6850/60 media keys backlight?

Hello everyone, I just got the M-6850FX last night at best buy ($810 on clearance!), and i noticed in pics that the media center keys at the top should have an orange backlight. for you owners out there, are those light on all of the time? can they be toggled on/off? I am hoping mine is not defective because there is no light there.

last question, has anyone done the CPU upgrad on the 6850? is it as easy as the 6860?

thanks in advance!

 

The blue function key and one of the F keys (I think in the lower numbers) will turn off a lights on the keyboard, including power indicators, hard drive access, media shortcuts, etc.

Give it a shot.

 

that makes sense, i was sitting in the dark and couldnt see what the function key did...thanks.

hopefully the cpu upgrade is that easy

 

Fn+F1 will do the trick

 

Is the backlight feature on the M-152XL too? Seems odd that it wouldnt be, the chasis is the same for the M6850. I cant get mine to light up, Fn+F1 is not working.

 

Hmm. I would think it would be the same across the board on all current generation M and P series. Thats weird.

 

A gateway tech gave me some driver to download and told me "guaranteed it will work" now im gunna go see if it is true.

im still waiting on the email tho...

 

The non-FX versions light up in blue. And normally it's Fn+F1, and it should work even without drivers because I don't have the drivers on mine (not available for XP)... Maybe he means a BIOS upgrade?

That said, mine's a 6831

 

dont know. he sent me a mother board driver tho. it didnt work.

he wants me to try a factory restore...otherwise i have to "Ship it in for service"...that means no notebook for weeks...

 

Try this link for the CPU Upgrade

I recently bought and installed a t9300 for my 6860FX. It was very easy to do.

 

just an update. upon further review it turns out those keys on the 6850 are not backlit like the 6860

 

I looked at that thread. i was looking for someone that had done it on the 68 50FX.

thanks anyway

 

if you have the same access panels on the 6850 as we do on the 6860, you should be able to upgrade the processor with ease. pop off 5 screws holding the conver over the cpu and memory sticks, remove the 5 heatpipe screws, turn the last screw to the left to unlock the cpu from the motherboard, and voila!

 

they are two different chassises so chances are the method will be very different.

 

well my M-152XL isnt backlit either, so i guess that makes sense. stupid rep told me that if i did a factory restore the backlit would work...so i did it. and it doesnt work, it never worked since i got it i tried to tell him. oh well i was looking to format soon anyway.

but http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...1205537513321&viewtype=Alternate View 1&h=387

it seems lit

 

Its the same method. I checked it out when I had my 6850fx.

And the keys on the 6850 are backlit. Well supposed to be lit, if they're not, then theres a defect.
EDIT: This may or may not be true. See below.

 

on mine it looks like there is no light behind them, they look like there is just the orange paint stuff like on the number keys. ill post a pic tonight

 

the lights on my power button and track pad are blue, unlike the orange on the 6860.

 

Hmm interesting. Maybe GW changed midyear or something to cut costs. I definitely know the one I had was backlit.

EDIT: I'm at Best Buy right now and the display model is not lit either. The buttons are painted with orange descriptors just as you said. Maybe I'm going crazy after all.

But the processor is just as easy to swap as on the 6860. Less than 10 screws and 10 minutes.