ASUS X56A Brightness Issue in XP

zaim · 29th November 2008, 7:23 PM

Hi!

I recently bought this laptop and the Fn + Brightness keys (F5 to dark and F6 to bright) doesn't seem to work.. well it DOES, the On Screen Display bar goes higher and lower, but the screen doesn't.

I know it works, because I can adjust the brightness while the XP load screen is loading.. then once in windows, it doesn't work. Is this a common ASUS issue? please advise...

zaim · 30th November 2008, 12:40 PM

Okay. FOUND THE PROBLEM!!!

It's the INTEL G45 video driver.

Running in safe mode the Fn key works..

Uninstalling the video driver the Fn key woks..

I tried the older video driver and latest one, It still won't work.

anyone know how to tweak this at all to make it run? I'm suspecting the video driver is linked to some asus power software (which i don't have installed and running) which is causing my issue

29th November 2008, 7:23 PM	#1
zaim Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sunshine, MELBOURNE Posts: 493	ASUS X56A Brightness Issue in XP Hi! I recently bought this laptop and the Fn + Brightness keys (F5 to dark and F6 to bright) doesn't seem to work.. well it DOES, the On Screen Display bar goes higher and lower, but the screen doesn't. I know it works, because I can adjust the brightness while the XP load screen is loading.. then once in windows, it doesn't work. Is this a common ASUS issue? please advise... __________________ PC:•Q9550•Foxconn BlackOps•Patriot 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800•XFX 9800GTX•3x146GB SAS 15K.5 RAID0•Adaptec 3405•2x1TB Raid1•LianLi PC-A10B•2x22" @ 3360x1050 LAPPY:•Centrino2 P8400 1066fsb•4GB-DDR2 800•320GBSATA•DVDDL•15.4"WXGA•802.11a/b/g/n• www.zaimc.com // myspace/zaimc // zaimm.deviantart // flickr

30th November 2008, 12:40 PM	#2
zaim Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sunshine, MELBOURNE Posts: 493	Okay. FOUND THE PROBLEM!!! It's the INTEL G45 video driver. Running in safe mode the Fn key works.. Uninstalling the video driver the Fn key woks.. I tried the older video driver and latest one, It still won't work. anyone know how to tweak this at all to make it run? I'm suspecting the video driver is linked to some asus power software (which i don't have installed and running) which is causing my issue __________________ PC:•Q9550•Foxconn BlackOps•Patriot 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800•XFX 9800GTX•3x146GB SAS 15K.5 RAID0•Adaptec 3405•2x1TB Raid1•LianLi PC-A10B•2x22" @ 3360x1050 LAPPY:•Centrino2 P8400 1066fsb•4GB-DDR2 800•320GBSATA•DVDDL•15.4"WXGA•802.11a/b/g/n• www.zaimc.com // myspace/zaimc // zaimm.deviantart // flickr Last edited by zaim; 30th November 2008 at 12:54 PM.