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To enable It on a dell inspiron 15 series series im guessing you need to hold FN and click F10 at the same time. Thank you! I am a bit too sleep deprived to think or read a manual, so you saved me much befuddlement, IntoWindows. It actually depends on your Dell notebook model. Mayur Agarwal is the founder and editor-in-chief of WebTrickz. Note: While pressing Fn or Alt, hit the F10 key 3 times to toggle between off, medium lit and fully lit. Note : This only works if you have purchased the optional backlit keyboard while ordering.

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The lighting modes are full keyboard, half keyboard and off. With the same hotkey, you can toggle between the three lighting states in the given order. You can see all symbols illuminating on the keys. Instead, you need to manually enable the backlit keyboard if you have it on your device. Sign up to ask a question now.But unlike Apple MacBook Pro, there is no sensor which can automatically turn on the backlit keyboard in dim light.

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Re: How to keep keyboard backlight on on Inspiron 15 Mark Hooks 1 Copper. How to keep keyboard backlight on on Inspiron 15 How do you keep the backlit keyboard on on this thing?ДЄll forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic.

Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Please fix this as you can't see the keys without it. Mine quite working with the last BIOS update. I tried this and there is no backlight setting in the BIOS. I see that it says backlit keyboard on the main page. You may change your mind on that when you look at them in the dark after your eyes have adjusted, but whatever works for you! Any idea where the ' somewhere in there' would be? I can't find it. On my laptop, I allow the backlight to power off after I think 20 seconds, and if I need to wake it back up, I do so by pressing something like the Left Ctrl key since it's easy to find by feel very lower left corner of the keyboard and there are very few applications where pressing that key by itself triggers any action.

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However, keeping the backlight permanently on assuming that's even an option will reduce your battery life and may be a distraction if you're trying to watch a movie in the dark or something. Hi, Apart from the general advice of 'press the backlit keyboard key' I cannot find any help on what might be stopping my keyboard backlight from working.Press F2 while the system is booting in order to enter the BIOS Setup, and somewhere in there you should see a section for Keyboard Illumination that will allow you to customize brightness and the timeout value. Inspiron 15 - Backlit keyboard not working. But if you have not taken apart computers, the final part of the process with the cables seems quite delicate. It didn't look right Luckily I'd had previous experience of taking computers apart, so this wasn't too diificult for me. Read a while back while searching general back lit keyboard issues, that the keyboard power ribbon cable may not be plugged in dont know why!! Finally had the time to open it up to find it was not f-in plugged in the first place!!!!!!!!!!!! After help from the help desk, with their agreement i.Д«oth cables were connected, but the smaller cable had an extra twist in it. Some models use the Fn key and another key to change it. My system uses the F6 button to turn the brightness to bright, dim or off.

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Under Applicationsdownload and install Dell QuickSet. Look and see if your system has a backlit keyboard. Go to Dell Warranty Status enter your service tag, then click on original configuration. Your first thread was for model 15R SE You now post saying you have a 15 I have read that this model does not have a backlit keyboard. How do I resolve this, how do I raise a support ticket with Dell? How to Enable Your Keyboard Backlight in Windows 10Д«een trying to find a way to contact Dell support for over an hour now. Apart from the general advice of 'press the backlit keyboard key' I cannot find any help on what might be stopping my keyboard backlight from working.