Screen dimming issue (?)

Hi, sometimes, (usually when web surfing) my screen dims on its own, at first I thought there was a problem with the screen, but then I realized that the brightness meter does go down, and raises again if I press the brightness button, BUT when its going down, the brightness does NOT display on screen, it just goes down... Also, it is like crazy drastic, it just dims enough to **** me off, like a few notches, very annoying, its been driving me crazzy since I bought it just never thought to ask anyone for help... Any ideas how to fix this?

Go to System Preferences Hardware Displays and uncheck the box for "Automatically adjust brightness as ambient light changes".
Then go to the Energy Saver and uncheck "Slightly dim the display when using this power source" for the Power Adapter and the Battery selections.

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