Adjust screen brightness

Try using Thinkvantage Application to adjust as follows:

ThinkVantage Control for Display Brightness

• 4 Click the "Start Menu," then click "All Programs" and locate the "Access IBM" program group.
  
• 5 Click "Thinkpad Configuration" and click "LCD" to open the brightness control dialog. Select the brightness from the drop-down menu and click "OK."
  
• 6 Click the red "Exit" button in the upper-right corner of the Configuration utility to close it.
  

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Please click the batter icon i.e. on your toolbar.. Now select adjust screen brightness... thanks

Occasionally, you may find your laptop's monitor is too dim for your liking. A normal desktop computer's monitor has an on-board menu system that lets you adjust the brightness and picture control settings as you please. A laptop monitor has no such controls. You can adjust the brightness of your laptop monitor using your laptop's keyboard.

1.Press and hold the "FN" key on your laptop's keyboard. This is the "Function" key, which operates much the same way that the "Shift" key does: It allows keyboard buttons to be used for multiple purposes. It's located in the lower left corner of most laptop keyboards, next to the "Windows," "CTRL" and "ALT" keys.
2.Look at the top row of keys on your keyboard for a key with a tiny triangle pointing upwards and the symbol of a sun on it. This is the "Increase Brightness" key. With the "FN" key held down, press the "Increase Brightness" key. On most laptop keyboards this is the "F7" key, but it varies depending on the model.
3.Continue to hold down the "FN" and "Increase Brightness" key until your dim laptop monitor has reached the level of brightness you require. A laptop monitor can only get so bright. It will stop at its highest setting.
4.Release the "FN" and "Increase Brightness" keys. You have now fixed your dim laptop monitor.

I hope you find it very helpful.

Hi.

Hold down the Fn key which is located at the bottom right of the keyboard and tap the "Home" key which will be on the right hand side of the keyboard, that will increase the brightness. Also to decrease the brightness hold down Fn and tap the "End" key.



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try the Fn+home keys toghether to increase and Fn+end to decrease the brightness

go into your bios at start up press f2,del or f8 and you'll see some kind of brightness control pretty sure but their is several thinkpads

it is done to save power from the battery.
what you can do is to click on Function + <up arrow> key and it will increase the light.
also you can check the power setting:
1. right click on your desktop and go to properties
2. go to Screen Saver
3. click on Power
4. check the settings under "Battery"

Pressing the Fn/Home buttons should increase the brightness, while Fn/End should decrease it. Hope it helps.

HAVE you tried the key Fn along with the key that marked brightness sign togehter