Screen Auto-Dims, when Auto-Dim is Off

I did the SL upgrade a few days ago on my 2008 MBP, I did a clean install. And now I've been noticing my screen will dim a few ticks from full brightness by itself while I'm working. My power is plugged in and I have made sure auto-diming is set off. ONce it dims I have to hit F2 to bring it back full. I never had this issue with 10.5

When does this occur? There is another option in the Energy Saver settings that will dim the display before it goes to sleep, but that doesn't sound like the problem you're having. Just thought I'd throw that out there as a possibility.

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