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    Acer Aspire keyboard backlight timeout

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by slurpy, Sep 7, 2019.

  1. slurpy

    slurpy Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently purchased an Acer Aspire 5 (A515-54-30BQ) for a relative.
    The keyboard backlight automatically turns off after a few seconds if you are not actively typing. Kind of a pain in the derriere.

    The Acer website says that there is a new (circa March 2019) firmware file that allows users to turnoff the automatic backlight timeout through a BIOS setting.
    https://us.answers.acer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/61998/~/disable-keyboard-backlight-timeout

    However, after updating the laptop's firmware, I don't see this option available.

    Has anyone else with an Acer Aspire model been able to access this BIOS feature?
     
    slurpy, Sep 7, 2019
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  2. Reciever

    Reciever D! For Dragon!

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    Are there any items related to power saving in the bios? It could that they rolled it into one of those items. (if it exists)
     
    Reciever, Sep 7, 2019
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