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Brightness setting of my 8600 after I did a clean installation

post #1 of 7
12/11/04 at 11:02pm
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I did a clean installation of xp on my new 8600c today. I noticed that the brightness level of my screen was always on full when I restart the laptop. It wasnt like that before the installation. The screen was a little too bright for me, so I lower it down a little. Now I have to do that everytime I reboot the laptop. Is there a way to fix that? TIA.

ps: Do I need to install the Intel Mobile Chipset with the clean installation? The released date of it is 08/12/2003.
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post #2 of 7
12/12/04 at 9:52am
You can change that in the BIOS. Just put it down a notch there

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post #3 of 7
12/12/04 at 12:24pm
For on the go changes, you can also Fn+down arrow.
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post #4 of 7
12/16/04 at 4:49pm
If by "Intel Mobile Chipset" you mean the Speedstep software - I'd be wary...some users have had disastrous problems with this software - search the forums....
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post #5 of 7
12/17/04 at 5:33am
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Originally Posted by ran1
If by "Intel Mobile Chipset" you mean the Speedstep software - I'd be wary...some users have had disastrous problems with this software - search the forums....
no he means the chipset software ur supposed to install those before everything and then notebook system software and then follow the other drivers like gpu nic modem so on, i wouldnt use the one on the dell site i ge it straight from intel itself heres a linky http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...?ProductID=816
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post #6 of 7
12/17/04 at 8:50am
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Originally Posted by the nitz
no he means the chipset software ur supposed to install those before everything and then notebook system software and then follow the other drivers like gpu nic modem so on, i wouldnt use the one on the dell site i ge it straight from intel itself heres a linky http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...?ProductID=816
Ahhh...ok. - do see/think there'd be any significant advantage to installing Intel's vs. Dell's? I thought Dell tweaked theirs to ensure..well, supposedly, to ensure optimum compatibility in their notebooks.....
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post #7 of 7
12/17/04 at 12:05pm
i doubt it, they might even be using a older one
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