• Laptop brightness
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hey guys i have another post talking about my new laptop and asking for some good games that run on dated hardware and stuff, but today i have a new problem! When running on battery power, i seem to have no control over the backlight brightness, which sucks when im sitting outside on campus wishing that i could turn the brightness up for a few minutes to check my email and things like that. The only problem is, holding the function key and f8 (which is supposed to turn up the backlight) appears to be deactivated when running on battery power. It works fine when im on AC though. Anyone know how to override this and turn up the backlight whenever i damn well please? thanks
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I'm sure there's an override. But they put these safe guards in place so you don't kill your battery in 10 minutes with full brightness on. Best thing to do, plug it in.
Right lock the little battery that is in the lower left of your taskbar. Mess with the energy settings there and increase the brightness while unplugged.
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