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How to Disable the "Intel Display Power Saving Technology"?

Anonymous
2015-12-03T14:13:04+00:00

Got my surface book few days ago, the experience was bumpy in the beginning, but things are looking much better now after installing the numerous firmware / driver updates, and I really came to appreciate the design and versatility of the device. There's still one annoying issue I am hoping Microsoft could address, which is that the "intel display power saving technology" is enabled out of box and there's no way to switch it off, as a result, when my surface book is on battery, the display adjusts the color and contrast dynamically in context with whatever is being displayed, which causes horrible color inaccuracy, and it is especially bad when it comes to video, the poor color rendition makes videos almost unwatchable.

Usually, the first thing I do when I get a new device with Intel integrated graphics is to switch off "DPST" from Intel graphics control panel, since surface doesn't ship with this piece of software and I don't think generic Intel drivers can be installed, I am hoping Microsoft could  give users the option to switch it off, or even better, switch it off by default, the amount of battery this technology can save doesn't justify the horrible user experience it causes.

Anyone knows any trick to disable "DPST", please, please, do share!

Thanks a lot,

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-01-21T07:08:57+00:00

    It's not a problem with the ambient light sensor, the backlight dims when the content on the screen is darker like looking at a dark image or using a program with a dark UI theme. Ive also found out that my Surface doesn't do it when it is plugged in.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-21T04:22:32+00:00

    The first thing I do when I get a new computer is turn off the automatic brightness control.

    Windows/Start -> Settings -> System -> Display -> Change brightness automatically when lighting changes -> OFF

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-07-30T14:35:56+00:00

    You can try the steps below. It works on my SP4.

    https://mikebattistablog.wordpress.com/2016/05/27/disable-intel-dpst-on-sp4/

    Worked like a charm!

    Thanks a lot!

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-01-21T03:39:32+00:00

    I'm having this issue too both with my Sony Vaio and my Surface 3. The Vaio has had a rough life and is probably beyond help but I'm shocked that the Surface does it. As a graphical content creator, I want my colors to be accurately represented on screen and would really like to disable DPST.

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