how do i get my backlight to work on my laptop keyboard

[TraceeAnn]

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

[banhien · Accepted solution]

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.

[drosied]

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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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[drosied]

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

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@drosied wrote:

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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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[RitaKaye]

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.