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[Fixed] No LED light on Logitech K750 Keyboard

K750 charging under a lamp

tl;dr: Use a combination of a bright light and the reset technique (off ? CAPSLOCK + some keys ? on)

Background

A few years ago while on holiday in sunny SC — a lovely place to visit, incidentally — I took the opportunity to purchase a Logitech K750 keyboard. The K750 was is a ‘solar’ keyboard- no changeable batteries, only solar cells to power it. I had been frustrated by other keyboards which needed battery changes timetabled in accordance with Sod’s Law.

They keyboard got passed on to my folks and all was well. However, since my dad passed away my mum has not used the computer as much, and so the lights in that room haven’t been on. When I went to use the computer there recently the keyboard was completely dead. Not even the red ‘sad face’ LED would light even if held close to a light source, which would normally elicit some response.

Leaving the keyboard in a decent amount of ambient light for a few days seemed to do very little to help.

Revivifying a K750

Enter Nut and his Tech, wherein they describe the reset procedure:

1. Turn off the keyboard.
2. While holding onto CAPS lock, keep pressing a few keys for the next 5 or more seconds.
3. Turn on the keyboard.

I did the above and held the K750 very close to a fairly bright bulb, and the LEDs sprang to life!

First the green happy face when still next to the light, then the red unhappy face when I took it out of full illumination.

So it works, for now. I was even able to type from the next room over where it sits charging beneath a mini anglepoise-type lamp.

8 thoughts on “[Fixed] No LED light on Logitech K750 Keyboard”

  1. This keyboard does have a battery. The battery gets charged by the solar cells, either by sunlight, ceiling light, lamp etc. It’s the battery that powers the keyboard, not the cells.

    The battery is difficult to discover. It’s in a small pull out tray on the back in the middle of the keyboard.

    It’s also difficult to remove. You”ll need a thin blade or screwdriver to pry it open. The tray is held in by two little clips or “wings”. You may end up scratching the surface so be gentle.

    Once removed, you can replace the battery. Peel off the warning label. The battery is a Maxwell ML2032. Very difficult to find at retail stores, even specialist battery places. But I found a seller on eBay for about $10.

    Make sure you put the battery back in the right way. Otherwise the keyboard won’t power on.

    Finally, there are plenty of YouTube videos on how to pull out the battery and close up pictures of the battery itself.

    Hope this helps.

  2. Cheers Jim, you’re right. As Costa K says they need an ML2032 cell. It’s similar to the ubiquitous CR2032, but it’s rechargable and less common.

    I’ve also seen them listed on eBay too. I’d love to find a local seller that avoids both though! Thankfully my K750 is still going strong on its original battery.

    Cheers

  3. Same issue, ordered battery replacement, but didn’t help and saw this and tried but didn’t help either (until I read another site about flipping battery over). Your tip and putting the battery in the right way (opposite of the way you’d think it’d go in) solved the problem and it works again.

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