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    Fn button is unresponsive

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by rikkitikkitavi89, Nov 9, 2005.

  1. rikkitikkitavi89

    rikkitikkitavi89 Notebook Geek

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    Hey everyone

    For some odd reason, when I try to use the Fn button (along with F3 or F4) to adjust the volume on my laptop, it won't work! Is the Fn key busted? I didn't break it, I hope...! Is there a setting I can check or something, because I am no longer to adjust the volume on this thing.

    Thanks
     
    rikkitikkitavi89, Nov 9, 2005
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  2. Surrey-OC3

    Surrey-OC3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    There are drivers on the Sony site that install a service which
    allows the fn key to work. For my laptop it's under..

    Notebook Control and Utilities
    At
    http://esupport.sony.com/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=VGNFS620&UpdateType=Original

    Good Luck !!

    SD



     
    Surrey-OC3, Nov 11, 2005
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  3. rikkitikkitavi89

    rikkitikkitavi89 Notebook Geek

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    Thank you... all it needed was a simple restart. Why didn't I think of that before? I turned off my computer, and the next time I turned it back on, it worked fine.
     
    rikkitikkitavi89, Nov 11, 2005
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  4. Surrey-OC3

    Surrey-OC3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The magical reboot, glad you got it working..

    SD

     
    Surrey-OC3, Nov 13, 2005
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  5. davez82

    davez82 Notebook Consultant

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    yah vaio fn keys are quirky, well any laptops for that matter, *sigh wheres the analog when you need it.
     
    davez82, Nov 16, 2005
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  6. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    That is the best button every put on a Windows machine...the power button. :p
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Nov 16, 2005
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