Does anyone else have a problem with the screen brightness auto adjusting up and down for no reason when on battery?
595832
I haven't ecountered that problem yet but I did disable battery saving feature the first time I turned it on.
595833
Take a look at your power savings settings in the control panel. Manufacturers have gotten increasingly aggressive in such things to make claims about battery life.
595834
If you look at power save options you can adjust the brightness I believe. I had similar issues, but the brightness is usually enough in power save mode that I don't have an issue with it.
595835
when I first got mine, it did the same thing...one thing I may have done that got rid of the issue was I immediately upgraded to windows 8 and the issue hasn't come back
595836
Hey, I have this laptop too and mine does the same thing. Best bet is it is the power manager. You can disable this by clicking on the battery icon in the lower right corner. The chosing power4gear entertainment instead of power4gear battery saving.
595837
Windows 8. Issue resolved for Auto-Brightnessa) Press Windows Key + X, click on Control Panel.b) Click on Power Options, Click on Change Plan settings under "Preferred Plans"c) Click on "Change Advanced Power Settings".d) Select the Balanced Active option from the dropdown menu.e) Expand Display, Click on Enable Adaptive Brightness.f) Put the settings as OFF.g) Press Apply and OK.h) Restart your computer.
595838
Windows 8. Issue resolved for Auto-Brightness a) Press Windows Key + X, click on Control Panel. b) Click on Power Options, Click on Change Plan settings under "Preferred Plans" c) Click on "Change Advanced Power Settings". d) Select the Balanced Active option from the dropdown menu. e) Expand Display, Click on Enable Adaptive Brightness. f) Put the settings as OFF. g) Press Apply and OK. h) Restart your computer.
595839
Yea its a common issue the sensor gets over active in windows 8 at low brightness you can turn off auto brightness under general settings in the windows 8 interface settings
249618
Yeah I have noticed this same issue. I dim it down and set the lock out screen to 5 seconds and it helps tremendously however, it still drains fast. Solution I found that works is to always keep a charger nearby and keep it plugged in and if possible, watch it in a dim setting. Battery extends but not much.
1079239
I have not noticed this problem with mine. In fact I'm using it right now without being plugged in. You might want to check your power settings under the screen saver settings. Perhaps it is set to put your computer to sleep or turn off the display when it is running on the battery. When I first got mine, I had to change the "choose what closing the lid does" settings so it wouldn't go to sleep and stop whatever I was downloading when I would close the lid. Hope this helps!
596717
There is an option called CATS, turn it off {menu-->Picture, scroll down to C.A.T.S.} When set on it adjusts the screens brightness according to the ambient light
669210
When I replaced mine, the screen wold not rotate when it was turned on the side. Had to go into the settings and turn it back on so it would work.I also had to adjust the brightness settings. Hope this help.
1741660
yea i noticed that in the onset, Sometime even when i changed the brightness manually it would stay the same. I restarted my machine and some pending updates were installed i don't kno if that fixed it but it has not happened since.
2211055
If you set it correctly, when it gets dark it will come on dimly then go bright at the time you select then go dim again when you designate that too. Neat!!
53771
I've seen mine do that. I think it might have something to do with not using it for a long time. Then if you do somethingwith it, it will go back to full brightness. I supose it has to do with saving battery life. Though running it on the car batterythis wouldn't make much sense. That's the best I can come us with.
1547437
Check your brightness setting. I read that one user was getting flickering when he had the brightness setting set to 75% and CPU usage was high. He didn't see it any other time. Search the net for more info. May or may not be a platform issue.
704323
The Brightness is adjustable from the menu, if you load the software. I have adjusted mine to full brightness
1362436
I didn't have that problem but there was a glitch in mine which made my screen flicker. I believe that it's a manufacturing issue. If you can't get it to work, is send it back and ask for another one
1146265
Mine did that as well, I just kept turning it off and off and moving the settings a few times. It works fine now.
735311
I thought the battery life was going to be a problem too but after going into the menu and turning down the brightness of the display (all the way down) the batteries seem to go on and on...But be sure to have batteries rated above 2100mah
1508080
Turn the numerical brightness dial to "0". I had a similar issue until I noticed the 0 setting turned the sight off.
1303315
i found the same problem the screen dims jus like that and does not brightened up back is this normal or a malfuntion
899931
hello Gary, I have experienced the same issue, though not so drastic. I typically leave my setting on "Alkaline" and battery life is maximized. As to why, I cannot answer. You may be able to find answers on this forum http://www.exploristforum.com/forums/software-issues/
1079019
Have not experienced this but did experience darkening of screen in auto mode so I changed to manual brightness. Try changing to manual brightness and increasing your screens brightness. Let me know if this helped.