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    M15x keyboard not lighting?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by valerie189, Nov 21, 2009.

  1. valerie189

    valerie189 Newbie

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    I upgraded to windows 7 64bit and i want it to light up! is there a way? please help!
     
  2. valerie189

    valerie189 Newbie

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    anyone? i saw someone with different color lights can it be done? what should i download?
     
  3. froogle

    froogle Notebook Evangelist

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    Can't offer you any help on getting it to work, other than to say it does work. My M15X came with Windows 7 and everything works just fine (Except Fusion which isn't that big a loss since it's a resource hog).
     
  4. valerie189

    valerie189 Newbie

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    what do you mean fusion doesnt work?

    thing is I like so much how it looks with keys on, there must be a solution. Do you have command center?
     
  5. froogle

    froogle Notebook Evangelist

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    Fusion is the power management part of the command center. In Windows 7, you can just use the built in power management features, which is a good thing since the Fusion process takes a lot of memory and processor (hence causing reduced power available for games).

    What you want is AlienFX, and that does work in Windows 7. Have you tried hitting the DEll support site and redownloading it, if the drivers on the disks that came with your computer won't install?
     
  6. valerie189

    valerie189 Newbie

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    Thing is i just upgraded to Win 7 and they wont support me on how to get it working. I downloaded command center for win 7 64bit but it allows me to change every light but the keyboard's that remains off. I dont mind not having aline FX i just want to get the light on, any way posible T_T

    Help!
     
  7. valerie189

    valerie189 Newbie

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    I already found a solution for this on another forum thank you! and thanx to all the smart ppls that figured it out!
     
  8. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Per OP, issue resolved - thread closed.