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‎10-01-2012 08:31 PM

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I have a brand new  HP Laptop that is supposed to have backlight features on the keyboard.  How do I turn it on?

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‎10-01-2012 08:57 PM - last edited on ‎04-19-2016 11:31 AM by HP Administrator

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Hi,

 

Are you sure this option is on your machine ? If Yes flease use the foloowing methods:

 

 To turn the keyboard back light on or off, use one of the following methods depending on your model.

    Press and hold the fn key and then press the space bar .
    Press the F5 key.
    On some models, the back light key is f12 .

 

Source: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01612362

 

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BH
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‎10-01-2012 08:57 PM - last edited on ‎04-19-2016 11:31 AM by HP Administrator

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Hi,

 

Are you sure this option is on your machine ? If Yes flease use the foloowing methods:

 

 To turn the keyboard back light on or off, use one of the following methods depending on your model.

    Press and hold the fn key and then press the space bar .
    Press the F5 key.
    On some models, the back light key is f12 .

 

Source: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01612362

 

Regards.

BH
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‎01-04-2014 01:07 PM - last edited on ‎04-20-2016 11:20 AM by HP Administrator

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@banhien wrote:

Hi,

 

Are you sure this option is on your machine ? If Yes flease use the foloowing methods:

 

 To turn the keyboard back light on or off, use one of the following methods depending on your model.

    Press and hold the fn key and then press the space bar .
    Press the F5 key.
    On some models, the back light key is f12 .

 

Source: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01612362

 

Regards.

 

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‎01-04-2014 01:10 PM - last edited on ‎04-20-2016 11:20 AM by HP Administrator

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neither key worked.  was sure was available on my keyboard.

@drosied wrote:
@banhien wrote:

Hi,

 

Are you sure this option is on your machine ? If Yes flease use the foloowing methods:

 

 To turn the keyboard back light on or off, use one of the following methods depending on your model.

    Press and hold the fn key and then press the space bar .
    Press the F5 key.
    On some models, the back light key is f12 .

 

Source: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01612362

 

Regards.

 



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‎11-15-2015 04:23 PM

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When I looked closer there is a light symble on my f5 key.  Thanks!  It is really a nice feature now that I know how to turn it on. 

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