[SA_Max71]

When I first bought my laptop from a friend, it was so bright it hurt to look at it when it was giving as little light off as possible. This was about 6 months ago. I can barely see anything on the screen now, even when it's at it's brightest setting. I have not added or removed any hardware, nor have I opened up my laptop. I am thinking of trying to clean it to see if that would help, but before I do, what kind of cleaner should I use? It has it's own software control panel. I tried to change it's brightness in there, but it didn't work out very well.


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INTEL® EXTREME GRAPHICS REPORT


Report Date: 05/24/2005
Report Time[hr:mm:ss]: 12:49:33
Driver Version: 6.14.10.3762
Operating System: Windows NT* 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
Default Language: English
DirectX* Version: 9.0
Physical Memory: 510 MB
Min. Graphics Memory: 1 MB
Max. Graphics Memory: 64 MB
Graphics Memory in use: 7 MB
Processor: x86 family 6 Model 11 Stepping 1
Processor Speed: 863 MHZ
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x3577
Device Revision: 3


* Output Devices Connected to Graphics Accelerator *

Active Notebook Displays:1