In USB area of BIOS (Maybe config, USB) Security permissions, you don't see keyboard illumination? Under UEFI USB, USB Always on, trackpoint, trackpad, FN key controls (few settings), then Keyboard Illumination Control? You did already try the FN keys I assume? If anyone has any input on this, I'd greatly appreciate it. What I'm thinking is all my laptop needs to get this keyboard to light up is the backlit bios code from the E480 patched into the E485 bios. This has lead me to believe that something in the laptops BIOS or UEFI prevents people from just installing a backlit E480 keyboard in an E485, others have confirmed this on other fourms site's I've seen thus far.
Unsurprisingly, the E480 keyboard I ordered fits in and works flawlessly, except the backlight won't work.
So I decided to pick up a ThinkPad E480 backlit keyboard off eBay to see if it'd just slot in and work. I did some more investigating and it turns out both motherboards are nearly identical and they have the same exact connectors for both keyboards. However, the Intel version of this ThinkPad (the E480) comes with a backlit keyboard. I've recently purchased a spec'd out ThinkPad E485 with an AMD Ryzen 2500U for my personal use, but one of my biggest gripes with this laptop is the fact that Lenovo chose not to provide an option to add a backlit keyboard to the laptop.
Intel Anti-Theft system lock -need to un. HP MCP61PM-HM (Nettle2) 5.27 With Unlock.
