~Toughbooktalk~

Looks like I have some insight into the problem, maybe with a little help I can completely eliminate it but it should be usefull if anyone else has a similar issue. It turns out, the computer only goes into "low backlight mode" if it is plugged in during boot-up. I can plug it in while run...

How warm is warm? The bottom of my toughbook never feels nearly as hot as my Dell Mini 9 used to get.

Well, I just stuck my computer in the freezer for five minutes, took it out, restarted it, and what do you know? Full brightness.

So my computer is too hot and that is why the screen will not brighten? That sounds like a much bigger problem than I anticipated.

You mean that "F1" or "F2" combined with "Fn", right? Right now I think the backlight is working normally. When I press "Fn" combined with "F1" the brightness goes down, combined with "F2" the brightness goes up. It goes through around 20 l...

Please forgive me if this has already been covered, I have been searching for a while now and I have not found what I was looking for. My CF30 has an issue with the backlight. It works, but it will only light up very dimly most of the time. Every once and I while I turn on the computer and it is sup...