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    help! vista, sz230, and FN-F1 keypress

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by GaryD9, Mar 17, 2007.

  1. GaryD9

    GaryD9 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Doing a clean install of vista ultimate on my SZ230, and I seem to have everything (I care about) working EXCEPT for one thing:

    I can't seem to get the function key for FN-F1 to work. The FN-F2 (mute) works, as does the volume(f3,f4). The brightness (F5/6) reacts, but doesn't do anything (which is fine for me.)

    However, I OFTEN use the FN-F1 combination to turn bluetooth on/off (or to turn the wifi on/off while using only BT)

    I've gone so far as to start installing several un-related utils to see if it does the trick, but no luck so far.

    Any suggestions?
     
    GaryD9, Mar 17, 2007
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  2. sylonien

    sylonien Notebook Evangelist

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    Ha - didn't know that the FN+F1 is programmed for anything - it doesn't do anything with mine either.
     
    sylonien, Mar 17, 2007
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  3. haiminh

    haiminh Newbie

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    Same to me with SZ440 when install XP
    How can we find driver and how to install??
     
    haiminh, Mar 24, 2007
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  4. ToddinVA

    ToddinVA Notebook Guru

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    FN-F1 doesn't do anything on my SZ120P. I do wish that I could get the darn FN-F2-5 working in Vista though!
     
    ToddinVA, Mar 25, 2007
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  5. wuruoyu

    wuruoyu Notebook Consultant

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    check vista windows update, it should come out with an update called "sony notebook control device", install it. also make sure you already install "VAIO Event Service". hope that help.
     
    wuruoyu, Mar 25, 2007
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