[vox-tech] Inspiron 8100 Backlight problems

[Jeff Newmiller]

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 :^) )
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> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:42:56 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Hans W. Uhlig" <deathguard at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Inspiron 8100 Backlight problems
> To: vox-tech at lists.lugod.org
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> 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?

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