ThinkPad L530 Keyboard problem

Hello, I have a ThinkPad L530 and I am experiencing an issue of not being able to turn on the keyboard backlight. I am aware that some models are not supporting this feature, but I think that mine did come with the feature because of the icon on the spacebar. The function key shortcuts all work, except for the fn+space (keyboard backlight) one. Is it possible that this is due old drivers? Below you can see my keyboard and the backlight icon on the spacebar. Any help is much appreciated.

Quoted from page 47 of the L530 Hardware Maintenance Manual:
Fn+Spacebar is not supported on your computer.
Note: Though your keyboard comes with a ThinkLight icon on the spacebar, the ThinkLight
function is not supported on ThinkPad L430 and L530 models.
My L530 also has that icon on the space bar, but no backlight either. So I believe the manual is right

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