GE60 FW Questions

Hi,
I bought a GE60 0ND which comes with win8, but I prefer to use win7 and downgraded it. It seems the NB works properly, except of the extra buttons which controlled by the FW.
Research the forum and find out both FW versions (win7/8) implicates pros and cons.
I prefer to use the win8 version because I won´t loose the brightness control. But I´m unsure which parts controlled  by the FW:
1. Do the FW affect the general purpose off the NB beside the extra buttons/brightness, for example the battery control?
2. With win8 FW and installed Sbar the front LED´s indicate that the shortcuts Fn + F8/F9 for Bluetooth and Wireless adapter working fine. I make a short connection test to an Bluetooth mobile phone and it seems it don´´t lost the connection even the LED is off. So the Shortcuts only handle the LED´s or even the hardware adapter (maybe it´s the kind of Bluetooth how it synchronise?)?
2.1 For that case the SBAR and the shortcuts only change the LED state, do it mean the hardware transmitter for Bluetooth and Wireless is always on, even I disable them in device manager?
Thanks in advance and sorry for the (bad ) english
MSI GE60-i760M245
Bios: E16GAIMS.513
FW: 16GAEMS1.505
Edit: corrected version of the insalled win8 FW

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