Keys won't light up and strange noises!

Hi everyone,
I got my MacBook Air last October. A month or two ago i was getting a strange whirring noise much like a hard drive spooling up, and this was happening every time i used the computer. I thought that it had a solid state hard drive so i shouldn't hear this sort of noise at all? Anyway, just as i was about to book it in to go to the Apple Store and see someone about it, it stopped doing it. Two days ago it stared doing it again, and now my keys don't light up at all.
Anyone got any ideas?
thanks in advance!

Hi zarnd,
If you've confirmed that you have a SSD in your machine then you are correct, the SSD shouldn't make any noise. There are no moving parts inside the drive, so you won't hear whirring noises. The only whirring noise would be isolated to the single fan unit inside the machine.
When you go to enable the keyboard backlight, what exactly happens? If you go into System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse are you able to check the box that's marked: Illuminate keyboard in low light conditions.
I still think a GB appointment is in order for the machine, even to have them run some diagnostics.

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