Illuminati​on LEDs on Satellite A505 don't work.

I have them set to be on in the BIOS and when I first boot up the computer, all of the multimedia lights, the satellite light, and touchpad light come on, but after I log on to my Windows 7 user account they go off. I thought it might have something to do with power settings but they are all maxed out. How can I get them to come back on?

look for HWsetup and see what the setting are in there.
-civicman4-
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