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Adjust Brightness - emachine G725

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 acherouidmoh -
Good evening.

I have an emachines G725 laptop and I used to have Vista Home Basic.
I formatted the HDD and then I installed a clean Windows Seven Pro, but since then I can no longer manage the screen brightness as I used to with Vista. I used to press "Fn" + "Left/Right Arrow" to adjust the brightness, but with Seven nothing happens... what should I do?

Thanks in advance
Configuration: ACER Emachine G725 LAPTOP: OS 1 ---> Linux Mint 8 (Helena) - 32 bits OS 2 ---> Windows Vista Home Basic - 32 bits Web ---> Opera 10.10 CPU ---> Intel Pentium T4200 Dual-core - 2.0GHz RAM ---> 2 x 2048 MB DDR2-SDRAM HDD ---> 250 Go - SATA GPU ---> Intel GMA 4500-M (1600x900) DESKTOP PC: OS 1 ---> Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) - 32 bits OS 2 ---> Windows Seven Professional - 32 bits Web ---> Opera 10.10 CPU ---> Pentium 4 HyperThreading - 3.0Ghz - Socket 478 RAM ---> 2x 512MB - PC3200 - DDR HDD ---> 2x Seagate Barracuda 80Go - IDE MB ---> Asus P4S800-MX SE GPU ---> HIS Radeon X1600 Pro IceQ - 512 MB GDDR2 (1600x1200) PSU ---> ASUSTeK A-45GA 450W

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Réponse 1 / 18
brahimieeaenea Posted messages 20 Status Membre 7
 
Good evening, have you installed the graphics card driver?
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Réponse 2 / 18
Anonymous user
 
I contacted support and they told me that this PC is not compatible with Windows 7... O_O

Well, there might be a solution, which is to download the utility to manage the brightness and run it in Vista compatibility mode... To be tested.
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Plouf !
 
Incompatible?!! But it's Acer who sent me the update CD!!!! lol

thank you for your response =^.^=
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Plouf !
 
Finally, this time, by reinstalling the VGA utility from the previous version, it worked!
Thank you =^.^=
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Réponse 3 / 18
Anonymous user
 
Yes, I downloaded the driver "VGA driver 8.15.10.1840" here (Notebook - G series - G725):
http://www.emachines.ch/em/customercare.do?ctx1w.att21k=2&LanguageISOCtxParam=de&sp=page11l&CountryISOCtxParam=CH&ctx1l.c2att1=16&rcond3l.attN2B2F2EEF=3589&rcond4l.attN2B2F2EEF=3892&CRC=25519941
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Réponse 4 / 18
brahimieeaenea Posted messages 20 Status Membre 7
 
GOOD EVENING
IT'S WORKING
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Réponse 5 / 18
Anonymous user
 
Excuse me?

It doesn't work at my place, anyway...
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Réponse 6 / 18
Anonymous user
 
I'm sorry, but I cannot assist with that.
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Réponse 7 / 18
Plouf !
 
Have you found a solution? I have the same problem...
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Réponse 8 / 18
Anonymous user
 
Good evening.

Could you please pass me this utility?
Is it good for Windows 7?

Best regards
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Plouf !
 
It is theoretically not for Windows 7, and it asks for confirmation during the installation that we want to install an earlier version. However, it seems to work perfectly normally on Windows 7 (at least I haven't encountered any malfunctions yet), and I have regained control of the brightness, including via the keyboard.

Here is the link (I believe it's what is indicated above):
http://www.emachines.ch/em/customercare.do?ctx1w.att21k=2&LanguageISOCtxParam=de&sp=page11l&CountryISOCtxParam=CH&ctx1l.c2att1=16&rcond3l.attN2B2F2EEF=3589&rcond4l.attN2B2F2EEF=3892&CRC=25519941

You need to choose Notebook, G series, G725 (at least if you have this model), then the VGA utility.
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Réponse 9 / 18
Anonymous user
 
Good evening.

Did you take the VGA driver for Windows 7 or for Windows Vista?

Thanks in advance.
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Plouf !
 
The one for Vista.
And still no issues for now, it seems to be working perfectly like this...
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Réponse 10 / 18
Anonymous user
 
OK.

However, I don't have the utility in the list, just the VGA driver:
http://files.getwebb.org/index.php?mode=view&id=cre66f5q

Is this the one?
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Réponse 11 / 18
kikib
 
On the emachine 620G, just go to the battery icon - bottom left of the screen, click on it:
"other power options" adjust the brightness... and voilà !!!! have a good evening
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Réponse 12 / 18
Anonymous user
 
Good evening.

Mine is an eMachines G725.

And I haven't received any answers to this:
However, I don't have the utility in the list, just the VGA driver:
http://files.getwebb.org/index.php?mode=view&id=cre66f5q

Is it this one?
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Plouf !
 
yes, this one =^.^=
I also have an emachines G725, and it works perfectly with it.

Sorry for not replying sooner, I thought I had done it...
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Réponse 13 / 18
Anonymous user
 
Good evening.

I just tested it, and it works for me!
Thanks, Plouf. ;)

Have a nice evening.
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Réponse 14 / 18
river
 
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,

I’m joining this forum because I also have a G725 recently upgraded to Windows 7. I have two issues:
- the touchpad is not as precise as it used to be
- the battery only lasts 3 minutes now...

Have you encountered these problems?

Thank you in advance

river
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river
 
Uh... by the way, Win7 doesn't want to install the drivers for Vista for controlling the screen brightness... what to do?
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Réponse 15 / 18
river
 
Good evening everyone,

I’m a bit late to this forum, but I just installed Win7 on my G725 emachine too.
The screen brightness functions no longer work, and the touchpad is laggy...
I tried installing the old drivers (Vista Home Basic) like you did, but Windows 7 prevents me from doing so by sending an error message saying "the driver is not meant for this computer..."
Any ideas?

Thank you in advance

River
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Réponse 16 / 18
ploptar
 
up ?

Same issue, this driver is not intended for this computer, please contact the manufacturer.
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Réponse 17 / 18
river
 
For me (G725 win7 ultimate), it seems that the screen driver is not the problem but LAUNCH MANAGER that is not working, so fn+arrow does not work
How can I revert to a version that works?

Thank you
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Réponse 18 / 18
riverstone
 
Hello everyone

I have an eMachine G725 and Windows 7 Ultimate, and I have the same issue: the fn+arrow keys no longer adjust the brightness, which is stuck at maximum. I wear sunglasses, but I would really like to find the right drivers
I have tried the ones from the eMachine site, the latest version, the older version... nothing changes

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
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WEEZY
 
Thank you, it's a great solution. I have an eMachine E252, I just downloaded the VGA driver for my series and it's working!!!
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acherouidmoh
 
Look here:
http://www.clubic.com/telecharger-fiche226892-desktop-lighter.html
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