ASUS X56A Brightness Issue in XP

zaim · Nov 29, 2008, 08:57 AM

Hi!

I recently bought this laptop and the Fn + Brightness keys (F5 to dark and F6 to bright) doesn't seem to work.. well it DOES, the On Screen Display bar goes higher and lower, but the screen doesn't.

I know it works, because I can adjust the brightness while the XP load screen is loading.. then once in windows, it doesn't work. Is this a common ASUS issue? please advise...

Judas · Nov 29, 2008, 03:32 PM

you may be able to manually adjust it in the asus control panel if there is one... usually it's related to the power settings.

weird that the keys don't work IN windows.

zaim · Nov 29, 2008, 11:13 PM

well they DO work, just the screen isn't adjusting lol... but yeah. do not work IN windows.. very fail.

zaim · Nov 30, 2008, 01:40 AM

Okay. FOUND THE PROBLEM!!!

It's the INTEL G45 video driver.

Running in safe mode the Fn key works..

Uninstalling the video driver the Fn key woks..

I tried the older video driver and latest one, It still won't work.

anyone know how to tweak this at all to make it run? I'm suspecting the video driver is linked to some asus power software (which i don't have installed and running) which is causing my issue

zaim · Dec 14, 2008, 03:30 PM

Sorry for triple posting..

but i asked Intel about the problem, they said its got nothing to do with the driver.

It's something to do with the ATK drivers/hotkey utility or something.. i rang asus direct and they couldnt help me out cos 'if it works in vista, we cant support for xp as its not faulty' but he did mention that it must be a glitch or something with the ATK driver..

such a shame

rychas · Jan 23, 2009, 01:15 PM

Have you tried uninstalling and then install again the ATK software? Go to the downloads section of Asus website, then choose Laptop > Apps from the combo boxes. Download the ATK and Hotkey software for XP, but be sure to try more than one version.

I had a similar problem with Power4Gear; a version x.x.x.y didn't work, but a x.x.x.z did. Make sure you try more than one. Good luck!

Nov 29, 2008, 08:57 AM	#1
zaim HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,052 Rep Power: 42	ASUS X56A Brightness Issue in XP Hi! I recently bought this laptop and the Fn + Brightness keys (F5 to dark and F6 to bright) doesn't seem to work.. well it DOES, the On Screen Display bar goes higher and lower, but the screen doesn't. I know it works, because I can adjust the brightness while the XP load screen is loading.. then once in windows, it doesn't work. Is this a common ASUS issue? please advise... __________________ زعيم MAIN PC(1)(2)(3):•Q9550•GAP35DS3P• 4GBCrucialPC2-8500BallistixTracerLED•XFX9800GTX•3x146GB CheetahSAS15K.5 Raid0•2x 1TB Raid1•LianLiA10B•2x22"5ms@3360x1050• BEDROOM HTPC(1)(2)(3):E6600•MSI945GM3-F•2048DDR2667•1TB•Samsung26"HDTV•HybridHDTV•5.1• Laptop:•Centrino2 P8400 1066fsb•4GB-DDR2 800•320GBSATA•DVDDL•15.4"WXGA•802.11a/b/g/n• WHServer:•AM2 5200+•2GB DDR2 800•Lots of TB Storage•1GB TCP/IP• www.zaimc.com // myspace/zaimc // zaimm.deviantart BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG 16 x 92mm fan + radiator experiment!

Nov 29, 2008, 11:13 PM	Thread Starter #3
zaim HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,052 Rep Power: 42	Re: ASUS X56A Brightness Issue in XP well they DO work, just the screen isn't adjusting lol... but yeah. do not work IN windows.. very fail. __________________ زعيم MAIN PC(1)(2)(3):•Q9550•GAP35DS3P• 4GBCrucialPC2-8500BallistixTracerLED•XFX9800GTX•3x146GB CheetahSAS15K.5 Raid0•2x 1TB Raid1•LianLiA10B•2x22"5ms@3360x1050• BEDROOM HTPC(1)(2)(3):E6600•MSI945GM3-F•2048DDR2667•1TB•Samsung26"HDTV•HybridHDTV•5.1• Laptop:•Centrino2 P8400 1066fsb•4GB-DDR2 800•320GBSATA•DVDDL•15.4"WXGA•802.11a/b/g/n• WHServer:•AM2 5200+•2GB DDR2 800•Lots of TB Storage•1GB TCP/IP• www.zaimc.com // myspace/zaimc // zaimm.deviantart BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG 16 x 92mm fan + radiator experiment!

Nov 30, 2008, 01:40 AM	Thread Starter #4
zaim HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,052 Rep Power: 42	Re: ASUS X56A Brightness Issue in XP Okay. FOUND THE PROBLEM!!! It's the INTEL G45 video driver. Running in safe mode the Fn key works.. Uninstalling the video driver the Fn key woks.. I tried the older video driver and latest one, It still won't work. anyone know how to tweak this at all to make it run? I'm suspecting the video driver is linked to some asus power software (which i don't have installed and running) which is causing my issue __________________ زعيم MAIN PC(1)(2)(3):•Q9550•GAP35DS3P• 4GBCrucialPC2-8500BallistixTracerLED•XFX9800GTX•3x146GB CheetahSAS15K.5 Raid0•2x 1TB Raid1•LianLiA10B•2x22"5ms@3360x1050• BEDROOM HTPC(1)(2)(3):E6600•MSI945GM3-F•2048DDR2667•1TB•Samsung26"HDTV•HybridHDTV•5.1• Laptop:•Centrino2 P8400 1066fsb•4GB-DDR2 800•320GBSATA•DVDDL•15.4"WXGA•802.11a/b/g/n• WHServer:•AM2 5200+•2GB DDR2 800•Lots of TB Storage•1GB TCP/IP• www.zaimc.com // myspace/zaimc // zaimm.deviantart BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG 16 x 92mm fan + radiator experiment! Last edited by zaim; Nov 30, 2008 at 01:54 AM.

Dec 14, 2008, 03:30 PM	Thread Starter #5
zaim HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,052 Rep Power: 42	Re: ASUS X56A Brightness Issue in XP Sorry for triple posting.. but i asked Intel about the problem, they said its got nothing to do with the driver. It's something to do with the ATK drivers/hotkey utility or something.. i rang asus direct and they couldnt help me out cos 'if it works in vista, we cant support for xp as its not faulty' but he did mention that it must be a glitch or something with the ATK driver.. such a shame __________________ زعيم MAIN PC(1)(2)(3):•Q9550•GAP35DS3P• 4GBCrucialPC2-8500BallistixTracerLED•XFX9800GTX•3x146GB CheetahSAS15K.5 Raid0•2x 1TB Raid1•LianLiA10B•2x22"5ms@3360x1050• BEDROOM HTPC(1)(2)(3):E6600•MSI945GM3-F•2048DDR2667•1TB•Samsung26"HDTV•HybridHDTV•5.1• Laptop:•Centrino2 P8400 1066fsb•4GB-DDR2 800•320GBSATA•DVDDL•15.4"WXGA•802.11a/b/g/n• WHServer:•AM2 5200+•2GB DDR2 800•Lots of TB Storage•1GB TCP/IP• www.zaimc.com // myspace/zaimc // zaimm.deviantart BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG 16 x 92mm fan + radiator experiment!

Jan 23, 2009, 01:15 PM	#6
rychas DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 39 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: ASUS X56A Brightness Issue in XP Have you tried uninstalling and then install again the ATK software? Go to the downloads section of Asus website, then choose Laptop > Apps from the combo boxes. Download the ATK and Hotkey software for XP, but be sure to try more than one version. I had a similar problem with Power4Gear; a version x.x.x.y didn't work, but a x.x.x.z did. Make sure you try more than one. Good luck!