Swapping Non Back-lit Keyboard to Back-lit keyboard

[Farrukh-M-Khan]

Hi,

I recently purchased a laptop built in Japan for the Japanese market. At the current moment the keyboard has a part # L09594-291 and i am planning it to change to UK variant which will be having a part # L09594-031. Will it fit perfectly?

Secondly, I was wondering if it is possible to swap it with a Back-lit model keyboard(UK variant). I mean is the socket for back lighting available and will the BIOS recognize it and display its options accordingly? 

The laptop was shipped with a non back-lit keyboard.

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

Look at pages 20 and 48 of the Manual here:

Manual 

Yes the motherboard has an attachment for the ribbon cable used to power the backlight and on this model it will be a simple (fairly) matter of removing the old keyboard and replacing it with the backlit UK English version. 

L09593-031

HP actually has the part in stock:

https://parts.hp.com/hpparts/Search_Results.aspx?mscssid=73C3FB317F1B450983CA9415EF19BF23&SearchIn=P...

Post back with any more questions and please accept as solution if this is the info you needed. 

[Farrukh-M-Khan]

Thanks Huffer for your prompt and detailed response.

Please confirm the changes to be made in the BIOS setup or will it detect automatically, the back lighting feature?

[Huffer]

Yes the backlight will work as intended you do not need to change anything in the BIOS. 

[Farrukh-M-Khan]

Thanks a lot Huffer. kudos