Toshiba Hwsetup
Derrick Drescher
Knowing how to fix things on your own is an invaluable skill for a business owner, especially when dealing with computers and technology. BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output system and is the firmware used to configure various hardware-related options. Having access to the BIOS means you can change things as simple as boot priority, or as complex as RAM timings and voltage. First you have to get into the BIOS, which is easier than you might think.
Click the Start button, then "All Programs," "Toshiba" and "HWSetup" if all else fails. Alternatively, search for "hwsetup" using the search box in the Start menu. The utility gives you access to basic BIOS settings, but you must restart the laptop before they take effect.
Cee Jay began writing professionally in 2009 with work appearing on various websites. She has been repairing computers since 2000 and focuses on topics related to PC support/repair. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Franklin University and also studied advanced language arts at the Center for Arts and Sciences.
such a great help..I followed your instructions however, my M300 dont have an illumination tab. My led lights for the Windows Media player is off and I want to turn it on, dont know how to do that.Help. Thanks'
Dear Santoso,
I just changed my OS from Win7 Home premium 64bit to Win7 Enterprise 32bit. I already reinstall all the drivers and my laptop (Toshiba Satellite A660) can run as before i change the OS. But the only problem i'm facing now is there is no 'Illumination' in the Toshiba HW Setup dialog box and all the LEDs is off now. My question, what the driver should i install to have the 'Illumination' back. sometime i like to see all the light on...as you said like a carnival :). Thank a lot in advance for your help.
I'm having the same problem and Edi Carlos, I have an A665 and when to turn off the lighting was so pressing a button above the keyboard (stands between wireless and play / pause) I do not know what I did it not work anymore.
fn + z also did not change anything.
I hope to answer, if not I'll have to format .. hehe
Your advice works fine (thank you very much) but I still hava a question... just to be sure.
When I turn my A500-18Q off everything works perfect but the two front leds (battery and power) remain on. Is this ok and if not, there is a possibility to turn these leds off?. As I said... just to be sure ;-)
For anyone that is having this issue and doesn't have the illumination tab in HWSetup, restart your laptop and hit F2 when it is starting up to go into the BIOS Menu. Navigate to power options, go to LED Illumination and hit F5 to turn it off. Save and exit. (F10)
I too haven't got an illumination tab in the HWSetup program (Satellite P750, replaces the A### series).
The BIOS trick successfully turns off the function/touch strip lights above the keyboard until the Windows login screen is presented. After that the leds turn back on and need to be disengaged again in BIOS.
As of right now the only way of having the lights off in Windows seems to be in ECO mode but that disables keyboard backlighting too.
Comparing another Satellite notebook, there is no LED illumination setting available under the "TOSHIBA Power Saver Settings" area of the Windows 7 advanced power plan settings.
Has anyone had the same problem and found a workaround? As I regularly use the notebook in a dark setting having the function/touch strip lights turned off is preferred.
It seems that the newer Toshiba laptops do not have a separate control for the LED illumination, other than the temporary setting in Bios (F2).
The only way I can turn off the LED illumination above the keyboard and below the screen is to use Fn+Z method whish also turns off the keyboard backlight.
If You have a toshiba notebook and want to have your illumination settings in HWSetup survive a reboot in Win 7, make sure you change the LED Illumination control in Advanced settings in Power options in your Win 7 Power Plan. (In Win 7 Control Panel). Hope this helps.
In response to SummitWeek, post of 2/1/12. I followed your instructions to alter the Illumination settings in BIOS (F2).
It worked great. However, the Toshiba button to turn the illumination off/on still doesn't work but that is okay because I never turned it off before. Thanks! PS- over the past week I have spent several hours trying to find some help Glad I finally found this info. thanks again!
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The on off button to led illumination toshiba satellite a665-s6086
is the icon between the wifi signal and play/pause icons on keyboard
AGAIN THIS WAS HARD TO FIND WITHOUT MATHEUS HELP: Led Illumination on off button is on the keyboard at top and looks like an arrow pointing up and to the right in a square box.