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10-01-2012 08:31 PM
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 OscarFuentes
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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10-01-2012 08:57 PM - last edited on 04-19-2016 11:31 AM by OscarFuentes
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 01:07 PM - last edited on 04-20-2016 11:20 AM by OscarFuentes
@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.
01-04-2014 01:10 PM - last edited on 04-20-2016 11:20 AM by OscarFuentes
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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