Dell inspiron 17R SE-7720 Keyboard backlight.

Hi Sellika,

As you have mentioned that when you press fn+ f6 key on the keyboard and still the backlit keyboard is not working

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I also have 7720, when I run BacklitKB.exe it says "Unable to detect the backlight keyboard". Also, I don't have a light simbol on F6 key.

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Hi,

  I have the same laptop and the same problem. I can not turn the keyboard backlight on.

Hi Adiior,

The Inspiron 15R SE 7720 has a backlit keyboard; you can follow the steps below to switch on the backlit keyboard.

Press < Fn >< F6 > once to turn on the keyboard back light. Press < Fn >< F6 > second time to decrease the brightness of the keyboard back light and pressing < Fn >< F6 > for the third time turns off the keyboard back light. After doing the above steps and still the backlit keyboard is not on, please send me the system service tag through a private chat. So I can help you in further.

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i also do not have a back-lit keyboard

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Hi DELL-SENTHIL.. No backlight here either?

Hi SteelDemonuk,

If you have the same system (Inspiron 17R SE-7720) and the system was purchased with a backlit keyboard, try  pressing < Fn >< F6 > once to turn on the keyboard back light. Press < Fn >< F6 > second time to decrease the brightness of the keyboard back light and pressing < Fn >< F6 > for the third time turns off the keyboard back light.

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The blacklight doesn't work for me to. My laptop is 2 months old, and a couple of weeks ago it worked, but when yesterday I wanted to switch it on, nothing happened. So I pushed the key with the gears above the keyboard, and I tried to switch it there, but still nothing.

Any idea?

Thanks.

Hi kriptexxx,

Please share the exact system model and the operating system installed on your computer so that I can assist you further.

I have 7720 to, with win8-64

Hi kriptexxx,

Thank you for the response. Try the following key combination.

Press < Fn >< F6 > once to turn on the keyboard back light. Press < Fn >< F6 > second time to decrease the brightness of the keyboard back light and pressing < Fn >< F6 > for the third time turns off the keyboard back light.

Let me know if it helps.

I tried it for the first time

sorry, I should tell to you, but I thought its obvious(but I wrote, that I switched in the settings)

I've tried it both way, but it still doesn't work. There is something wrong.

I updated the driver(but maybe not the correct - the quickset app driver, couse I had not a better idea)

you do not have a backlit keyboard, just like the rest of us, you were conned buy their very badly worded description of what you were ordering