Toshiba LCD screen very faint in lighted room, totally dark without external light?
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There could be issue with the Display. \n\nTry performing Power Drain. \n\nHere are the steps for Power Drain:\n\n1. Disconnect the AC Adapter. \n2. Remove the Battery.\n3. Hold the Power button down for 30 seconds to 1 minute. \n4. Reconnect the AC adapter and do NOT connect the battery now. \n5. Turn on the Notebook power. If the problem persists, please disconnect the AC adapter and connect the battery alone. Now check it again.\n\nTry reinstalling the Display drivers. Also, you can try updating the BIOS version. If the issue persists then, there is sure issue with the display.
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Check the AV cable ( should be the blue ended cable that attaches to the Computer Tower)\n\nmake sure that is connected sercurely, Try moving the mouse, some monitors have a power saving feature where they will dim to save power...To turn this off \n\nControl Panel > Power Options > There should then be a box about power saving on the monitor un tick it.\n\nAlso if your using a flatscreen monitor chances are that it is backlighted...This could be an indication that your backlight is on it's way out and you may need to replace it.
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i think you need to read your manual as you quite plainly haven't - because OSD isn't a display setting, it just concerns where the On Screen Display overlay (i.e. the setup menu & any indicators that come up to show how you're adjusting brightness etc) appears and for how long after you stop pressing buttons.\n\ncompared to a CRT you'd have to stare long, hard and close at an LCD panel, with the brightness cranked in a dark room to cause much eye troubles. the lack of flicker (irritating to the eye even at the 85hz of a decent one, never mind the 60hz of a cheap one) and the much reduced radiation (it's even in the name that CRTs use Cathode Rays... a stream of potentially damaging beta particles by any other name) gives them a distinct advantage\n\nto guess at what you have there, though i think some may overlap oddly:\npicture in this case probably just refers to brightness and contrast. set it to what's comfortable for you, which may not necessarily be "maximum" for both (my laptop has an ambient light sensor that tweaks these for the conditions, and it makes it far more pleasant to use than the old one that was never bright enough by day, and always too glaring at night).\n\ncolour, well, that should be obvious. deals with the colour balancing. unless you're an artist (and should therefore already be au fait with it) or can notice an obvious colour tinge there's no need to touch this. (if you're writing from the USA or other NTSC-using nation, computer monitor colours can't "drift" like those on a TV)\n\nimage: deals with picture sizing and centring etc. perfecting the image layout used to be an essential ritual (and a bit of a black art) in the CRT days - now its probably best that you look for an "auto" button or OSD menu item and only dive into manual adjustment if it obviously gets it wrong (e.g. text goes all blurry, bits of window cut off and/or black borders) as making it work right on an LCD is even more of a pig than a CRT.\n\ngood luck :)
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Look for the Power settings in your Control Panel.   You should have settings there for Brightness mode.  \n\nYou might consider lowering the room lights instead.  You will probably find that your laptop is plenty bright in battery mode when the other lights are lower.\n\nOf course, your battery won't last as long... but seeing better is probably your best option.\n\nGood luck
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I'm not really sure I understand your description. But I can assume two things:\n1. Since you said your laptop is 3 years old, its probably LCD backlight starting to become faulty. LCD screens has a backing layer that provide the light to illuminate the colors on the liquid crystal panel. I suppose you can get it replaced, although... may be a difficult find, if not, expensive.\n2. There is a possibility about faulty or leaking liquid crystal panel. Usually leaking panel produce vertical lines. But these lines usually very striking, can be in one or combination or white, red, green, blue, or black, and will not respond or erroneously respond to graphical changes.\n\nYou can have it checked up, of course.\n\nGood luck
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Black--or blank ?  \n\nIf it's black, then It sounds as if the power saver function might be on the fritz.\nUsually, striking a key or wiggling the mouse brings the last image on the screen back up.  Does the monitor have a small light on the front that is green when the screen is active? If that light turns yellow when the screen goes black, that tells you that the power saver function is on.  \n\nIf it's blank [not black], then I don't know what to tell you.  Call tech support and try not to lose your temper with the overseas representatives.
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If you look at your monitor (assuming here that it is a desktop), there should be an area on the bottom that brings up settings for it.  Not just the brightness tab, but look under the contrast as well.  Oh and don't forget to look at the user settings as sometimes those have an effect as well.
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I also have a dell laptop. My brightness controls are on the keyboard.  They look like a little sun on the arrow keys.  You need to hold down the function key to control them.
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your LCD screen on the laptop is damaged. Send it bad to the HP manufacture as a RMA through their website, they should repair it if its still inthe warrenty
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This is an old problem, I haven't seen an LCD with a dead pixel for over 6 months.\n\nIf you are unfortunate enough to get one send it back stating that the power unit has an intermittent fault (or some other made up excuse!!!)
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Sounds like the INI startup file is corrupt. Try putting your windows system CD in the CD drive and start your computer. Try starting the computer in safe mode. If you get it to turn on go directly to system restore. It could also be the screen lamp is burned out or broken.
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If it's LCD. \nDo NOT leave it in direct sunlight for very long.
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check your your jumper settings and the IDE cable.\n\nBut here are the drivers.\nhttp://www.driversplanet.com/cdrwdvd/Toshiba/SD-M1712/drivers.aspx?model=23078\n\nDirect download link.\nhttp://www.driversplanet.com/go.aspx?id=41439
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some body might have changed you screens brightness, you might have to negotiate the confusing monitor setup menus. That might be impossible due to the whiteness so consult the screens manual or manufacturer to see if there is a key combination to return the screen to factory settings. If that dosn't work then you may have to consider buying a new screen but only after checking with your manufacturer (If its a fault with the screen design there could have been a recall which would mean they could fix it)
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Next time it goes blank, try pressing the menu button, if the menu comes up, suspect the video card.  If the menu doesn't display, replace your monitor.  Of course, check the cable connections first.
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give apple care / apple support number a call, it sounds like either the inverter for the TFT has gone that or your screen and I dont think you will have much luck in fixing it yourself ( best bet would be apple ) I heard someone mention today that it will cost £50 one off cost for a warranty ( that is 50 uk pounds btw ) which isnt bad considering a tft screen would cost more then that, short of that you can always buy the extended laptop cover they do which would be worth while if your laptop is about to run out of warranty or has ran out.
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plug it in to the back and go to your display settings and put it as a dull monitor