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    G53SW Backlit Keyboard Control issue

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Spiritus777, Sep 18, 2011.

  1. Spiritus777

    Spiritus777 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I noticed a interesting issue with my backlit keyboard. Basically what is happening is when the computer goes in sleep/standby mode and I wake it up from it, the backlit keyboard would light up even if I had it disabled using the hot key. Is there a way to resolve that issue? This is an issue when I'm running on battery mode and I would have to disable the backlit lighting every time I wake the computer up to conserve battery life. I tried ATK version 1.0.0010 and that didn't resolve anything. Currently using 1.0.0008

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    Use the 1st of the 3 top keys to turn the lights off.
     
    Chastity, Sep 18, 2011
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    Hey Chastity, that's the hotkey I'm referring to. I played around more and I discovered that if you used the fn+f3 key to completely dim the lights then it will keep the lights off after the computer wakes up from standby. It seems kind of silly to me that the key that is suppose to turn the backlit lighting on and off doesn't have full control over it. Is that a driver issue/limitation or hardware?
     
    Spiritus777, Sep 19, 2011
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