Satellite P500 - cannot increase the brightness of the screen

I have a new Satellite P500.

The problem I have is that if I have the power shut off for several hours I lose the ability to increase the brightness of the screen. I can get increased brightness to level 4 and when I increase level 8 the brightness down. If I go down, the screen goes black. The only solution I found is to turn off the power, remove the battery, put it back in and power on.

Help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi mate,

It's a bit confusing...
In addition, it would be interesting to know what OS you are using. Normally, if you are running OS preinstalled from Toshiba, everything should work properly.

So in your case, I would try to update the BIOS which you can find here:
http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com > support & downloads > download drivers

Sorry, but everything that s what I can say at the moment.

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