Managed to upgrade to latest BIOS release by temporarily mounting a Windows HD. Result:
# dmidecode -s bios-version && dmidecode -s bios-release-date 68PDV Ver. F.20 12/08/2011 The dimming issue when resuming from suspend remains. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1390764 Title: Display remains fully dimmed after resume from suspend To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1390764/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs