Keyboard back light on MBP 13 (mid 2009) not working

Hey guys,
The keyboard back light on my MBP 13' (mid 2009) is not working does anyone have any idea how to fix that? First how do I find out if it's some misconfiguration I did or if it's really broken?

Reset you SMC:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
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The fans spin at speeds from 2000 RPM to 6000 RPM so that is within acceptable limits.
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