»1587200 Posted September 30, 2005 Report Posted September 30, 2005 My laptop is kinda screwy me thinks, so I was wondering if anyone here could lend some !@#$%^&*istance. When my laptop is plugged in, my monitor gets darker, and when I unplug it, it gets brighter. This has happened for as long as I have had it, but it flip flops itself sometimes too. Before today, when I had the laptop plugged in, the monitor was brighter, and unplugged it was darker. Now, it changed for no apparent reason. I've checked my power settings and whatnot, but have not found an option to correct this. Does anyone have any ideas short of calling HP and asking them wtf is wrong? Maybe I missed a power option somewhere. Running:| Windows XP Pro Sp2| HP Pavilion zv6000| 200M Radeon Xpress| Latest DirectX and video drivers
quickspy Posted September 30, 2005 Report Posted September 30, 2005 It is a motherboard issue and it happens to my Toshiba all the time. I have heard rumors of it being because of overheating. I have sent in my laptop five times to get it repaired and every time it is never better. Seems like a flaw of some kind.
Kameloh Posted October 3, 2005 Report Posted October 3, 2005 Do you have any keys on your keyboard that can lighten/darken the screen? Some laptops (like some Gateway laptops) were programmed to darken the screen when unplugged to save battery life.. and vice versa.. You might be able to disable this feature if you can find it... otherwise, .. I dunno
»1587200 Posted October 3, 2005 Author Report Posted October 3, 2005 No, no monitor adjustments. However, I left it unplugged by accident and obvoulsy the battery died, but now, when the laptop is plugged in, the monitor is brighter, and unplugged it's darker, so it flip-floped again...
»Blocks Posted October 4, 2005 Report Posted October 4, 2005 You sure there aren't brightness controls on the keyboard using the "Fn" key? I have a Compaq laptop and had a similar issue but Fn-F8 cleared it up for me.
»1587200 Posted October 4, 2005 Author Report Posted October 4, 2005 Hot !@#$%^&*. It was a battery saving option... huh. Thanks! [closed]
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