How to fix a non-working keyboard backlight (2008 Non-Unibody MacBook Pro)

I was having trouble with my 2008 Non-Unibody MacBook Pro's backlit keyboard. In spite of seeing the backlight bar go up and down, it would not light up.
I have solved the problem by replugging the power ribbon that connects to the backlight.
Here is a YouTube video I made that explains the procedure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuOsBJe8NbU
Hope it helps anybody!
Take care!

Same Problem here.
I have installed bootcamp. i played Crysis for over 5 hours. After that i went on OS X. For 2 hours just surfing the net.I opened handbrake and the macbook RUNS at 89 degrees Celsius. and the fans i could not hear them. maybe they are on 2000rpm. Thank god i realise it soon, and stop handbrake encoding.
After that i came here and read that others have the same problem. so i reset the SMC. after resseting SMC . the 1 time i opened handbrake the fans start rolling at 67 Celsius .I stopped the encoding and start it again after 5 minutes. AGAIN the macbook reach 89 degrees without the fans rolling from over 2000rpm.
Please apple fix it. We don't want our MBPs to be burned Please realise this problem and give us a fix.

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