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September 21st, 2006 04:00

Keyboard stuck in Fn mode

The subject line speaks for itself. I have to press the Fn key for the "k" key, for instance, not to come up as a "3". Anyone know how to sh4t th5s 6ff?

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B_Coppins

565 Posts

September 21st, 2006 12:00

Tell us all how you did this, there are a few people on here that have been trying to get this function working, hehe.

B_Coppins

565 Posts

September 21st, 2006 12:00

Try this, hit the SHIFT key 3x fast, pause 1sec, hit SHIFT 3x again, sticky keys should come up, and should reset the keyboard....

B_Coppins

565 Posts

September 21st, 2006 14:00

@kerwin nailor wrote:
I have not yet found what the Fn key does. Can you point me to a manual or help topic? Thanks.





The Fn ( Function ) Key allows you to use all of the functions marked in BLUE on the keyboard. However usually you MUST hold the Fn key when using the functions in blue.

Message Edited by B_Coppins on 09-21-2006 11:30 AM

kerwin nailor

3 Posts

September 21st, 2006 14:00

I have not yet found what the Fn key does. Can you point me to a manual or help topic? Thanks.

DELL-Rollie

2.2K Posts

September 21st, 2006 16:00

38In,

Did you figure this out? I think you will find that numlock is turned on. See if turning it off fixes your problem.

panther0055

4 Posts

September 24th, 2006 19:00

i have t5he same problem and cant5 fix it5 please help me!!!!

xroox

1 Message

March 19th, 2007 06:00

num lock. hehe.

lndman

13 Posts

March 19th, 2007 17:00

in bios, my keybd isn' affected---noeffect in the date or time..this only happens after boot and login. by pressing the fn key where the secondary functions lie, i can work around it. he numlock in bios is only for an xternal keybd. Where n the regstry or driver d6es th5s ta2e affect. hard to read--isn't it.   Win 2000   ispiron 3800

trippyjim

2 Posts

March 21st, 2007 03:00

press shft and nmlock together at same time


Message Edited by trippyjim on 03-20-2007 11:30 PM

trippyjim

2 Posts

March 21st, 2007 03:00

Sorry missed some words in last post.
Try hitting shft and nmlock together at same time this will turn this function on and off.


Message Edited by trippyjim on 03-20-2007 11:32 PM

lndman

13 Posts

March 22nd, 2007 00:00

Thanks--that did the trick.  Funny, I have had this laptop for a few years and never noticed the numlock key.

jenarabie

1 Message

May 23rd, 2015 05:00

I used this and it worked on my dell inspiron 1501.  Shift and the number lock key at the same time to unlock the function button.

FLAWLESSVW

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November 12th, 2015 11:00

Hi All,

I ran into this problem on my Latitude E7450 (NICE machine!!! :)


The issue was resolved by pressing the "Fn" key and "Esc"  (on this model, you'll notice a "LOCK" icon with 'FN' in the middle). 

Solved issue immediately.  Good to know this can toggle on and off, but def drove me nuts for 30 min or so till I figured it out!

kwoycke

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December 6th, 2016 18:00

This did the trick or my Dell D630!

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