how to brighten the screen on IBM thinkpad laptops to the maximum when they are on battery power?
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Actually, I don't think you can. It does that to save energy.
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Your LCD screen is as sensitive as your eyeball. No harsh chemicals, no harsh abrasives.\n\nIf you think the screen is not that sensitive, press on the screen very gently with an index card and watch the screen display image start to distort. Again think eyeball while cleaning.\n\nI use distilled water and a soft cloth. \n\nIf this is a notebook don't mistake keyboard impressions as dust or grime. I have seen dozens of Dell and Apple notebook key images scored into the LCD screen. They can't be cleaned.
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Very little cost.  :)   Computers use very little power, and electrical power is cheap.  If you left your computer on 24 hours a day, you're probably using roughly 10 cents of electricity in a day.  Turning it on and off is hard on the hard drive.  Good rule of thumb is to turn it on when you go to use it, and leave it on the remainder of the day until you're done with it for the day.  You can turn on and off the screen, that'll increase your screen life.  But turning it on and off a lot puts stress on the hard drive.  Mostly leave it on once it's on.
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on your monitor will be buttons that will change the contrast/brightness/width/height of your display
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well go to control panel-power settings and adjust it from there ... make sure you dont have the settings too sensitive ... enjoy ..
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Look up your instructions.  You will most likely find a button on the monitor with what looks like a 'sun' on it which if you play around with it, will dim or brighten the screen.
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There could be some adjustment in your graphics card that could attribute to this.  I know a lot of modern laptops have brightness adjustments.  The other thing it could be which makes more sense is the backlight in your LCD has gone bad.  If that is the case you would still see stuff but it would be really dim.  It happens and if it's under warrenty try to get it replaced.  Sometimes though some companies don't have backlight warrenties but LCD warrenty.....
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I leave mine on all the time and the dell guy told me to turn it off a couple of hours a day.\n\nMake sure you have a screen saver that moves or something because if the screen sits to long it can burn the image into your monitor
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1. Go to Start > Run\n\n2. Copy and paste this text into the small window (without quotes):\n"powercfg /g off /option videodim"\n\n3. Click OK\n\nIf you want to re-enable dimming on battery power, replace "off" with "on"
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It sounds like it is staying in Standby Mode.\nRight Click Desktop> Screen Saver> Power>   System Stanby and Hibernates to (NEVER).\n\nGo to to system Setup. Restart your system and press F2.\nand set power Management.\nHarry
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Your monitor might have a light meter built in to it (there's one on my laptop that can be switched off). This dims the screen in low light conditions, and brightens it when there's a lot of ambient light (it's supposed to save energy and make it easier on your eyes).\n\nTry exploring the menu and look for something like "eco sensor" or "ambient light balance".
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Go into ThinkPad Utilities in Windows and adjust the power saver settings.
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this is no software involved\npure hardcore hardware\n\nauto-cut off switch / mechanism in power adapter determines charge level in battery & accordingly sets charging level at boost, trickle or off\n\nhence this is a function of adapter not laptop\n\nfrom laptop, only control when running on batteries is battery conservation, like dimming of screen, switching off wi-fi ... etc, depending on u'r settings
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Tilt the screen or try putting it somewhere else in the room.  The lighting makes a difference on the LED screens.  Hope this helps.
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If the refresh rate solution mentioned earlier doesn't work, check your screen's user manual and see if it has its own, built-in power saving feature. \n\nLCD screens are very suceptible to burn-in, so some models will turn themselves off if they don't sense enough change in the picture in a given time frame. You'd turn this feature off through the Menu button on your monitor, if it has it.\n\nThat said, your Windows power settings may also be set to turn your monitor off after a period of inactivity; this would happen even if the PC is performing some task, such as playing music, downloading, etc.; anything that doesn't involve input from the mouse-keyboard.\n\nYou can test this by striking any key on your keyboard when your screen is blank and the computer is running. If the screen comes back on, it's Windows turning the monitor off.\n\nTo stop that, go to Start --> Control Panel and choose Power Options. Under Turn Off Monitor, choose Never.\n\nAgain, be careful; LCD monitors do burn in, so you don't want to leave the same image up all the time or you will get "ghost" images.
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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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Dim the screen. That's probably the biggest power  user.