That's correct and when I hit those keys it doesn't say or do anything.
On 2011-07-24, at 8:23 PM, Zachary Kline wrote:

> Hi,
> My guess is that you have your keyboard set to use the function keys for 
> software functions.  You need to use fn-f5 and f6 in this case.  
> Hope this helps,
> Zack.
> On Jul 24, 2011, at 5:20 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> When i hit f5 and f6 it bonks at me. So not sure why.
>> On 2011-07-24, at 6:22 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi! Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I've already confirmed more 
>>> than once that my keyboard's backlight is
>>> completely turned off. I have light perception, and am about 95 percent 
>>> definite that the backlight is not glowing at all.
>>> Same with the screen. I keep brightness at 0 and also enable the screen 
>>> curtain.
>>> It's an excellent suggestion, though, and I hope it helps someone.
>>> Missy
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] 
>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of M. Taylor
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 5:49 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: IMPORTANT: To MacBook Pro Lion Users
>>> 
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>> 
>>> After posting my last message to the list regarding the increase in heat
>>> generated on my MBP since installing Lion and the definite lessening of
>>> battery life, I took a closer look at my MBP and discovered what I hope will
>>> prove to be useful to you.
>>> 
>>> F Y I:  Until yesterday, I was running Lion on an external FireWire drive
>>> and did not notice the increase in heat since the computer is always sitting
>>> on my desk when running Lion.  Additionally, when I have the FireWire
>>> connected, I also have the power cable connected.
>>> 
>>> Anyway, and I have confirmed this twice on my MBP and I called a friend who
>>> installed Lion this morning and she confirmed the same, said same being:
>>> The backlight on the MBP keyboard is set to on when Lion is first installed.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Now I want to be clear, I keep my keyboard backlight off and so it was when
>>> I upgraded to Lion.  However, when I looked closely at my keyboard, today, I
>>> discovered that while it was dimmed, it was not set as it had been before
>>> the upgrade.
>>> 
>>> After I turn the backlight off/or to its lowest setting, the increase in
>>> heat went away.
>>> 
>>> So, I recommend that those of you noticing a change in heat/battery drain
>>> confirm that your MBP keyboard backlights are set as they were before
>>> upgrading/installing Lion.
>>> 
>>> F5 and F6 decrease and increase keyboard backlight, respectively.
>>> 
>>> Mark
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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