Satellite A665-S5170 - display dim if goes to sleep or when i start up

Hi, everytime my Satelitte A665-S5170 goes to sleep or when i start it up my screen resolution is very dim and the only thing that solves it is to recalibrate the display in color managment settings.
Has anyone else had this problem?

Hey,
Can you change the display brightness by pressing FN+F6/F7 key combination?
Im a little bit confused about this Dim resolution. Do you mean a low screen resolution or dim display brightness?
If its related to screen resolution you could also try updating the display driver. Have a look on Toshiba website if you can find a newer version.

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Sat Nov 8 14:00:39 2014
Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff802a21e80a): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7fabaa5e28, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x000000002d4e8000, CR4: 0x00000000001626e0
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff803cbbf000, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
RSP: 0xffffff81352f3b50, RBP: 0xffffff81352f3bf0, RSI: 0x0000000000000240, RDI: 0xffffff803cbbf000
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x000000e492137674, R11: 0x000000e4917aebcc
R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0x000000000000023e, R14: 0xffffff803cc90000, R15: 0x0000000000000000
RFL: 0x0000000000010293, RIP: 0xffffff7fabaa5e28, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000000, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81352f3800 : 0xffffff802a13a811
0xffffff81352f3880 : 0xffffff802a21e80a
0xffffff81352f3a40 : 0xffffff802a23a443
0xffffff81352f3a60 : 0xffffff7fabaa5e28
0xffffff81352f3bf0 : 0xffffff7fabbbd0a2
0xffffff81352f3cb0 : 0xffffff7fab9a64a3
0xffffff81352f3d00 : 0xffffff7fab9a91be
0xffffff81352f3db0 : 0xffffff7fab9a80f2
0xffffff81352f3dc0 : 0xffffff802a6d8008
0xffffff81352f3e20 : 0xffffff7fab9a8d0b
0xffffff81352f3e50 : 0xffffff802a6c5a03
0xffffff81352f3ee0 : 0xffffff802a6be797
0xffffff81352f3f00 : 0xffffff802a16be13
0xffffff81352f3fb0 : 0xffffff802a2192c7
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         com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4360(900.19.8)[E6DF5F6D-3476-3BA6-B49B-BAADEC7DF58 0]@0xffffff7fab994000->0xffffff7fabf6afff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient(1.0.1b8)[25CEDABE-0952-309D-AC20-A39DF84 9DFB7]@0xffffff7fab679000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(700.52)[13EA5B53-E76C-3F27-A9CA-6D3B59AE6F44]@0xf fffff7fab8e1000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff 7faa924000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(3.2)[247581D8-DFC5-3AAE-B079-3D13F5514C2B]@0 xffffff7fab235000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
14A389
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.0.0: Fri Sep 19 00:26:44 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2782.1.97~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 89E10306-BC78-3A3B-955C-7C4922577E61
Kernel slide:     0x0000000029e00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff802a000000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8029f00000
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I am going to do my best to sum up what is going on right now.
So a few months ago, my uncle passed away, and I now have his laptop. Even though he bought it in March 2011, he never used it, so it was practically brand new when I got it.
Long story short, everything was fine up until about a week ago. That is when I noticed something was wrong, but didn't know what.
Well I ended up just resetting it to factory settings. ()
At first I thought that after resetting it, everything would be fine, but I've had to do that with my old Dell Laptop.
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Now I just keep getting the same message pop up on my screen every so often, telling me I have to "start the backup process"
But I did that already, and it keeps popping up.
But there is no pop up about a disk failure, or how to fix it.
So, I'm really, really hoping that someone can help me with this!!
I uploaded a screen shot of the pop up, so you know exactly what I see.
Please and thank youu!!
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Katie.
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It seems the hard disk is failing. The notice about backing up doesn't mean that the backup process will fix it. The computer has detected the hard disk is failing and needs replacing. It's suggesting you back up your data so that you can replace the hard drive. You could take it to a service center or try replacing the hard disk yourself. Replacing the HDD isn't usually too terribly difficult if you're comfortable. Somewhere on the bottom will be a door that can be removed to give you access to the drive. Sometimes there's a metal caddy on the drive, and sometimes there isn't it. If there isn't, you simply swap in the new drive. If there is, you'll need to remove the caddy and put it on the new drive. You'll want to ensure you have recovery discs though. You can use the Toshiba Recovery Media Creator (sometimes called Toshiba Recovery Disc Creator) to create back ups. Then you replace the hard drive, put the disc in, and start the recovery process.
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my laptop just died. I cracked the screen so I sat it aside for a long while (at least 4 months without it charging) and got it replaced. I checked its the same extact screen that came on the laptop when I bought it from the store. Everything was connected and I let it charge for a while.
After 8 hours of charging, I press the power button. The led's come on, I hear the fan and then nothing. The Charge LED comes on, the power and battery led lights up. The hard drive comes on briefly. Then you hear the fan speed up for about 5 seconds and then all lights go out and the it shuts off. The Toshiba logo dont even appear on the screen. It doesnt even look like the screen lit-up.
I've already tested the hard drive and memory, they are good. Any suggestions would help, thanks in advance.

Next would be to remove the installed keyboard, and run just with the external keyboard, to see if it keeps from happening that way. If it still types letters in with the installed keyboard removed, then there might be an issue with the motherbaord.
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