Adjust Brightness bar doesn't work

AdrRam

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Yeah, I tried ringing them up on Friday and was on hold for over an hour before I gave up. They must be quite busy these day. Aber danke für alles! You've been a great help (y)
 

Nova2

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You guys had any updates on this? Having the same issue here, Nova 15 - no operating system wiped and installed windows 10 pro! Exactly the same spec except I got an additional SSD and used my own NVME drive.

I also had a dodgy wifi aerial connection which I had to gently bend back into shape so it would connect.

Other than the above though the laptop's amazing, tearing through some hefty After Effects 4k60 video projects like they're nothing.

Chassis & DisplayNova Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD 144Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12 Core CPU (3.1GHz-4.3GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Memory (RAM)32GB Corsair 2666MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 16GB)
Graphics CardNVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st M.2 SSD Drive1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Memory Card ReaderIntegrated Micro-SD Memory Card Reader
AC Adaptor1 x 230W AC Adaptor
Power Cable1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
BatteryNova Series Detachable 4 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Thermal PasteSTANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlaster™ Cinema
Bluetooth & WirelessGIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options1 x USB 3.2 PORT (Type C) + 2 x USB 3.2 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Keyboard Language15" NOVA SERIES UK KEYBOARD
Operating SystemNO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System LanguageUnited Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery MediaNO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office SoftwareFREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-VirusNO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
BrowserGoogle Chrome™
Notebook MouseLOGITECH® OPTICAL USB MOUSE
WebcamINTEGRATED 1MP HD WEBCAM
Warranty3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
DeliverySTANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build TimeStandard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Welcome BookPCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland

I purchased it with no operating system and install Windows 10 Pro afterwards.
 

White-IT

Member
Hi all, same problem here, nova laptop with ryzen 3600 and rtx 2060.
Came with windows pre-installed and no working brightness, i re-installed windows and all the drivers including the clevo control center, no change.
It is weird to see so many hardware faults so is it fair to suppose it's a bios/vbios issue? It's driving me nuts, brightness forced at 100% isn't that bad but it's the only issue that separates this laptop from being ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, so i can't stand it.
Any help besides RMA? (i'm in italy, rma could take weeks..)
 

SpyderTracks

We love you Ukraine
Hi all, same problem here, nova laptop with ryzen 3600 and rtx 2060.
Came with windows pre-installed and no working brightness, i re-installed windows and all the drivers including the clevo control center, no change.
It is weird to see so many hardware faults so is it fair to suppose it's a bios/vbios issue? It's driving me nuts, brightness forced at 100% isn't that bad but it's the only issue that separates this laptop from being ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, so i can't stand it.
Any help besides RMA? (i'm in italy, rma could take weeks..)
You would need to contact PCS as we've not been able to find any solution.
 

nova user

Member
Hi all, same problem here, nova laptop with ryzen 3600 and rtx 2060.
Came with windows pre-installed and no working brightness, i re-installed windows and all the drivers including the clevo control center, no change.
It is weird to see so many hardware faults so is it fair to suppose it's a bios/vbios issue? It's driving me nuts, brightness forced at 100% isn't that bad but it's the only issue that separates this laptop from being ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, so i can't stand it.
Any help besides RMA? (i'm in italy, rma could take weeks..)

interesting, i thought only RTX 2070 has the problem. could you please check with AIDA64 which display model model you have? thank you
 

nova user

Member
I did an internet search about this issue earlier on and I found a lot of forums topics and articles in various places with the same issue (on a variety of laptop makes and models) which all indicated a Windows issue (most were from late 2019 when a Windows update seemed to be the culprit). Am wondering if Microsoft has fully resolved that issue and so it still shows up in some makes and models? Just speculation on my part and may not even be related
well, i suspected that as well. so tried with linux, which got exactly same issue, sliders showed up but the panel didn't change brightness. with eDP panels, the brightness is directly controlled by GPU via eDP signal. if it's indeed OS or driver issue, i wouldn't expect neither windows or linux was working. it seems that brightness control reached GPU, but GPU is not talking to the panel in correct protocol.
 

White-IT

Member
interesting, i thought only RTX 2070 has the problem. could you please check with AIDA64 which display model model you have? thank you
LM156LF-1F02 produced in "week 1/2019", id NCP004B as far as i can see on aida64
Edit: In Aida 64, in the "PCI/AGP video card" section there's the rtx 2060 but if i go in the "GPU" section..there's an rtx 2070...WTF? "PCI Express 3.0 x16 nVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070"
 

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nova user

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LM156LF-1F02 produced in "week 1/2019", id NCP004B as far as i can see on aida64
Edit: In Aida 64, in the "PCI/AGP video card" section there's the rtx 2060 but if i go in the "GPU" section..there's an rtx 2070...WTF? "PCI Express 3.0 x16 nVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070"

🙃 this smiles like vbios issue or you got a free upgrade 😅
 

White-IT

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🙃 this smiles like vbios issue or you got a free upgrade 😅
well i don't really now at this point, my rtx 2060 sucks 120 watt of power and apparently pcspecialist doesn't yet have the refreshed rtx gpus so..what the hell is happening here? Performance wise it definetly seems a 2070 (laptop one) and thermal wise it never went beyond 78° so i guess i'm good.
 

SpyderTracks

We love you Ukraine
well i don't really now at this point, my rtx 2060 sucks 120 watt of power and apparently pcspecialist doesn't yet have the refreshed rtx gpus so..what the hell is happening here? Performance wise it definetly seems a 2070 (laptop one) and thermal wise it never went beyond 78° so i guess i'm good.
Man that’s odd, it’s like it’s a 2070 flashed with a 2060 vbios

Tell you what, install GPU-z and see what that lists it as:

 

White-IT

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Man that’s odd, it’s like it’s a 2070 flashed with a 2060 vbios

Tell you what, install GPU-z and see what that lists it as:

Yeah it is weird, the first thing i did is istalling gpu'z and it says it's a rtx 2060, both aida64 and gpu-z say that the device ID is 10DE-1F15 which is (following some videos and posts online) the id of 2020 rtx 2060s. At this point it definetly seems a refreshed 115 watt version (sucking 120 watt but nvm) but i still cannot explain the "rtx 2070" recognized by the pci/agp card section in aida (yet, in that same section aida tells me the device id is the one i wrote earlier, meaning it's actually a 2060 unless aida is giving me random numbers, which is possible)
Edit: btw, the (supposed) 2060 clocks at 1790 Mhz at full load 😉
But speaking of the original issue, i think that stuck brightness and refreshed rtx vbios are linked somehow.
Edit 2: playing control max settings with dlss 2.0 at balanced preset, always over 60 fps and A WHOPPING 1905 mhz max boost core clock registered in hwinfo, there's definetly something wrong but i think i'm good like this.
 
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