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    ELITEBOOK 8570w

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by corey8570, Apr 17, 2017.

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    corey8570 Newbie

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    I JUST BOUGHT A SECOND HAND ELITEBOOK 8570w AND I WAS WONDERING CAN I SWAP A NON BACK LIT KEYBOARD WITH A BACK LIT ONE AND HAVE IT FUNCTION PROPERLY WITH NO OTHER MODIFICATION
     
    corey8570, Apr 17, 2017
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    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    Yes. It should have a working caps lock key too.
     
    KLF, Apr 18, 2017
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    woops my bad haha i was working on something and i needed caps lock on and then i was curious about the back lit keyboards is there anything programming wise i need to know?
     
    corey8570, Apr 18, 2017
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    Jarhead 恋の♡アカサタナ

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    It should also have functioning period and comma keys ;)

    More seriously, it should just be plug-and-play.
     
    Jarhead, Apr 19, 2017
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    As far as I know you don't have to do anything in windows. In bios there should be couple settings such as backlight off timeout or always on.
     
    KLF, Apr 20, 2017
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