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Jörgil Kuttaperkka Oct 16, 2017 @ 4:26pm
Darker screen in steam window, and then returns back to more bright when off
When I open steam window, my screen goes darken than usual. And when I close window, screen goes back maximum brightness (as it was earlier before opening steam screen). When steam screen is on, I see that brightness is still 100%, not like 0-50%. I can see that screen levels the darkness with 9 stages. This thing started appearing some time ago (max couple weeks). I wonder what causes this, and how to modify this, if it is possible.
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a Hippobottomus Oct 16, 2017 @ 4:28pm 
Specs? What monitor?
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Jörgil Kuttaperkka Oct 16, 2017 @ 4:34pm 
Acer Aspire laptop: E5-574G, Intel R Core TM i5-6200U cpu @ 2.30HGz 2.40 GHz. Ram 6gigs, 64 bit x64. Nvidia geforce 920M with 2GB dedicated VRAM.
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Bad 💀 Motha Oct 16, 2017 @ 5:51pm 
Most likely your Monitor has a feature for "Auto Ambient Lighting"
Disable that in the Monitor's settings.
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Jörgil Kuttaperkka Oct 16, 2017 @ 10:41pm 
Power management options - > "enable adaptive brightness". "On battery" and "plugged in" were both already off, and I tried to switch differently and back off off, but no success. Unless its effect isn't instant, and I have to wait or restart...?
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Bad 💀 Motha Oct 16, 2017 @ 11:18pm 
Oh right, you're on Laptop. Yea just get off Power Saving and use at least the Balanced profile. For Games, switch it to High Performance.
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Jörgil Kuttaperkka Oct 17, 2017 @ 3:38am 
It was balanced before, and after I put it to High Performance, it happens still. Checked power management options for that "power usage plan", adaptive brightness were both off.
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Bad 💀 Motha Oct 17, 2017 @ 5:12am 
Ok click Advanced / Edit on the Power Profile, there should be a Dimmer

If you switch to battery mode, you can't avoid the dimming.
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Seven7 Oct 17, 2017 @ 6:11am 
You can disable Ambient Light Sensor (in different OS and Software it can called different) + manage adwanced Power settings (that blocked by Administrator mode) and disable Dimming,
but gaming with battery is useles - capacity of the battery is not enough, and the laptop will shut down more faster. and battery dead faster
better, buy inventor and connect few car batteries - for autonomy in the event of a power outage
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