keyboard lights won't work

that didn't work. 😟

there was one thing i noticed while i was checking the innards though; just to the left of where the RAM is installed is a tiny bit of plastic that juts out from the underside of where everything is (in this orientation). it looks like it should connect to a tiny piece of plastic, but i wasn't feeling brave enough to really try and wedge it in.

could that be something to do with the keyboard lighting? could i have knocked it off?

http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/FkpKKrqQlYsgNBq6.huge

it's to the left of the ram, beside a screw. there's a black rectangle, and then below it is a little strip, and then white.

this is definitely not attached in my mbp.

i guess i'll have to open it up once more.

it's not the big one. it's a teeny, tiny one. i'll try and describe it as best i can.

it's on the bottom row, right before the battery.

in the picture, at the far left, there's a sort of teal-coloured square.

to the right of that is a long rectangular-shaped connector.

and then, finally, exactly to the right of that is my connector in question.

i just tried to reconnect it myself, to no avail. i couldn't seem to get it in the whole way.

i'm currently located in south korea, and there's a big public holiday coming next week, so getting to a repair place might be difficult.

can anyone offer any insight? is this the culprit? it's the only logical reason i can see... it was completely loose after all!

ps, thank murat for your help!

i don't think that worked...

darn!

it'll be long and dim week before i can go get it looked at x_x

Message was edited by: qtrules

okay! 🙂

i have all night 😉

haha.

sadly... no success 😟

i followed the instructions exactly; restarting and all. no luck. i did hold the buttons though... is it supposed to be a hold, or a quick "hit"?

i saw your post about a better look, so i opened the back again and took a better picture.

http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd457/jakemoney/IMG4175.jpg?t=1284811603

you can see the connector just below. i tried, again, to make it go in. it fits, but i can't get it to stay. that must be the job of a professional. i can't do anymore now - i'm too involved, and i'm worried i may break more than just some stupid backlighting on my keyboard.

in other news: iphoto does open a lot faster now!

thanks again.

i'm 99.9% sure that it slides into the black square you see just underneath it.

i've attempted to slide it in, and had some success. but it's doesn't stay. it just sort of... slides out. i can't get enough leverage underneath it to get it inside properly. but then again... i'm not even sure if it's supposed to go inside x_x

is the backlighting for the keyboard the same as the lighting for the apple logo? because the logo lights up fine.