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PaulWW

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Any fellow owners here?

I have just taken delivery of the i7 version, mighty impressed EXCEPT the darn keyboard backlighting which turns off adter 30 dsecs of inactivity.

Any idea how one can set this?
 
RedViking said:
Okay. Check in BIOS. Might be a timeout setting. Biios is like any other settings, just simple graphics.
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Cool thanks, on the brink of taking this darn thing back BUT am away from home base till early Nov.
 
PaulWW said:
Cool thanks, on the brink of taking this darn thing back BUT am away from home base till early Nov.
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Aspire 5 A515 - 52G Disable keyboard backlight timeout? - Acer Community

Hi,I can't find the setting to disable the timeout for the keyboard backlight.How do I do that? Have the Aspire 5 A515 - 52G - ... with Windows 10 and can't find the setting or shortcut to let the backlight stay on.
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Not sure if your model is supported, but worth checking in your bios before trying to install anything.

Do you know how to access the bios?
 
What stops you from just touching a key? 30 seconds is a long time to be inactive.

Even on while reading something I'm contrantly moving around the page or switching tabs.
 
The_Ogre said:
What stops you from just touching a key? 30 seconds is a long time to be inactive.

Even on while reading something I'm contrantly moving around the page or switching tabs.
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Easy indeed, BUT not very practical in real life terms. Invariably the key you touch is not the key you need, so you have to undo that key entry to continue
 
I have checked in on the Acer members forum and it seems to be a rather wider issue that just me
 
PaulWW said:
Easy indeed, BUT not very practical in real life terms. Invariably the key you touch is not the key you need, so you have to undo that key entry to continue
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maybe just hit CTRL ?

Anyways I got used to my dell backlight fading on battery. Think it is 15 seconds. But my palm usually touches the track pad which brings it back to life when I need to type.
 
Sell the laptop and buy a more stable and reliable brand
 
Have you tried this from reddit? Might be worth a shot or even using the nitrosense app if you already have the newest bios:

Hello everyone! I have finally figured out how to turn the back-lighting on my keyboard permanently on while the laptop is powered on! I have an Acer Nitro 5 AN515-53 and the way I did it is as follows:
  1. Press F2 button (some say the delete button works too, it didn't for me) on startup to go into the bios screen.
  2. Using the arrow keys, go to the MAIN tab
  3. Scroll down to Keyboard Lighting Timeout
  4. Tap Enter
  5. Select [Disable]
  6. No more back-light going off on your keyboard while the laptop is on!
Hope this helps everyone else. :)
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I have actually asked Computer Mania (whom I bought this beast from) if they can source me a black keyboard. This should solve my problems as it appears that the silver keys with the white backlit letters/numbers are rather difficult to see in certain light conditions, so the contrast with black keys should solve the issue.
 
PaulWW said:
I have actually asked Computer Mania (whom I bought this beast from) if they can source me a black keyboard. This should solve my problems as it appears that the silver keys with the white backlit letters/numbers are rather difficult to see in certain light conditions, so the contrast with black keys should solve the issue.
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Yes, silver/white is horrible. Makes sense why you so frustrated
 
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