Satellite A300-1HV: light button does not work

Hi guys,.

I recently bought a Satellite A300-1HV, and while that in the store, the salesman showed me it was possible to turn off the light behind the function/media at the top of the keyboard buttons. It seems to do by simply pressing the first button (the mute button).

When I got home I tried several times, and he did in fact machine do what I expected (i.e. off lighting). The manual describes the first button under the button "Mute or LED power. Later that night, I tried the button again once, but this time it acted as a mute button and either turns off the lighting. In addition, the second button (CD/DVD) no longer seems to work at all, although it lights up when you press.

I tried the Toshiba Assist software and am able to manually turn off the lighting, but the 'Toshiba button Support' seems to have no effect on buttons. I guess this would allow me to set up manually a program runs when I press one of two buttons, but no matter what I ask it to run, it does nothing.

It's as if there is a piece of software that should be run, leading the keys, that I do not have (or at least no longer have).

Any ideas?

Hello

You can enable this back in the BIOS.
You can access this menu by pressing the F2 key when turned on the machine.

Select the Advanced section and turn on LED lighting.

See you soon

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