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    Screen dimming?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by kent1146, Jul 14, 2010.

  1. kent1146

    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    I have this problem around screen dimming.

    When I unplug my laptop and run on battery, my screen dims to brightness 0/7. I don't want this, so I set the screen brightness to be 7/7 on battery power. I made this setting in both Windows Power Options and Alien Fusion power management settings. The setting won't stick.

    And I have my screen set to auto-dim after X minutes of inactivity, which it does. However, when I hit a keyboard button when I am no longer idle, the screen brightness stays at the "dim" setting.

    Has anybody else run into this?
     
    kent1146, Jul 14, 2010
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  2. wooties

    wooties Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the exact same problem. In fact, this is the reason i came to the boards today. I assume it's an Alienware software issue since the windows settings seem to be overwritten?

    I have mine set to never dim when plugged in. It does after a couple minutes idle and stays dim after idle. This bugs.
     
    wooties, Jul 14, 2010
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  3. mario64

    mario64 Notebook Evangelist

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    Count me in as well. I have the same issue. I'm using the latest version of all Alienware software for m11x R1...
     
    mario64, Jul 14, 2010
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    BatBoy, Jul 14, 2010
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