The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    ASUS G73 keyboard not backlighting

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by kathay, Aug 2, 2010.

  1. kathay

    kathay Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    my keyboard use to light up and now it isn't. i've been researching and find nothing useful. the FN and F3 and F4 keys do not do anything; I can't find how to turn it on. I play in the dark alot and this is frustraing.. anyone have any suggestions?

    k
     
    kathay, Aug 2, 2010
    #1
  2. Hasib1522

    Hasib1522 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    35
    Messages:
    327
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Does the lights blink (momentarily) when you start up the laptop?

    If it at least blinks at start up, then you can try the following:

    1. Check MS config to see if ATK hotkey is being loaded (on the startup tab), if not, enable it and reboot.

    If that doesn't work, you can try the following:

    1. Download the latest ATK package from Asus's website
    2. Uninstall the existing ATK package from Control Panel.
    3. Install the new ATK package and reboot.

    Goodluck!
     
    Hasib1522, Aug 2, 2010
    #2
  3. Data Bytes

    Data Bytes Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    32
    Messages:
    31
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Super common issue sadly. Usually happens when you flash the bios using the winflash option with the KB lights on. Only way I am aware of fixing it currently is sending it in to Asus. They apparently have some program to to flash the KB firmware that they will not release to the public.

    Far as im aware replacing the keyboard does not fix this issue purely SW/FW related.



    -Anthony
     
    Data Bytes, Aug 5, 2010
    #3
  4. hakira

    hakira <3 xkcd

    Reputations:
    957
    Messages:
    1,286
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Did you try pressing the topleft button above the capslock icon?
     
    hakira, Aug 5, 2010
    #4
  5. Data Bytes

    Data Bytes Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    32
    Messages:
    31
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Oh yeah, Doesn't fix the issue
     
    Data Bytes, Aug 8, 2010
    #5
  6. bobj151

    bobj151 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    14
    Messages:
    50
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    bobj151, Aug 12, 2010
    #6