ScatterbrainKid Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Dunno why, but when I press my laptop brighten key (F3), nothing happens and the screen is stuck on dark. It used to work fine. It's a 6-month old Hewlett-Packard HP 250 G3 with Win 8.1. I visited their help forum but none of their suggestions help. Any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il88pp Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Do you mean in fsx? Or also when on the desktop or something? Because in fsx F3 means -- throttle increase. Sorry Scatterbrain, I had to ask. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il88pp Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Other idea, some laptops have a >FnFunction [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il88pp Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 I'm sorry, I know little about laptops. I did find this. One thing it also refers to is possibility of switching off F keys through Control Panel. I looked up your laptop on the hp website but didn't find anything obvious. Haven't looked at the manual yet, only at Top Issues and at Solutions. Update: I read the manual now, and saw the function keys mentioned. I could not find them explained in detail. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longbreak754 Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Hi Scats, How long has this been happening. If it has just only happened when you turned it on look at the simple things first. A darkened screen normally points to a power (i.e. battery) saving mode. Check that the power cable is fully plugged in, especially at the cable to laptop connection point. Most laptops have the ability to set various power saving settings and usually have a number of set defaults, mine for example (Acer 8943G) are labelled Balanced, High Performance and Power Saver. All have set defaults that can be customised. On most laptops you can access the power options via Control Panel > Hardware and sound > Power Options or by right clicking on the battery icon in the taskbar notification area. On my laptop, right clicking on the battery icon also gives an option to adjust the screen brightness Regards Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScatterbrainKid Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Thanks guys nothing seemed to work so in desperation I started the "Computer Reset" routine which gave me a clean slate by returning the default factory settings across the board and it seems to have worked touch wood! I've got to reinstall games and files and docs and stuff but no big deal, I'd got them all backed up..:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il88pp Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Glad to hear you have it solved. Even though it took such drastic solution. Hope you get up and running soon.:) il [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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