Laptop dims and brightens on its own

sdrinaz

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Dec 28, 2013
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10,510
I have a Dell E6410 with Windows 7. It's refurbished and has been working just fine until yesterday, when the screen brightness started changing on its own. It does this every few minutes, sometimes even changing within seconds. I'm at my wits end. I've tried everything. I disabled adaptive brightness. I turned off Ambient Light Sensor in the BIOS. I messed around in Advanced Power Settings. Is there anything else I can do? The laptop works great other than this issue, but it's incredibly annoying.
 

sdrinaz

Honorable
Dec 28, 2013
9
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10,510
Does anyone know what could be causing this? I'm sick of it, constantly changing every few seconds/minutes. And for some reason it only does this during the day.