MBP 17" 2010 - F5/6 Keyboard Backlight Buttons Not Working

[harrisxml]

My F5/6 keyboard back-light buttons have always worked. I tried pressing them today and they no longer allow me to adjust the keyboard back-light brightness.

Here's the image I get when i hit one of those buttons:
http://twitpic.com/2uojmf

Please don't tell me to cover the light sensor, I've tried it and it does not reactivate the buttons. I've even gone into a closed, no window, bathroom in the pitch black and the buttons still don't work.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Did you restart your Mac yet? Do the keys work in another, even temporarily created, user account?
Have you tried an SMC reset yet?
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

 

[harrisxml]

Yes, I restarted. Trying the user account thing.

 

[harrisxml]

The user account thing didn't work either. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

 

[harrisxml]

Does anyone else have any ideas?

 

[MacBookPr0]

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Something is broken call apple care

 

[MacBookPr0]

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It just means the computer thinks it's bright enough to not need te keyboar backlight. Just cover the area around the cam with your thumb and try it

 

[Icy1007]

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It just means the computer thinks it's bright enough to not need te keyboar backlight. Just cover the area around the cam with your thumb and try it

^this. Computer thinks its too bright to enable the keyboard backlight.