dimmed screen after hybernation

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Ojisan · #1 Post by **Ojisan** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:35 pm

Hi all,

With my T61p Vista, I occasionally get a dimmed screen when I return from hybernation. The screen is dimmed like when the admin permission is requested during software install and such. The mouse pointer is full brightness so it's not a hardware issue. I don't see any notifications, so my only option is to reboot.

Has anybody else seen this happen? Any clues to why it happens? Any input appreciated!

Thanks,
Ojisan

smartins · #2 Post by **smartins** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:27 am

Yes, that happened to me several times in the past. Screen extremely dimmed but the mouse cursor at normal brightness.

Have you tried upgrading to the latest graphic card drivers? I upgraded recently so I'm not sure if that fixed the problem or not because I hardly need to hibernate.

crazyfrog · #3 Post by **crazyfrog** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:19 am

It is a bug of Vista (probably SP1). Just wait for Microsoft's new patch addressing this issue.

A tip: sometimes it will be back to normal by turning the machine into sleep mode and rewaking it. It is a quick solution but it doesn't always work though.

Ojisan · #4 Post by **Ojisan** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:33 pm

Thanks for your inputs. I've updated my system so I hope it goes away. I can't predict when it happens so I don't know when I can be sure that the problem is gone... but if it does happen again, I will also try re-hybernate.

Ojisan

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