Ok full details of odd behaviour, If I reset the resolution on battery power it turns the backlight on, If I reset the resolution while power is ON it turns the backlight off... Any help would be wonderful, (I have reset the bios, reflashed the bios, checked acpi(still a possible problem)
--- "Hans W. Uhlig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it works sometimes and not others > --- Jeff Newmiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Bill Kendrick wrote: > > > > > (note, fwd'ing this for Hans, who posted from a > > non-sub'd address... > > > then I sub'd it :^) ) > > > > > > ----- begin ----- > > > > > > Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:42:56 -0700 (PDT) > > > From: "Hans W. Uhlig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Inspiron 8100 Backlight problems > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Anyone know how to force a backlight to turn on, > > > whenever my laptop switches resolutions now the > > > backlight turns off... which makes it impossible > > to > > > use. Any ideas would be more then helpful. > > > > Try cycling through the crt/lcd modes with Fn-F8? > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Jeff Newmiller The > ..... > > ..... Go Live... > > DCN:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Basics: > ##.#. > > ##.#. Live Go... > > Live: > OO#.. > > Dead: OO#.. Playing > > Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries > O.O#. > > #.O#. with > > /Software/Embedded Controllers) > .OO#. > > .OO#. rocks...2k > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > > > > ===== > Hans W. Uhlig > OE Technician > Staples Inc. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://purple.worldforge.org/~huhlig > "Life is a Long and lonely road, Bring a friend" - > Ashar Babbage > > GPG Fingerprint : 7F7F 6FF6 E959 5FF6 5BBB F883 60B6 > 78D2 B1AC 9E26 > GPG Key # : 0xB1AC9E26 > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > ===== Hans W. Uhlig OE Technician Staples Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://purple.worldforge.org/~huhlig "Life is a Long and lonely road, Bring a friend" - Ashar Babbage GPG Fingerprint : 7F7F 6FF6 E959 5FF6 5BBB F883 60B6 78D2 B1AC 9E26 GPG Key # : 0xB1AC9E26 _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
