Windows 7 AC power to Battery problem


  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
       #1

    Windows 7 AC power to Battery problem


    I've been having the worst time trying to troubleshoot this problem. What's happening is, whenever I take the AC power cord out my laptop and it switches over to internal battery supply, the screen gets really white and it becomes near impossible to read anything. Once I plug the power cord back in, all is well again and back to normal viewing operations. Please help me fix this.

    Dell D610

    Intel Pentium M 750 (1.86GHz)
    2.00GB RAM
    ATI Radeon X300 64MB
    60GB Hard Drive, 5400RPM
    14.1" SXGA+ (1400x1050) LCD

    I know it's a dated laptop but any help is much appreciated.
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  2. Posts : 41
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (RTM)
       #2

    Im guessing it has to do with the power-saving screen Dim.
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  3. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    MaliciousOne said:
    Im guessing it has to do with the power-saving screen Dim.


    If it does, how and where should I go to fix it?
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  4. Posts : 41
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (RTM)
       #4

    Jonathan77 said:
    If it does, how and where should I go to fix it?
    Im pretty sure it would be in the power options area.... i don't have my laptop here atm to poke around.

    Edit: found this tutorial Power Plan Settings - Change
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  5. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Ok just realized but I don't have a "Dim the Display" option. Just the other two.....
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  6. Posts : 52
    Windows 7 x64
       #6

    Try disabling Power-Saving on the Radeon, somewhere, and maybe that might work. I read an article somewhere, the person had a laptop with Intel IGP, and when the power-saving function was on, the text was very washed out, and disabling it fixed the problem.
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  7. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #7

    MmMm... where can I achieve this?
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  8. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #8

    FIXED!!! Eli2k was right. Thanks so much for your support guys. All I did was right click on desktop, graphics properties, and then turned off all Intel power saving utilities. Worked like a charm. Hope this helps someone out in the future.
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  9. Posts : 52
    Windows 7 x64
       #9

    Great! Glad it worked out for you.
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