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    FN keys don't work after downgrade to XP Pro SP2

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by rmountain, Jun 15, 2008.

  1. rmountain

    rmountain Newbie

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    I put XP Pro SP2 on my Toshiba A215-S5837 and have found most drivers, but I can't get the FN key to work. Therefore I can not adjust screen brightness, and probably other things I haven't tried yet. I have everything else working, as far as I know. Any ideas where to get fn esse, or whatever I need to make this work? Any other suggestions about drivers I may have missed - device manager is clean of unknowns (yellow colors).

    Thanks
     
    rmountain, Jun 15, 2008
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  2. TonyZ

    TonyZ Notebook Evangelist

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    Look in my sig for the official toshiba drivers page, choose XP under OS.
     
    TonyZ, Jun 15, 2008
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  3. rmountain

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    Thanks Tony. I downloaded the Hot Keys for XP, but it says it can not be installed. I searched using "fn" and Hot Keys was the only thing that came up. I will keep searching for some way to change screen brightness.

    Thanks.
     
    rmountain, Jun 15, 2008
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    allan_huang Notebook Deity

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    You can change the brightness via the Toshiba Power Saver if you have installed it.
     
    allan_huang, Jun 16, 2008
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    I am installing it now. Thanks for the help
     
    rmountain, Jun 17, 2008
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    rmountain Newbie

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    I would have installed it, but I keep getting fatal errors. So far I have no way to install power saver. I would love to get the function keys back, so I can control all of the other things. I hate the thought of going back to vista just to get the function keys back. Any other ideas?
     
    rmountain, Jun 17, 2008
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    SHAWNEEK Notebook Enthusiast

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    Look for the Sat Pro drivers under
    support.toshiba.com (US)
    Browse to Sat Pro and pick the A210-EZ2202X
     
    SHAWNEEK, Jun 23, 2008
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    lrkrjo Newbie

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    It took me several months to find a solution to this problem with the function keys on my TOSHIBA Satellite Pro A200 PSAE1E-00N002EN. I expect the solution is the same for all Toshiba notebooks. A BIOS UPDATE is required.

    You have to update the BIOS to a version optimised for XP. As supplied, the BIOS is a version optimised for VISTA which is why function keys do not work perfectly (and I also had intermittent problems with the microphone being recognised).

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    Visit the Toshiba website:
    http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com
    Select Download Drivers
    23/10/07 (XP) version 5.20-WIN (worldwide)
     
    lrkrjo, Aug 10, 2008
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