Laptop display suddenly not bright anymore

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  1. cp1966

    cp1966 Regular member

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    I have an emachine M6809 (AMD 64 3000 with radeon mobility 9600 video) and earlier tonight it was working fine.

    I get to work and turn it on and the display is dimmed out. It is about half as bright as it was an hour ago.

    I cant figure out how to get the display bright again. ANy help would be greatly appreciated!
     
  2. geestar20

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    justa small question but is your battery low? if your not plugged in then your screen will dim to conserve battery power.
     
  3. cp1966

    cp1966 Regular member

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    Nope, she is plugged in. I tried going safe mode, uninstalling the driver, and rebooting...no help. I am trying to download the current driver from ATI but for some reason it wont download (I am using a different computer to download).
     
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    Even in SAFE mode, the display is quite dim...
     
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    Fn key and F8 makes the display brighter.

    DUH !!!!!
     
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    sometimes if u use a time ... LCD have live span...
     

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