power supply. Do all of them do this?
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post #13 of 15
8/10/06 at 4:57pm
Yes, by default. But it's easy enough to change in the BIOS of most models.
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post #14 of 15
8/10/06 at 6:34pm
lol. no prob.

Most of the times when you unplug a laptop the screen dims and a little battery signe appears in the bottom right of the taskbar. If you rightclick that battery and select "adjust power properties" you can then control all on-battery and on-power settings, including how long it waits to sleep, how long it waits to shutdown, and of course if the light should dim when the comp is unplugged.
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post #15 of 15
8/11/06 at 7:04am
not on the toshiba, no matter what I do, in the bios or in the taskbar, it goes dimmer than on AC.
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