screen suddenly gone darker

[Duncan Lithgow]

James Wilkinson wrote:

>Duncan Lithgow wrote:
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>>My screen has just gone suddenly darker - again. It did this a while ago 
>>in windows and now it's done it under fc3. I'm guessing that it's a 
>>hardware issue because it's the same when i goot to windows _and_ it 
>>effects the grub boot dialogue too! That means whatever's happening it's 
>>early in the bootup process. That's if software even plays a role at all...
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>>I'd love some suggestions for what to do about this - how to pin down a 
>>cause. I've got brightness and contrast turned up to max - if it happens 
>>yet again, then things will be annoyingly dark.
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>What sort of screen are we talking about? What sort of connection?
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>It could be the screen, the connection, or the graphics card.
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>How old is the screen? How much has it been used? (Could it be old age?)
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>Is this a laptop? (Could it be something to do with laptop power
>saving?)
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>Can you check that everything is plugged in properly?
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>Is there any chance you can try the same monitor with a different
>computer, or the same PC with a different screen?
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>James.
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I've checked it in our other computer - it's just as dark in that one. 
So I guess the screen is the problem - right?

I'll dig out the receipt - here in Denmark there's a two year guarantee 
on electrical goods. this is under a year old.

Duncan