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    Hotkey Keyboard Color Change Trouble

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by austiwade912, Oct 29, 2012.

  1. austiwade912

    austiwade912 Newbie

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    Ok, earlier today I noticed that if I tried to change the color of the backlight under my keyboard on my Sager np9150, it wouldn't bring up the application that allows me to do so. So, i looked up other ways to access that application and i ran into a thread that said i could open it through the hotkey application. However, i could not open the hotkey program. I remember it having an icon in the system tray, so i looked at the icon and it had a red circle with a line through it on the icon as if it had a problem. As of now, i've tried to update my hotkey program from 6.0044 to 6.0045 and 6.0051 and i've done a system restore to before the issue occured. Neither of these have worked. Does anyone have any idea as to why this would happen and how i can fix it?
     
    austiwade912, Oct 29, 2012
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    littlecx Notebook Deity

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    you using win8?
     
    littlecx, Oct 30, 2012
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  3. austiwade912

    austiwade912 Newbie

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    No, im using windows 7 home premium.
     
    austiwade912, Oct 30, 2012
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    littlecx Notebook Deity

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    you can try 6.0069
     
    littlecx, Oct 30, 2012
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    austiwade912 Newbie

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    Could you please provide a link to a download for the version. I can't seem to find a link for it. Thank you.
     
    austiwade912, Oct 30, 2012
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    Srikar Notebook Evangelist

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    Only time I can't access it is if the computer blue screens and sometimes when booting up from that the program won't work. A simple restart fixes it for me. Your issue sounds odd. Sorry I can't help any, lol.
     
    Srikar, Oct 30, 2012
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    someone post on driver thread before
     
    littlecx, Oct 30, 2012
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    austiwade912 Newbie

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    Ok, so i updated to the 6.0069 driver and it still doesn't work. I honestly don't know why it won't work.
     
    austiwade912, Nov 1, 2012
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    sigbin Notebook Geek

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    Have you tried the Fn + Esc?
     
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    austiwade912 Newbie

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    That also doesn't work. I think it's a combination of both the hotkey application and the keyboard backlight application not working.
     
    austiwade912, Nov 3, 2012
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    vlps Notebook Enthusiast

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    guys I am having the same problem. How could I uninstall hotkey if it doesnt show up under my programs/files? It is under my documents file and most of my Fn shortcuts work but I cant access the color change program that I once could. please help
     
    vlps, Nov 15, 2012
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    aggie113 Notebook Guru

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    Nevermind... finally got it working with the latest version out there (6.00.45).
     
    aggie113, Dec 16, 2012
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    ChewyChewy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi Austiwade912,

    I used to have similar problems when I did a reformat of my laptop. And currently after upgrading to Win 8 also had problems with the latest drivers.
    I've fixed it though by first uninstalling the current version of Hotkey. As I can remember while on a Win 7 Ult, version 6.0045 worked well for me after which I installed new drivers to 6.0056 which was as good.

    After getting Win 8 I installed version 8.0071, not the best experience however. Went back to version 6.0056 which is my current version and works well with Win 8.
    I'd suggest you uninstall the current version of "Hotkey", restart your computer.
    Then go to this website (Clevo's) : CLEVO - Download
    And get either version 6.0045 or version 6.0056.

    Best of luck and hope it'll work for you.
     
    ChewyChewy, Dec 16, 2012
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    JumpFrog Newbie

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    I'm having the same problem, my keyboard is stuck on blue and Fn+/ doesn't work.

    I followed the link, except how do I know which driver is which? And what is the system (sager NP9140) on there??
     
    JumpFrog, Feb 3, 2013
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