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    Numlock on 9300

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by gman, May 29, 2005.

  1. gman

    gman Notebook Enthusiast NBR Reviewer

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    I don't really know why the num lock on my 9300 doesn't seem to do anything. I thought pressing the num lock will enable me to use the blue number keys printed next to the normal letter keys. Can anyone give me some pointers? Thanks
     
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  2. lowlymarine

    lowlymarine Notebook Deity

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    I'm not sure if you've tried this, but did you try "[FN]+NumLock"? Even though the Number Lock has it's own key on my AVERATEC 3270, you still have to hold down the [FN] key and then press NumLock to turn it on.

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  3. Amber

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    I don't know why its like this, but you have to have num lock on, then you press fn + number. Its a mystery to me why its this way, but I think num lock is kinda useless since you still have to press fn key.


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    You need to change a setting in the system bios - on system boot up enter setup and scroll down til you find "numlock" make the change in there and save your settings then your numlock key can be used to toggle between the imbedded keypad and letters on those keys.




     
    cmptrcat, Jun 14, 2005
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  5. timak

    timak Notebook Consultant

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    I find the keypad on a laptop so different from a normal keypad, that I can't even use it. They are spaced at an angle and I never hit the correct button without looking anyway, so I just use the numbers above the letters if I have to use my keyboard on the laptop.

    I always wondered why they even bother, but I guess some people must use them...

    Tim


    Dell Inspiron 9300, Pentium M 1.86GHz, 1GB 533MHz DDR2, 256MB nVidia GeForce Go 6800, 17" LG WUXGA+, 60GB HDD (7200rpm), DVD+-RW
     
    timak, Jun 14, 2005
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