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    VGN-AR830E FN Keys!!??

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Dethryn, Aug 20, 2008.

  1. Dethryn

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    Hello guys... on a VGN-AR830E, none of the steps provided for function key repair work, I spent 3 days reading all the posts I could find about laptop function key problems

    I have reinstalled the computer from Vista Home (it comes stock with that) to Vista Ultimate 64bit, and none of my function keys are working

    I tried to install Ultimate 32bit, and try to run the tools as well as use the recovery CD to install the stock drivers, the function keys do not work on 32bit nor 64bit

    I want to run a 64 bit Vista Ultimate, but i cannot seem to get the function drivers to work... It's really weird, I have installed all kinds of sony programs such as VAIO event service 3.3, VAIO control center 2.1, Sony Shared Library 4.1, Sony Video shared library 3.3, and it still wont work

    I would really appreciate some help with this, its a newer laptop recently came out so not many forums are specifically about this laptop, but mainly about all other sony users who experiance the same issues... I have followed those forums and none of those fixes seem to apply to this one, it just wouldnt work (I tried it on both 32 and 64 bit ultimate vista clean installs) I want to make it work on 64 bit, I Was only trying to see if maybe it would work on 32 and just wont on 64, but it doesnt seem to work on either so im assuming something is different on this model.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated guys...
    -Mike
     
    Dethryn, Aug 20, 2008
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