Those Fn keys to eject CD's doesn't work

Question

I have an Inspiron E1405 that I had to reinstall XP on and afterward couldn't get the Fn keys to work. I have reinstalled Roxio Creator LE (Thank you Dell Support for the 'Installation CD', which wasn't included with the computer package), chased down the driver for the CD drive (not supported by the manufacturer, Philips), and the drive is working OK. Plays music fine. Unfortunately, Dell in it's infinite wisdom neglects to send a full Operator/Owner Manual for the current crop of computers (or any reinstall CD's), so I'm not sure what the 'Blue Fn' keys are all supposed to do or where the 'drivers' are supposed to be. I have tried everything I could think of to get the 'Fn + F10' to eject a CD, but to no avail....Anybody have any ideas??? This may sound dumb, but I have spent way too much time configuring and reconfiguring this laptop and I'm getting tired. Thanks in advance....

snowball77 · Answer

Have you checked your harddrive for the manuals?  Don't think Dell sends hard copies of manuals any more.   snowball

Rebel9 · Answer

Did you install all of the required drivers and did you install them in this order?

AMeanJoe · Answer

Thanks, Snowball,

Unfortunately in the process of reinstalling XP numerous files have gone off to the great unknown. If I had them available I would have not posted the question. But again, Thank you for responding.

AMeanJoe

snowball77 · Answer

Joe,   You're very welcome.....sorry about those files....not a good feeling, I know, to lose them.   snowball

AMeanJoe · Answer

Aloha, Snowball,

Well, wouldn't you just know it. I continued mucking around in all the folders and something I did made the CD player start working again (opening on the Fn- F10 command). QuickSet did it....

All I have to do is post something on one of the many forums (I also have Linux Ubuntu to deal with), and magically, things resolve themselves. I also downloaded the Owners Manual for my laptop...It was gone from my harddrive.

Again, Mahalo nui loa,

Joe

AMeanJoe · Answer

Aloha, Rebel9,

Yes, I downloaded all of the pertanent drivers and installed them. The element that I didn't know about was QuickSet. The icon wasn't on my task bar and I had never heard of it. That resolved my problem...

It's amazing what one can find in an Owners Manual.....

Thanks for responding and your suggestions....

MeanJoe

snowball77 · Answer

Joe,   Wonderful!!   snowball

ehtoyah · Answer

Where/how does one access Quickset?

Storage, Drives & Media

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