Auto-adjusting brightness

The adaptive brightness setting can be found under Power Options and it will likely differ depending on the Power Plan you're currently using and whether you're plugged in or running on battery.

 

Just in case you're unfamiliar with the Windows OS, I'll provide full steps below to check this setting (although, please note, I don't have my SP2 in front of me at this very moment).

 

 

From the desktop, select the battery icon (in the taskbars notification area, by the clock), and click on More power options.

 

You should the see the Power Options page. Locate the plan that you're currently using (identified by the radio button that is selected) and click on Change plan settings. Then, on the next page, select Change advanced power settings.

 

In the Advanced settings box, scroll down the list and expand the Display heading. You should then find an option relating to the auto-brightness/adaptive brightness. This feature can then be turned off.

Thanks!  It was helpful to find the settings in control panel.  I knew they'd be different than the ones in "Change PC Settings".  Unfortunately it didn't fix the behavior.

I've verified that in both places, the "auto adjust" feature is turned off.  Moreover, I ensured the "bright" and "dim" values were the same in case the flag was being ignored.

But to no avail.  Switching apps and especially switching environments still kicks in an annoying screen brightness adjustment.  Because it's none in chunky increments rather than smoothly, it flickers when doing it and that's the annoying part.

Sure hope they fix this and the touch-pad soon...

Cheers,

ALF

Thanks!  It was helpful to find the settings in control panel.  I knew they'd be different than the ones in "Change PC Settings".  Unfortunately it didn't fix the behavior.

I've verified that in both places, the "auto adjust" feature is turned off.  Moreover, I ensured the "bright" and "dim" values were the same in case the flag was being ignored.

But to no avail.  Switching apps and especially switching environments still kicks in an annoying screen brightness adjustment.  Because it's none in chunky increments rather than smoothly, it flickers when doing it and that's the annoying part.

Sure hope they fix this and the touch-pad soon...

Cheers,

ALF

Oh, that's disappointing. I was hoping that would solve your problem.

 

I have seen similar reports from other individuals advising they have a very similar problem, with suggestions that it could be a problem with the video/graphics driver that will most likely be resolved with a future update.

 

I can't, however, report that I've experienced this problem.

You are lucky...I have a brand new surface pro 2 128 and after only about 3 hours of usage my brightness began flickering.  If I cannot fix this I will definitely return it as it is beyond annoying...especially when I use this strictly for painting on Corel Painter.

Greetings,

Thanks fort the reply...I returned the 128 model and am awaiting the 256...as I need the 8gb of ram.

Surface Pro 2 display blinks or flickers very slightly, when the brightness is set to 100 % and it is running on battery. 

I am also having this issue (among others) and from what I gathered over the internet is you can fix this by downloading the Intel 4400 drivers off the intel site directly.  It should install a graphics control panel where you can turn off the dynamic power saving setting for real.  However, every subsequent windows update will probably overwrite it and you will have to install it again.

Hi,

The screen of my Surface Pro 2 constantly grows dim & brightens up again. I read that this was due to overheating, however this is happening as soon as I turn the machine on & continues even though it is not heating up. Additionally, automatic updates were installed over the weekend, with no resolution to the issue.

Any ideas or can I assume that my Surface is faulty?

Thanks