Guest Rajasthan Posted July 10, 2004 Report Share Posted July 10, 2004 Hi, I've just found this in the utilities section, and i wonder what it is... who does it "work"... because i have some kind of backlight problem (i.e. when the screen is black (like in MSDOS) i see large zones of light... i mean some of them are more liten than the others...) is that a fix to this problem ? thx in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rajasthan Posted July 10, 2004 Report Share Posted July 10, 2004 i meant how does it work... and is it risky ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oVan Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think what you're seeing is just the lighter zones from where the backlight is located. Most LCD's have brighter zones where backlight is close... oVan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Correct, OVan. The backlight fix is for machines that fail to shut off the backlight when you close the lid. Rajasthan, the "ultrasharp" LCD tends to "leak" a bit more than lower resolution screens for some reason. I've seen this mentioned several times on the Dell forum. One option is to lower the backlight brightness a notch or two by holding down the Fn key and hitting your "down arrow" key once or twice. You should be able to achieve a pretty consistent black (or near black) screen. If you can't, you might want to talk to Dell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rajasthan Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Ok thx... and how do you remove it ? i mean, i can't find it in the registry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®®® Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 You mean how to remove the applied fix? Like removing what the merged .REG file did? This is what the .REG does: It writes a folder called LidCloseSetPower in HKLM.CCS.C.GraphicDriver, which "fixes" the Backlight issue on some machines. So to revert this one, just delete the LidCloseSetClosePower folder in the registry @ the mentioned location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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