McRic Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 After installing windows 7 on my samsung n110 the screen is very dull. I've tried to tutn up the brightness by holding Fn with the up down keys but that's doing nothing. Any other options I can try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 You need to adjust the power settings mate.Im assuming a laptop?In there it will show power saving options for battery & mains use, windows7 will have auto set your pc to conserve power when running from battery alone, plug it in & tell me if it gets brighter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Samsung n110 netbook mate. Checked power options and no where to make it brighter. Updated all drivers to windows 7 ones from the samsung website and still no joy. Whilst on the subject of windows 7 it now seems to take a lifetime to start up aswell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadge Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 look on your keyboard for a "FN" key then look for a key that looks like the sun, its probs on the arrow keys. Hold the FN key then press the button with the sun on at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 look on your keyboard for a "FN" key then look for a key that looks like the sun, its probs on the arrow keys. Hold the FN key then press the button with the sun on at the same time. As stated in my first post that function is no longer available since installing windows 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadge Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 (edited) ah sorry that's an odd problem. When in the Power Plan settings try clicking on "Change Plan Settings" and you should see the brightness bars then. It should even have a brightness bar at the bottom of the power plan windows. Edited November 15, 2009 by Gadge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Its not so much a brightness button your looking for rick but a power saving function, it will be set for battery saving you need it at optimal performance to achieve brightness. As for slow startup im not sure, it should be quicker than xp tbh?Im running win7 on a dell 1.6mhz netbook here with 1gig ddr2 & 160gig sata drive & its flying? When I disconect fromn the mains the screen indeed dims but if I set the power to run optimal on battery its full brightness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 hmmmm strange, I've tried different power settings but nothing changed. XP deffo loaded up faster for me than 7 though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadge Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Do you see the battery button in the bottom right? Right click on that and click on Power options, click on "Balanced" and you can also turn up the brightness either at the bottom or by clicking on "Change Power settings" http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3158/48572662.th.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 I don't have adjust screen brightness anywhere on mine mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Might be of help but heres some screen grabs of where you should be looking at from my netbook running win7.http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu360/peeweeevo/power.jpghttp://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu360/peeweeevo/power2.jpghttp://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu360/peeweeevo/power1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 My screens are identical to that but without the brightness option How do you screen grab and I'll show you? Just noticed I don't have the dim the display option either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 My screens are identical to that but without the brightness option How do you screen grab and I'll show you? You have a button on your keyboard called "prtsc" press that, it will do nothing atm.Open up paint then use the paste option. An exact copy of your screen will be pasted then save as jpg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCCORNY11 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 i think you might need to add the laptop functions as it looks like you only have desktop instalation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 i think you might need to add the laptop functions as it looks like you only have desktop instalation I installed win7 ultimate just as I did on my desktop pc using the same disc for both, I didnt do a thing different, Win7 is rather clever and installs accordingly to what its being put on you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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