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    Weird backlighting color issue

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by crosslimit, Oct 19, 2012.

  1. crosslimit

    crosslimit Notebook Evangelist

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    yesterday i experienced a weird problem with my backlighting on the stock keyboard. some colors dont work. like when i choose red, the lights just go black, when i choose yellow the keyboard turns green and when i change the color to white the keyboard turns turqouise. also purple just stays blue... has anyone ever experienced this.

    So far i have updated the hotkey software to 6.0.0.62 or something but it didnt fix anything.

    could this be hardware related?
     
    crosslimit, Oct 19, 2012
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  2. Kevinmcg

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    Sounds like an RMA to me. Good thing you aren't epileptic.
     
    Kevinmcg, Oct 19, 2012
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  3. MrDJ

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    you could try reloading the driver from the disk you should have received with the lappy.
     
    MrDJ, Oct 19, 2012
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  4. crosslimit

    crosslimit Notebook Evangelist

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    no it doesnt change colors all the time, only when I manually change the colors, some arent right and red doesnt work at all
     
    crosslimit, Oct 19, 2012
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    so a driver update might rectify the problem. if not rma it back to pcs
     
    MrDJ, Oct 19, 2012
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  6. crosslimit

    crosslimit Notebook Evangelist

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    Well since I mostly have the backlight off, or on blue it doesnt bug me so much and definitly wouldnt justify me shipping my laptop to england( I live in switzerland) and paying for that plus not having a gaming machine for that time. I just wanted to know if anyone else has ever experienced this problem and could help me somehow....

    I've tried reinstalling drivers but that didnt work...
     
    crosslimit, Oct 19, 2012
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    If you're confident doing it you could try reseating the keyboard connector, might be a connection issue.
     
    theriko, Oct 20, 2012
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  8. crosslimit

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    I might try that if i feel like red... difinitly much better than an RMA.
    Are there any instructions for doing this?
     
    crosslimit, Oct 20, 2012
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