My keyboard doesn't light up anymore.

Don't know if it is a setting that got turned off or if I need to get it fixed. Please help.

Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
If this does not help, take the computer to the Apple store to have it checked out.
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The only lights that work are the wifi button and the mute button.
Please help, I dont want to have to ship this away because it is the only computer I have and I need it for college.

Hi,
HP ENVY TS 15 is a series of many models/products, what is yours ? Please use instructions from the following link to find out:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00033108
Regards.
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Pushkin,
I found that if I turn on FileVault my keyboard backlight doesn't come on at initial Login screen from boot. Nor can I adjust the brightness of my screen or keyboard backlit. The moment I turn off FileVault I can then adjust those things and everything works fine.
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Also pressing the keys to enhance lighting nothing happens ...
anyone can help me to bring back my keyboard light even when the screen log in?
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Hello fabrizio888,
After reviewing your post, I have located an article that can help with system issues. You may want to consider a PRAM reset which may address the keyboard lighting issue you've described:
OS X Yosemite: Reset your computer’s PRAM
If your Mac doesn’t seem to be remembering your speaker volume, display resolution, or the disk it should be using during startup, you may need to reset your computer’s PRAM.
Resetting PRAM may change some system settings and preferences. Use System Preferences to restore your settings.
Important: To print these instructions, click the Share button in the Help window, then choose Print.
Choose Apple menu > Shut Down.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Option, Command (⌘), P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on your Mac.
Immediately press and hold the Option-Command-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Continue holding the keys down until your Mac restarts, and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
After resetting your computer’s PRAM, you may need to update your speaker volume, display resolution, and startup disk preferences. For more information about PRAM, see the Apple Support article About NVRAM and PRAM.
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
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Is there a solution for this? TIA
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i think you'll find its just a backlight is broken. the only real way to fix that is to replace the keyboard..
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I finally purchased a new mac book for my birthday a few months ago in May of 2013.
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Morning pimpahrella,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
The keyboard backlight appears to behave incorrectly (on Mac computers that have this feature).
For more information on this, take a look at this article:
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
Best of luck,
Mario

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Is the ext HD a powered drive (needs AC power to run) or portable? (smaller, doesn't need to be plugged in to AC)
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