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Toshiba Laptop Screen Brightness Adjustment !!!

leyeti92 Posted messages 25 Status Membre -  
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Hello,

I have a Toshiba Satellite A10-521 laptop and I just formatted it (I'm running XP Home SP2). The problem is that I can no longer adjust the screen brightness using the keyboard (Fn+F6 or Fn+F7).

This wouldn't be a problem if there was another way to do it, but on this model, it's the only method available, at least to my knowledge...

So if someone could point me to either an alternative system to do it or tell me where to find the right drivers, that would be really nice... Just so you know, I've already searched for the drivers (including on touslesdrivers.com and on the Toshiba site), and nothing has been conclusive!

Thanks in advance 
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Réponse 1 / 22
JESS
 
HELLO

I also have a Toshiba and it took me a long time to find it; I just had to right-click on the small battery at the bottom right, click on power options, and then on the left I found brightness settings. My eyes are very happy and I hope I have helped you.

See you soon
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Anonyme
 
Even after 3 years, it still helps! Thank you!!! My eyes are happy too! XD
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Caro
 
Well done!
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Isa.S
 
Thank you very much for this comment, it helped me a lot!
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nani
 
my eyes thank you too
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help
 
I see it, but I can't find it. On the left, there is the brightness adjustment. Oh yes, and I have Windows 10.
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Réponse 2 / 22
jj
 
Good evening
You should be able to adjust brightness, contrast, and color from the advanced properties of the graphics card (right-click on the desktop, display properties).
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Tunechi
 
Go to the Toshiba website http://fr.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp "VALUE ADDED PACKAGE" =)
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DRIVER
 
To fix this issue, all you need to do is download the driver for your graphics card from Toshiba Support, and then go to Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalization -> Display -> add brightness on the left, then at the very bottom there is a slider to adjust the brightness.
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anonyme ayant trouvé la solution
 
Even simpler, under the device manager right-click (2nd click for left-handed users) on the Toshiba hot key management driver, select "update" and it's sorted after reboot.
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ben > Tunechi
 
Thank you! It works great!
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titi
 
Thank you
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Réponse 3 / 22
marc.malesherbes
 
Hello,

I had exactly the same problem with my second-hand Toshiba laptop: the brightness control keys (Fn+F6 and Fn+F7) weren’t working.

I found a solution that worked for me, so I'm sharing it below.

Good luck!

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I found the solution on the European English Toshiba forum from "Jaba"

https://www.toshiba.eu/
Toshiba Support Forums keywords "adjust screen brightness"

I quote him
“you have to install firstly the Toshiba ACPI Common Modules for Windows XP and then Toshiba Hotkey Utility for Windows XP.”

To find these drivers, go to the Toshiba France website under "download / drivers", document your laptop's specifications, and then select the drivers (one by one). The installation is simple (download in zip format; extraction; automatic installation)
Note: the driver name "ACPI Common Modules" is shortened to "Common Modules"

Note: a little mystery: the second driver may not be needed, as its definition sheet does not correspond. Nevertheless, I foolishly applied it. It's up to you to test it if you feel like it.
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aqenaton
 
Thank you, it works!!
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Jel111
 
Indeed, it works great!! Thank you so much :)
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Réponse 4 / 22
dormeia
 
Good evening,
I have a Toshiba and I'm using Windows Seven.
I accidentally unplugged the computer and when I plugged it back into the charger I encountered a problem with the brightness and the FN F6 and FN F7 keys are not working.
Please help me, it's really hurting my eyes.
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Réponse 5 / 22
petratown81
 
Hello,

I also had this problem on my Toshiba Satellite 2410, I installed the "Touch Pad" utility and it works very well, I found it on the Toshiba website.
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Réponse 6 / 22
Véronique1
 
I had the same problem as you. I damaged my eyes for months.
Thank you for Fn F6. I reinstalled my system myself, but I had a ghost image to copy. So I can't answer you... I think it is TOSHIBA's RESPONSIBILITY to respond to you.
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thanina
 
I didn't understand fn f6
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Réponse 7 / 22
bibou
 
Office, control panel, Intel driver for GMA PC, color correction, brightness
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Réponse 8 / 22
pakistador Posted messages 1171 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   192
 
Hi,

It may not be a driver but a utility, have you tried installing the TOSHIBA utility??

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For every problem, there is a solution. You just need to find it.
But for that, make sure to complete your topic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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la-fée-qui-fait-tout
 
I used the following maneuver:
Go to Control Panel
Select classic view
Click on the (green) power options icon
and on the left side of the screen you can adjust the brightness to your liking
and save your choice
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Réponse 9 / 22
leyeti92 Posted messages 25 Status Membre 2
 
Yes, one doesn't want to install and the other is completely useless... I'm stressing over this, it's driving me crazy!!!

Thanks anyway...
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Réponse 10 / 22
matthieu
 
Hi!

I have the same problem as you. Did you eventually find a solution?

What a hassle. No drivers or software seem to have this brightness function. It's crazy.

Thanks if anyone knows the solution

Matthieu
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Réponse 11 / 22
Pseudo
 
Hello,

well done Véronique, who comes to say: uh... well no, I can’t answer you...!
I have the same problem and I’ve tried all the Toshiba drivers, without success... The key combinations didn’t work either.
The laptop is 30 years old, no more warranty...
It sucks!

So if anyone has an answer, or even a hint of an answer, welcome!
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Réponse 12 / 22
el tonio
 
I have the same problem and I just had an idea while reading this topic that worked!
I have a Toshiba Satellite A 210 - 17Z. I removed Vista for XP Pro SP2 and installed all the drivers from the Toshiba site (successfully except for the keyboard).

I double-clicked on the ATI icon in the taskbar and it opened the graphics card adjustment program, and in the color tab there is the setting for contrast, brightness, and gamma!

So if you have an ATI, it should work... for GeForce, I don't know!

Good luck!
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Jordy
 
No response to provide, but I have the same problem too!!!
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maremma
 
Hello and thank you for this info, I tried and it works
So you need to double-click the ATI icon and then a "catalyst" panel opens, there under the "graphics settings" tab then "color", you need to click on "re-enable ATI color controls" and there..... the light was on!!!
Thank you
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Réponse 13 / 22
marc.malesherbes
 
Hello,

I forgot to mention that the computer needs to be restarted after downloading the drivers (I believe it's often necessary when loading new drivers).
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Réponse 14 / 22
Dark
 
HERE is the solution to ALL YOUR DISPLAY PROBLEMS!!!
You need to restart the laptop and enter the BIOS by pressing "F2", and once inside, you need to load the default drivers
and everything will work correctly.. I do this procedure for every display issue.
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Réponse 15 / 22
yassine harmoumi
 
Salut, j'ai longtemps souffert avec la luminosité de mon PC Toshiba Satellite. Après l'avoir fait passer sous Windows XP, je n'arrive plus à contrôler la luminosité, qui devient insupportable. Mais j'ai fait les choses suivantes et tout fonctionne comme je le désire : aller sur le site Toshiba. Après avoir cliqué sur la rubrique "téléchargement", il faut saisir les caractéristiques de son PC, mais surtout mentionner dans la rubrique "mots clés" le mot ATI, télécharger, installer et redémarrer le PC. Après, il faut cliquer sur ATI, soit dans la barre des tâches ou dans les programmes récemment installés dans "tous les programmes". Ouvrir ATI, choisir l'option "avancé" --> suivant. À gauche de la fenêtre qui va s'ouvrir, cliquer sur "couleur" et régler la luminosité et la valeur contraste, et ça sera bon. Merci.
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Réponse 16 / 22
ekat
 
FN F6 to decrease brightness and
FN F7 to increase brightness...
Thank you very much, but it's mainly my eyes that thank you.
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thanina
 
thank you very much
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Réponse 17 / 22
leyeti92 Posted messages 25 Status Membre 2
 
I can adjust the color, but not the brightness!!! It's driving me crazy!!!

I'm sure it's just a little driver that I'm missing, but which one is it?
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Réponse 18 / 22
pakistador Posted messages 1171 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   192
 
Re,

1- Have you installed the graphics card drivers??

2- Do you have any details to provide regarding the Toshiba utility??

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For every problem, there is a solution. We just need to find it.
But for that, be sure to complete your topic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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thanina
 
I have an Acer laptop with a QWERTY keyboard and I can't adjust the brightness.
Can you please help me?
Thank you in advance.
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Réponse 19 / 22
BFR
 
I had the same problem and I solved it with Marc Malesherbes' advice (comment no. 13 above on March 1, 2009).

You need to go to the Toshiba website, download the drivers by specifying the model name of the PC
- Common modules
- Power Saver utility

After installation, you need to restart and bingo, it works by pressing the FN button and F6 button (reduce brightness) or FN button + F7 button (increase brightness).
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Réponse 20 / 22
passante
 
Also applies to those using a USB keyboard (for example, after spilling water on their laptop keyboard): go to START, then CONTROL PANEL (in classic view), then INTEL EXTREME GRAPHICS, then COLOR. There, you can adjust the brightness.
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