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    How do I remap keys on my studio 15?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ERosov, Oct 28, 2009.

  1. ERosov

    ERosov Notebook Guru

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    Specifically the F-keys.

    currently the dominant functions of f1-5, and 7-12 are:
    screenswitch, wireless, battery, brightness down, brighness up, mute, volume up, volume down, rewind, play/pause, and fast forward.

    This means any time I want to use one of these F-keys i have to press function...it also means that when I'm playing wow if my hand slips while hitting the 2 key I end up disconnecting my self from the game (internet off!) UNACCEPTABLE!

    So yeh, how can I fix this?
     
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  2. Lomaster

    Lomaster Notebook Geek

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    Normally I wouldn't bother about this but my wife has a Studio 15 and when I "fix" her PC this thing drives me nuts.

    I did a bit of googling about this and it looks like there's a switch in BIOS to lock the F keys. Have a go and see if that works. I'll check it on my wifey's laptop later if I don't forget.

    Here's a ref link
    http://en.community.dell.com/forums/t/19283278.aspx
     
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  3. hdplus

    hdplus Notebook Consultant

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    ya its a simple bios switch , and yes its true pressing fn to use function keys is crazy - especially if you are doing development, since most of the times debug (step over, step into , etc) are all function keys .. and its a pain to have to press fn. thats the first thing i would like to do for every dell studio thats shipped, it should come with that as default, and not like the way it is now.
     
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  4. ERosov

    ERosov Notebook Guru

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    link is dead, but it took all of 30seconds for me to find and switch the bios setting :)

    Thanks.
     
    ERosov, Oct 28, 2009
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