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Dell Screen Brightness... Any help please?

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Aiadi
Aiadi Posts: 1,840 Forumite
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Just got my parents the free Dell that comes with AOL but the screen is much dimmer than my older laptop (although more glossy) and I find it quite uncomfortable to work at. Apart from ensuring display brightness is set to the max in the power options and that brightness is set to max by FN+upper arrow, is there any other way to increase the brightness of the screen? Thanks in advance for any help.
Do I want it? ......Do I need it? ......What would happen if I don't buy it??????

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  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    Don't think so.
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • CHR15
    CHR15 Posts: 5,193 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    My old lappy (a Compaq so may not be relevant) had a power setting to dim the screen when on battery power.

    If it is brighter when plugged in, it may be worth ploughing through the power save settings on the laptop. On mine, this is in addition to the fn-arrow feature.
  • pgnl
    pgnl Posts: 1 Newbie
    When I had my Dell laptop 18 months ago, I puzzled over this as well.

    In the system tray there should be an application called Dell Quickset (although newer machines may be different). In this you can set the default brightness when you turn the machine on when connected to the mains or via Battery..

    Hope that helps.


    Patrick
  • Aiadi
    Aiadi Posts: 1,840 Forumite
    Thanks again for all who helped. Managed to solve the problem after several attempts
    and for those who are interested it is easily done by accessing the BIOS settings (press F2 on startup) and then increasing the display brightness from there. Ahhhhhh, it is much better looking at the screen now.
    Do I want it? ......Do I need it? ......What would happen if I don't buy it??????
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