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    Fn combination keys not completely working !

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by gravity, Mar 3, 2008.

  1. gravity

    gravity Newbie

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    Hi guys
    Just received my R61 a week ago
    I formatted it with a clean WinXP install, and installed all the necessary drivers...
    But, my fn button is behaviouring strangely : For example, Fn + F7 works fine
    But, fn + f2; fn + f3 ; fn + f5 don't work.
    Basically, all the seemingly "software" control that is given by the fn button doesn't work, and all the hardware control still works.
    I've installed the hotkey drivers... Does anybody know a solution to this ?
    Thanks :)
     
    gravity, Mar 3, 2008
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  2. morphy

    morphy Notebook Deity

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    Did you install Lenovo System Interface driver? If not you'll need that for hotkey functionality.
     
    morphy, Mar 3, 2008
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    elfroggo, Mar 3, 2008
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  4. gravity

    gravity Newbie

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    What's the system interface driver ? I can't find anything of that name in the R61's driver matrix...
    And the presentation director is not what i'm looking for, as it only configures settings for fn+f7...
     
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  5. morphy

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    nm that's only for Vista users...didn't see that you're on XP.
     
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  6. gravity

    gravity Newbie

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    Oh, sorry, forgot to mention that I have XP :)
    Is there an XP version of this ?
     
    gravity, Mar 3, 2008
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  7. morphy

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    Not that I know of unfortunately. Mabye the resident XP wizard (Arkit3kt) can offer some suggestions. ;)
     
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    gravity Newbie

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    Alright, thanks for your help already :)
    I hope he drops by to check my thread out !
     
    gravity, Mar 3, 2008
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  9. Arki

    Arki Super Moderator

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    I believe that Fn+F3 will work if you install Power Manager (they have options for that command).

    Did you follow my guide to a clean install (see sig)?
     
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  10. gravity

    gravity Newbie

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    Yes I have sir
    That's what I actually thought, but when i go to program files > Lenovo > PKGMGR > Hotkey, there's nothing in it. I presume that it's in this folder that all the stuff needs to be for this to work...
    So, fn + f3 and f5 don't work (and they're the only two i care about)
    Any idea O XP master ? :p
     
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  11. morphy

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    I apologize if this seems a bit obvious but did you actually manually install it? The .exe that you downloaded only extracts the driver files to a folder but doesn't install by itself. It got me too once then I remembered I had to go to the folder and run the installer. :eek:
     
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  12. Arki

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    :confused:

    I'm slightly confused. Do you have Power Manager instalelled or no? Do you have a green battery icon to the left of your system tray?
     
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  13. gravity

    gravity Newbie

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    Lol yes I have

    Yes I do have it installed...
     
    gravity, Mar 4, 2008
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  14. Arki

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    That may be the problem because my HOTKEY folder has a bunch of stuff in it. Can you try uninstall and reinstall it?
     
    Arki, Mar 4, 2008
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    Nope, doesn't seem to do anything...
     
    gravity, Mar 4, 2008
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