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    Dell 700m - Help needed!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by noldt, Apr 22, 2005.

  1. noldt

    noldt Newbie

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    Hi folks,

    just got the 700m delivered today. Nice thing....BUT once I remove the AC plug I think the screen gets a little too dark.

    Do I have to brighten up the screen?
    Maybe a stupid question......would appreciate yourhelp.

    Thanks
    Dirk
     
    noldt, Apr 22, 2005
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  2. Disaster

    Disaster Notebook Guru

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    Hold down function key while pressing up arrow. Dell defaults to very low brightness setting on battery power to increase battery life.
     
    Disaster, Apr 22, 2005
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  3. happysquidman

    happysquidman Notebook Evangelist

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    Its kindof stupid, because Dell bases their battery life off of the dim screen. So if you have a bright screen with high contrast going on, your going to get a lot less battery life.
     
    happysquidman, Apr 22, 2005
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  4. splunk

    splunk Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just in case anyone wanted to know, or adjusted their screen brightness without remembering, the default " dim " setting is four clicks down from the AC powered brightness.
     
    splunk, Apr 23, 2005
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  5. timak

    timak Notebook Consultant

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    you can adjust the settings in the BIOS to automaticly not dim it as much, so you don't have to mess with it every time you unplug it.

    Dell Inspiron 9300, Pentium M 2GHz, 1GB 533MHz DDR2, 256MB nVidia GeForce Go 6800, 17" LG WUXGA+, 60GB HDD (7200rpm), Sony DW-56A DVD+-RW DL
     
    timak, Apr 23, 2005
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  6. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    note that the setting you shut down with will be remembered. the bios setting is automatically changed as you adjust it in xp. if you shut down at the level you want, it will be the same level when you startup again on that particular power source; ac or batt
     
    drumfu, Apr 24, 2005
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