X1 Carbon - Brightness not so bright?

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X1 Carbon - Brightness not so bright?

#1 Post by corgana » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:53 am

Intel 8086 0A16, the brightness is maxed out- but the screen is somewhat dim. Changing the driver to the Microsoft basic display adapter and back again gives me full brightness, but it's gone again on next reboot. What gives? Any thoughts?

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Re: X1 Carbon - Brightness not so bright?

#2 Post by brchan » Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:03 pm

Have you tried the latest intel gpu drivers or different versions?
Current Thinkpads: W530 (functional classic keyboard mod), X301, T61, T60, T43, T23, 600X, 770
Other: mk5 Toughbook cf-19, mk1 Toughbook cf-53

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Re: X1 Carbon - Brightness not so bright?

#3 Post by corgana » Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:40 am

brchan wrote:Have you tried the latest intel gpu drivers or different versions?
Where can I find those? Everything is fully up-to-date via Windows update and Lenovo's "system update".

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Re: X1 Carbon - Brightness not so bright?

#4 Post by brchan » Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:05 am

You can go directly to Intel's website and find the drivers there.
Current Thinkpads: W530 (functional classic keyboard mod), X301, T61, T60, T43, T23, 600X, 770
Other: mk5 Toughbook cf-19, mk1 Toughbook cf-53

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Re: X1 Carbon - Brightness not so bright?

#5 Post by corgana » Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:52 am

Didn't work. It's very strange. Even if I slide the brightness meter down to 90% and back to 100%, it's dimmer than it was previously. The only way to get it to full real brightness is to reinstall the driver every time I open my laptop and don't touch the settings.

It reminds me of how the "real" max volume on android phones is limited, despite showing 100%.

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Re: X1 Carbon - Brightness not so bright?

#6 Post by corgana » Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:34 pm

People from the future: The solution was to disable Adaptive Brightness.

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