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    Fn key on 1420 not working/doing anything?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ViolentGreen, Jul 24, 2007.

  1. ViolentGreen

    ViolentGreen Notebook Consultant

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    I think there might already be a thread about this, but I wasn't able to find it anywhere...

    I'm presuming the little blue Fn key activates the little secondary commands on some of the keys, which are printed in the same blue. The one in particular I wanted to use was the increase/decrease brightness, but it doesn't seem to do anything when I do it. Is there something in particular I need to install, or to be running, for my Fn key to work? Could it be maybe I startup process I disabled?
     
    ViolentGreen, Jul 24, 2007
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  2. Dragoneye1589

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    Did you uninstall Dell Quickset? You might need that installed for the keys to work. I'm not sure though as I haven't gotten mine yet.
     
    Dragoneye1589, Jul 24, 2007
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  3. brianj320

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    i think you do need dell quickset installed to use the Fn functions.
     
    brianj320, Jul 24, 2007
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    Yeah, I'm pretty sure brianj320 is right.
     
    larson, Jul 24, 2007
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    i did a fresh install of vista on my 1420 without installing dell quickset, and the FN+brightness keys work fine for me.
     
    garsh0p, Jul 24, 2007
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    Yeah, no quickset and my fn key seems to be working just fine.
     
    crystalsunrise, Jul 24, 2007
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    I have *linux* and the buttons work fine...
     
    whistle, Jul 24, 2007
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    Ok, I said I wasn't sure, I haven't gotten mine yet.
     
    Dragoneye1589, Jul 25, 2007
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    without quickset fn still works with changing brightness, etc, but it won't work with the F# keys (sleeping, battery, CRT/LCD).
     
    mcchea, Jul 25, 2007
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    ah good to know. i havent tried anything without quickset running.
     
    brianj320, Jul 25, 2007
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    JacobMGross, Aug 3, 2007
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