Problem with Display Brightness

MikeyD17

New member
Hi All, I did find one other thread similar to this but with no resolution.
I had an SSD die on the spec below and so rebuilt the unit with a new SSD.
However the display brightness is now way lower than it was (even turned up to max).
The Monitor Driver is the standard Microsoft driver for Digital Flat Panel (1024 x 768) Dated 21/06/2006 10.0.19041.488.
That is slightly misleading because the resolution is running at 1920x1080. If I update the driver and select Digital Flat Panel (1920x1080) 60Hz, it still shows this in device manager.
Does anyone know the best driver to use on Windows 10 20H2?

Spec:
Chassis & Display
Maestro Series: 23.8" Matte Full HD IPS 60Hz 100% sRGB LED Widescreen (1920x1080) (Non-Touch)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-8400 (2.8GHz) 9MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® H310T R2.0: (Mini-ITX, DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s)
Memory (RAM)
8GB Corsair 2133MHz SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
Integrated Intel® HD Graphics
1st Storage Drive
240GB ADATA SU650 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 450MB/W)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated SD Memory Card Reader
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Sound Card
2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless Network Card
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-9260 M.2 (1.73Gbps, 802.11AC) +BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
4 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KK3-00002]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK270 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO
Speakers
2 x INTEGRATED SPEAKERS
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
 

barlew

Godlike
I appreciate its darker than it used to be but assume when you turn it up and down it does actually change? it doesn't stay dark?
 

MikeyD17

New member
Yes, that is correct - it goes from very dark to not quite so dark but no comparison to what it used to be like or compared to another monitor next to it on default brightness.
 

MikeyD17

New member
Actually, the screen is brighter when the Win10 brightness control is 0 and darker when the control is at 100, which seems very odd.
The Display Adapter driver is the latest Intel driver (and all the others in between have been tried) but the Monitor driver says Digital Flat Panel (1024 x 768 60Hz). It is actually a 1920x1080 panel (as above) but if I select that driver it appears as the same description in Device Mangler. Any idea what driver should be used here?
 

robindene

New member
Did you ever find a resolution for this? - it seems to occur if you use a later bios than the board ships with and you can't downgrade to the original bios !
 

robindene

New member
I've worked out the issue - posting it in case anyone else is struggling. If you reset you bios to optimised defaults, it resets the monitor profile of the AIO. You need to choose a default provided profile - the first one in the newer bios, the only profile in the older bios and hey presto !
 

chipshopman

New member
Had this exact same problem after updating the bios on the H310T motherboard on my PCSpecialist AIO machine. Following Robindene's instructions above (reset bios to optimised defaults / change monitor profile of the AIO to first one in the new bios (ECS, I think in my case) worked and the monitor is back to previous brightness levels. The brightness control in Windows is still reversed though! :) Thanks Robindene!
 
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