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Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight

From "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus, alt.os.linux.ubuntu, comp.sys.laptops
Subject Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight
Date 2016-04-23 19:18 -0700
Organization albasani.net
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"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message 
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> Adam wrote:
>> "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> wrote in message 
>> news:571bca1c$0$5945$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
>>> Op 23-04-16 om 20:23 schreef Adam:
>>>> Is there a way to turn OFF keyboard backlight from BIOS ?
>>>>
>>> Isn't there a key combination?
>>
>> Yes, Fn+F3 acts like a dimmer.  But, as soon as the laptop reboots,
>> something automatically turns keyboard backlight back ON,
>> undoing my previous dimming.
>>
>
> On an entirely different laptop model, but
> with JX option, the behavior is both BIOS
> mediated and also mapped as an ACPI object
> (as ATKACPI has access to it). I expect in

Thanks, from the forum thread link you provided (below),
it sounds like the ATKACPI driver decides when
to turn ON keyboard backlight and TIMEOUT value.
There is no setting that the user can control.


> either case, each time the machine starts,
> it uses a BIOS code default, and doesn't
> "remember" the previous session. Check the
> release notes on support.asus.com for your
> model, and see if they made any behavior
> changes in a later release.
>
> https://rog.asus.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-37428.html
>
> The machine has plenty of storage possibilities,
> if they wanted to record the setting for next time.
>
>    Paul

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ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2016-04-23 11:23 -0700
  Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight jrg <connyank@cox.net> - 2016-04-23 11:39 -0700
    Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2016-04-23 11:53 -0700
      Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2016-04-23 15:37 -0400
        Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2016-04-23 18:09 -0700
          Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-04-24 01:40 +0000
            Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2016-04-23 19:31 -0700
              Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2016-04-24 00:33 -0400
                Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2016-04-23 21:59 -0700
                Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2016-04-24 01:38 -0400
                Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2016-04-23 23:13 -0700
                Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-04-25 22:48 +0000
                Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2016-04-25 17:19 -0700
                Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2016-04-25 20:33 -0400
                Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2016-04-25 20:51 -0400
                Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2016-04-25 18:26 -0700
                Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2016-04-25 20:49 -0400
                Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 16:04 +1200
                Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2016-04-27 08:14 +0200
          Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-24 08:08 -0400
            Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2016-04-24 06:31 -0700
  Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2016-04-23 21:16 +0200
    Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2016-04-23 18:12 -0700
      Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2016-04-23 21:40 -0400
        Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2016-04-23 19:18 -0700
  Re: ASUS N550JX - how to turn OFF keyboard backlight "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2016-04-24 19:37 +0200

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