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    Brightness Stuck

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by citric, Jul 31, 2006.

  1. citric

    citric Notebook Consultant

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    My cousin has an Inspiron 6000 and the warranty just expired. He had to send ti into Dell for some fixin to which they extended his warranty since it was only 3 days past. But now he has it back and the sound is working fine (that was the nissue) but now the brightness on his screen is stuck (it's pretty dim) and doesn't change when he uses the FN + Up or down keys.

    Any idea
     
    citric, Jul 31, 2006
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  2. mikkroik

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    just update the BIOS from dell.com

    hopefully that would change all the settings (not sure) and fix it?
     
    mikkroik, Jul 31, 2006
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    citric Notebook Consultant

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    didn't help.
     
    citric, Jul 31, 2006
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    Does your cousin still have the Dell's Quickset installed?
     
    azntiger1000, Jul 31, 2006
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    is quickset installed/running? sometimes Fn is *****y and won't work unless quickset is running.
     
    Aivyn, Jul 31, 2006
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  6. citric

    citric Notebook Consultant

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    he said it was running. I just told him to uninstall it and reinstall it. Ill let you know how that works out.

    [Edit] Nope, didnt help.
     
    citric, Jul 31, 2006
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    Hmm...does the other fn keys work?
     
    azntiger1000, Jul 31, 2006
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    There's only one FN key on Dell notebooks.

    I would try a system restore or reinstall the keyboard drivers.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Jul 31, 2006
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    I mean trying using the other FN short cut keys like increasing/decreasing volume, or ejecting drive to see if it is functional.
     
    azntiger1000, Aug 1, 2006
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  10. citric

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    i would ask him but he's asleep right now and he has a final tomorrow so im not gunna wake him up. i'll find out tomorrow
     
    citric, Aug 1, 2006
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    if the fn key is busted, plug in an external keyboard and use scroll lock+up instead.
     
    NissanSupraGTR, Aug 1, 2006
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