topic Re: HP LAPTOP - BACKLIT KEYS NOT LIGHTING in Electronics

HP LAPTOP - BACKLIT KEYS NOT LIGHTING

Tinkrbl44 — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 17:20:35 GMT

Yesterday I had a very long online service call with Microsoft. After a Windows update, they had to reinstall printer & audio drivers, and ended up reinstalling Windows.

The whole thing took almost 5 hours!

Anyway, I lost and am reinstalling a few things, but now my backlit keys are "off" and won't light up.

This is a hardware problem, not a software problem the Microsoft rep said before he hung up.

I can't believe how important the lighting under the keys is for me .... any and all suggestions welcome!

TIA

Re: HP LAPTOP - BACKLIT KEYS NOT LIGHTING

ALRATIBA — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 17:29:28 GMT

@Tinkrbl44

This is a rather basic reply .... but have you pressed the F4 key on the top row. That turns the keyboard lights on/off.

Re: HP LAPTOP - BACKLIT KEYS NOT LIGHTING

Estellee — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 17:34:47 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 I have an HP backlight keyboard laptop and there is a button on my PC above the number 4 key I think they are called the function keys. I pressed that button and the light came back on. May be a different key on your pc. Good luck.

Re: HP LAPTOP - BACKLIT KEYS NOT LIGHTING

Tinkrbl44 — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 18:08:51 GMT

@Estellee @ALRATIBA

Huh .... For some reason I thought it was the F8 .... as it turns out, it's the F5 key on my laptop!

I have the rose gold keyboard and it's impossible to see the keys without the light on! (Never doing that again!)

Thanks SO much!

Re: HP LAPTOP - BACKLIT KEYS NOT LIGHTING

Estellee — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 18:25:50 GMT

You're welcome