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    Keyboard and front lights stopped working

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by AndrewBot88, Jan 10, 2012.

  1. AndrewBot88

    AndrewBot88 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Exactly what the title says. I brought my almost brand new (got it for christmas) m14x into school to do work and such on it. After school I had a club, where the lights were working just fine. The battery got pretty low, but it never shut itself off because of the battery level. So I get home and place it on the charger almost immediately, and let it sit for a little while. Then, when I open it up, the only lights working were the alien head on the keyboard, wifi and caps lock indicators, and trackpad surround. The keyboard and front lights are completely dark. I've tried going into Alien FX, restarting the computer, and I'm currently running a virus scan (though I doubt it's that). Other than that, it has been and seems to be working just fine.

    Anybody have any idea as to what might have caused this? I'd really like to get the lights back.

    EDIT: It had apparently put "Go dark" mode on. Just had to disable that to get the lights back.
     
    AndrewBot88, Jan 10, 2012
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