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Can anyone tell me why my laptop screen goes dark and dim and stays like it !
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  • livelyred wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me why my laptop screen goes dark and dim and stays like it !

    Have you got it plugged in or on battery?

    If your running it on battery most laptops reduce the brightness of the screen to save battery life, hold the FN key and press the right cursor key a few times should brighten it.

    If you have the power in, look in the power settings, you may find the setting for mains has been set as the same as for battery and hence going dark.
  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    Screen inverter is on its last legs if its going out completely and you don't have a laptop that automatically sets the brightness based on the ambient light conditions.
  • livelyred
    livelyred Posts: 2,367 Forumite
    It dims right down when plugged in and not ! One minute its bright the next dims right down !I have gone to the power options and the settings was full in the brightness tab !
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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
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    then hammymans post is spot on, easy to change on 99% of laptops
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