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06-14-2025 03:43 PM - edited 06-14-2025 03:43 PM
If your notebook has a backlit keyboard (not every 840 G5 does), the function key to the right of the microphone mute key will have an icon with 3 dots representing keys with a 'light rays' on upper left side of the icon.
If you don't see that icon, then your notebook did not come with the optional backlit keyboard.
See the service manual, chapter 2, pages 16 & 18.
HP EliteBook 840 G5 Notebook PCHP EliteBook 846 G5 Notebook PC Maintenance and Service Guide
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