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    Keyboard back light gone after Windows 8 upgrade

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by ARR53, Nov 5, 2012.

  1. ARR53

    ARR53 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, since I upgraded to 8 the back lit keyboard has not been working. The hot keys to control it do nothing. Is there a driver for windows 8 I need to download?
     
    ARR53, Nov 5, 2012
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    gwfreak01 Notebook Guru

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    When trying to install that driver, I get an error:
    Any ideas?
     
    ARR53, Nov 7, 2012
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    Did you extract the file or just try to run it from within the zip?
     
    HTWingNut, Nov 7, 2012
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    I extracted it first.
    I also downloaded another driver from the sager website, and it installed fine.
     
    ARR53, Nov 7, 2012
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    You will have to use the Windows 7 Hotkey dr iver then.
     
    gwfreak01, Nov 8, 2012
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    I manually uninstalled the old drivers from control panel, then tried installation again. That did the trick and now ive got my back lit keyboard again. Thanks for the help
     
    ARR53, Nov 8, 2012
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    Prostar Computer, Nov 8, 2012
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