Screen flickers between dim and bright when on battery

Hi - I've had my S10 for about a month now and overall am quite pleased with it.
One annoyance I've come across is that when I am on battery (IE no AC plugged in) the screen sometimes flickers between dim (what it should be) and bright for about a second and dims down again. It will do that ever 4-5 mins or so.
It seems as if the power management on the computer is a little on the fritz and can't decide if it's on be dim because it's on battery or if it should be bright because it's on AC
Anyone else experience this?

Im sure everyone experienced this with their S10's ... I would say it's normal because it changes power management to a lower grade... anyway I would say it's a sort of "hello... need attention" that your s10 is saying to you... It normally ocurs when your battery is low and you need to plug the cord cause it's running out of battery...
Lenovo S10 - 6cell - 2GB RAM, since March 1st 2009 and still loving it...!!!

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