7020ct portege power configuration

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

Before you see the toshiba logo press ESC and keep the key pressed
until you go into bios. You will have an option for the display. This
has worked on all th 7xxx and 3xxx family of laptops that I have worked
with.


joel wrote:
> i want to lower the brightness of the display and am using xp.
>
> there was no option to change the brightness in the power tab so i
> downloaded some files from http://www.csd.toshiba.com
>
> these state they are for windows 2000 because i dont think xp is
> supported. they are supposed to give this option.
>
> after installing these files from the support page -
> tosacp2k.exe
> w2kdpsd1.exe
> w2kpwrx1.exe
>
> in that order, im given an extra tab on the power tab which allows
for
> the brightness to change, but it doesnt work.
>
> has anyone managed to adjust the brightness on the portege (using
xp)?
>
> i know of a sourceforge project called fnfx, but that only works on
> linux.