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The Auto Contrast "feature"

post #1 of 38
10/29/09 at 3:34pm
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As many of you know, the M17x's screen changes the backlight intensity to match the contrast of the image on the screen. And can be highly annoying when browsing the web. Does anybody have any idea on how to reduce/fix it?

-Nonya
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post #2 of 38
10/29/09 at 4:24pm
Power settings won't help? Any AW background processes that would influence this?

cheers ...
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post #3 of 38
10/29/09 at 9:07pm
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Originally Posted by qhn View Post
Power settings won't help? Any AW background processes that would influence this?

cheers ...
Tried them all. I'm afraid it's built onto the LCD.
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post #4 of 38
10/29/09 at 9:43pm
This is an annoying feature of the LCD itself. The only way to fix it is replacing the LCD.
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post #5 of 38
10/29/09 at 11:14pm
OMG... you serious? That is gonna drive me frickin nuts
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post #6 of 38
10/29/09 at 11:54pm
I used NVIDIA Control panel to adjust the brightness
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post #7 of 38
10/30/09 at 5:00am
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I used NVIDIA Control panel to adjust the brightness
me too. i started using it yesterday cause it was driving me nuts. its just gonna take time for me to get used to an alienware.
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post #8 of 38
10/30/09 at 5:01am
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Tried them all. I'm afraid it's built onto the LCD.

grats on getting your alienware m17x
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post #9 of 38
10/30/09 at 6:23am
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OMG... you serious? That is gonna drive me frickin nuts
Took me 2 months to even notice it. Like I said earlier there are rumors of a second supplier of LCDs so you may be able to get it swapped in the future.
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post #10 of 38
11/1/09 at 4:08pm
i don't like it as well. i wish there was a bios flash to fix it.
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post #11 of 38
11/1/09 at 7:27pm
where is the sensor for it ?
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post #12 of 38
11/1/09 at 8:12pm
No external sensor like TVs have.
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post #13 of 38
11/4/09 at 12:52am
i have found a way to make it hurt less on your eyes but i need a test subject first.
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post #14 of 38
11/4/09 at 12:57am
no idea where the sensor is but i'm getting used to it. maybe dondadah88 will help us out
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post #15 of 38
11/4/09 at 1:00am
well I need someone with win7 and to follow my instuctions on it. It helped me a lot.
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post #16 of 38
11/4/09 at 1:03am
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well I need someone with win7 and to follow my instuctions on it. It helped me a lot.
cool...
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post #17 of 38
11/4/09 at 1:07am
would you like to test it out?
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post #18 of 38
11/4/09 at 1:11am
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would you like to test it out?
sure. i got nothing to do atm.
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post #19 of 38
11/4/09 at 1:27am
lol. OK. I'll pm you instructions just incase it's a /fail lol


please install a hybrid driver.
186.24
186.81
I tested it out on this.

i'm trying to break some numbers on 06. This is my last run for the night though.
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post #20 of 38
11/4/09 at 1:34am
give me a sec to download and install.
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