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By default, all laptops dim their display when running on battery power. Decreasing the brightness often helps conserve battery power, allowing you to use your laptop longer when it's unplugged. However, if you want to increase the brightness when on battery power, you can adjust those settings.

Power settings

Go into Windows Control PanelPower OptionsPower Management, Select adjust plan brightness, Use the slider and increase until the end. Click save changes. Or use Fn key + F10 Key to increase the brightness. And, also refer to this video link: Click here Troubleshooting a Dim Display. Hope this helps! Keep me posted for further assistance. Aug 08, 2015  Click on the Notifications icon at the bottom right of the screen. You may have to click the ‘Expand’link to see all the options available. Use the brightness slider to select the desired brightness. Option 3: Use the monitors brightness settings.

Honda cbf 600 s service manual 2017. In Microsoft Windows, you can adjust the settings for brightness when the laptop is running on battery power.

Windows 8 and Windows 10

1. Open the Windows power settings by right-clicking the power or battery icon in the Systray and selecting Power Options.
2. In the Power Options window, select the High performance power plan, if available.

If you do not see a High performance power plan in Power Options, you can create one to use by following the steps below.

1. In the Power Options window, in the left navigation pane, click the Create a power plan link.
2. Under Create a power plan, select the High performance option.
3. In the Plan name text field, enter a name for the new power plan, then click Next.

4. Under Change settings for the plan, select an option for Turn off the display and Put computer to sleep. You can choose to leave both set to Venver, or select the number of minutes or hours from the drop-down list for each option.

5. Click Create to create the new power plan.

After creating the new power plan, it is automatically selected as your current power plan.

Windows Vista and Windows 7

If you have Windows Vista or Windows 7, try one of the options below to increase screen brightness while on battery power.

1. Click the power or battery icon in the Systray.
2. Select the High performance option to increase screen brightness.

or

1. Right-click the power or battery icon in the Systray.
2. Select Power Options or similar entry in the pop-up menu.
3. In the Power Options window, select the High performance power plan and click OK.

Older computers or BIOS setup

Older computers or those not running Windows often can adjust the brightness settings through BIOS setup.

Once in the BIOS setup, look under the power, display, or video setting menu, depending on the make and model of your laptop. Check for brightness setting options under those possible menus.

Additional information

• See our battery definition for further information and related links.

If you are having trouble adjusting the brightness or contrast of your laptop display, keep in mind that every model of laptop (and every operating system) is a little different. Common ways to adjust the brightness and contrast on a laptop computer are provided below.

Tip

Some of the options on this page work for adjusting brightness or contrast on a desktop computer as well.

Adjusting brightness using your laptop's keys

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On most laptops, you can adjust the brightness of the display using special keys on the keyboard. The keys are usually marked with the brightness symbol ().

Often, the brightness keys are function keys which have a special function if you press them while holding down the Fn key.

The Fn key is usually located to the left of your spacebar. The brightness function keys may be located at the top of your keyboard, or on your arrow keys.

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For example, on the Dell XPS laptop keyboard (pictured below), hold the Fn key and press F11 or F12 to adjust the brightness of the screen.

Other laptops have keys dedicated entirely to brightness control. On the HP Chromebook keyboard (pictured below), there is no Fn key — press the brightness keys.

Chromebook

To change the brightness on a Chromebook, you'll need to push one of the two adjustment keys. The small gear lowers the brightness, and the large gear raises it. They are located at the top of the keyboard, as you can see in the red rectangle below.

Adjusting brightness in the operating system

You can also adjust your screen's brightness using software controls on your operating system:

Windows 10

In Windows 10, there are several ways to adjust the display brightness.

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Using the taskbar's battery icon

1. Click the battery icon on your taskbar.
2. In the power status window, click the brightness tile. Each time you click the tile, your brightness will be adjusted by 25%.

Using the Windows Mobility Center

1. Open the Power User Tasks Menu by right-clicking the Start menu icon, or by typing Win+X (hold down the Windows key and press X).
2. Click Mobility Center (or press B).
3. In the Mobility Center, adjust the brightness slider.

Using the Control Panel

1. Open the Control Panel.
2. Click Adjust commonly used mobility settings.

3. In the Mobility Center window, adjust the brightness slider.

Adjusting brightness in Windows 8

1. Open the Charms bar.
2. Select the Settings charm.
3. Select the brightness icon.
4. Move the slider up and down with your mouse, or by pressing the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard.

Adjusting brightness in Windows 7

1. Open the Control Panel.
2. Select Hardware and Sound.
3. Select Power Options.
4. Use your mouse to move the brightness slider at the bottom of the window.

Adjusting brightness in macOS

1. From the Apple Menu, choose System Preferences..

2. Click Displays.

3. Use the brightness slider to adjust brightness. If you want your brightness to change automatically based on the ambient light near your computer, check the box marked Automatically adjust brightness.

Adjusting brightness in Linux

Many window managers in Linux offer brightness controls in their settings panel. For instance, on Ubuntu systems with the Unity window manager:

1. Click the icon at the right of the menu bar.
2. Choose System Settings.
3. Select Brightness & Lock.
4. Adjust the brightness slider.

If your laptop uses Intel or NVidia graphics, you can also use a convenient command-line tool called xbacklight. It can be installed using most package managers. For instance, on Ubuntu or Debian systems:

To use xbacklight, specify the option -setpercentage, where percentage is a number from 0 to 100. For instance, to set brightness to half:

To set brightness to full:

You can also increase or decrease the brightness by a percentage. To increase the brightness by 10%:

For a complete list of options, view the manual:

Adjusting contrast

Most laptops don't have contrast controls at the hardware level, but you can configure your operating system to use a high-contrast display mode.

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Adjusting contrast in Windows 10

1. Hold the Shift and Alt keys on the left side of the keyboard, and press the Print Screen key.
2. Once asked if you want to turn on High Contrast mode. Click Yes.

To switch back to Normal Contrast mode, repeat step 1, and High Contrast mode will be canceled.

If pressing the key combination doesn't bring up the High Contrast prompt, you can enable it in the Ease of Access menu:

1. Open the Control Panel.
2. Click Ease of Access.
3. Select Ease of Access Center.
4. Choose Make the computer easier to see.
5. Make sure that Turn on or off High Contrast when.. is checked.
6. Click OK.

Adjusting contrast in Windows 8

1. Open the Charms bar.
2. Click Settings.
3. Select Ease of Access.
4. Under High Contrast, click the button to turn High Contrast mode on or off.

Adjusting contrast in Windows 7

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1. Open the Control Panel.
2. In the search bar, type window color.
3. Click Change window color and metrics.
4. Under Basic and high-contrast themes, choose a high-contrast theme.

Adjusting contrast in macOS

1. From the Apple Menu, choose System Preferences...
2. Click Accessibility.
3. Click the Increase Contrast checkbox, and use the Display contrast slider, to adjust your display.

Adjusting contrast in Linux

There are command line tools to adjust the contrast of your screen such as xgamma and xcalib. These can fine-tune any reductions in your screen's default contrast level.

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To increase contrast above defaults, most window managers offer a high-contrast theme to make your screen easier to see. In Gnome-based window managers, such as Ubuntu Unity, follow these steps: Unlocker mac os.

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1. Open a terminal window.
2. Run the command gnome-control-center to launch the command center window.
3. Click Universal Access.

4. Turn on High Contrast.

Controlling screen brightness in your Power Options

After adjusting your laptop's brightness, it should retain the new settings automatically. If the brightness settings are not retained after a computer restart, they are probably being overridden by settings in the Power Options menu. If this is the case, you'll need to create a custom power plan, which can be done by accessing the Power Options utility in the Control Panel.

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Driver issues

If the key combination method is not working and you've made the appropriate adjustments in Power Options, it is likely your computer has a video driver problem. Driver issues usually occur after updating the video drivers. Monitor drivers can also cause this problem. To resolve any potential monitor related issues, reinstall the monitor by following the steps below.

1. Click the + or arrow next to Monitors to expand the list.
2. Highlight any detected monitors under Monitors and press delete to remove them from the computer.
3. Once the monitors are removed from Device Manager, under Action, click Scan for Hardware changes to let Windows re-detect the monitor and install the applicable drivers.

Finally, we also recommend downloading the latest video drivers directly from the video card manufacturer. If this problem was caused because you updated the drivers, install an earlier version of the video drivers to see if that resolves the issue.

Laptop brightness is still not enough or screen is black

If, after following the steps above your brightness is still not enough, plug your laptop into the wall. If the laptop is plugged in but still is not bright enough, try the suggestions on the page linked below.

Additional information

• See the brightness, contrast, and laptop definitions for further information.