How to change brightness on dell laptop driver#
How to change brightness on dell laptop upgrade#

iDP versions are usually an easy enough upgrade since a lot of the time, they share one cable between all 2-3 panel options like the iDP E6440 and E7440. With LVDS systems, itвЂ™s generally easier/cheaper to find a good assembly that doesnвЂ™t require you to gut the old one for a display upgrade rather then вЂњforcingвЂќ it to work by opening a large portion of the PC, and replacing a cable. However, that *does* limit you to the original display unless the cable is compatible, or a cable and screen is purchased if you don't change the entire assembly. Unlike transition machines like the E6440 where the early Intel IGP usually uses LVDS (iDP for Radeon) and then iDP on all late production boards, this is a 100% LVDS series. Since you didnвЂ™t mention which one you have we canвЂ™t help you find the display, but if I had to put money on it itвЂ™s 768p if you donвЂ™t specifically know itвЂ™s got the 900p panel - people know if you special order like that, or the seller is quick to mention it.

If youвЂ™re that concerned, buy a new display and see if it helps. The E6430 is old enough I would suspect thereвЂ™s more than a handful at that 80% reduced brightness halfway point. LED panels fail differently - they run X amount of hours at full brightness (50,000 hours average) and then reduce to 80% for the rest of their life. IвЂ™d much rather lose a few lumens after 9 years and have it work but at the potential expense of having to max out the brightness all the time over losing the panel because it came with a cheap AUO or Chi-Mei CCFL display that saved Dell 5 cents per laptop. If this was a CCFL laptop, it probably would have been flat out dead if it wasnвЂ™t using a Samsung or LG part. The last CCFL laptops Dell released within the E64XX series is the E6400. This machine is from 2012-2013 before it was replaced by the E6440. Since yours works, it sounds like the LED strip is beginning to reach вЂњhalf-lifeвЂќ where it works at a reduced brightness.

How to change brightness on dell laptop driver#

When it happens the first step is to try a new panel, but if that doesnвЂ™t fix it then itвЂ™s a board driver issue if you have a complete backlight failure. With LED, those failures are less common, even on cheaper displays. The LED strips do fail, but unlike the CCFL displays where death within 5-7 years was normal with low end CCFL panels. The E6430 uses an LED panel - not a CCFL panel.