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MG-Zero	new keyboard....and what kinda button is this?? ... « on: July 20, 2006, 12:38:42 am »
Doesn't afraid of anything Reputation: +42/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 7002	I just got a new keyboard (goodbye extra usb ports X_X) and I found an odd button...it's right above the number pad and it says F II (F with a roman numeral 2) I pressed it but it didn't do anything..Anyone know what this thing does? Logged
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Re: new keyboard....and what kinda button is thi...

« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2006, 12:41:25 am »

Quote from: MasterGohan Zero on July 20, 2006, 12:38:42 am

I just got a new keyboard (goodbye extra usb ports X_X) and I found an odd button...it's right above the number pad and it says F II (F with a roman numeral 2) I pressed it but it didn't do anything..Anyone know what this thing does?

Some keyboards have two possible functions for each F key. It's possible that it switches the keys from the "F I" set of F functions to the "F II" set of functions. Any lights on the keyboard change when you do that? That'd be a good indicator.

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MG-Zero	Re: new keyboard....and what kinda button is thi... « Reply #2 on: July 20, 2006, 01:24:51 am »
Doesn't afraid of anything Reputation: +42/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 7002	nope, no lights go on. hmm..*presses F5 EDIT: nothing different there Logged
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tippz	Re: new keyboard....and what kinda button is thi... « Reply #3 on: July 20, 2006, 04:32:56 am »
	have you checked the instructions? Logged

Limey	Re: new keyboard....and what kinda button is thi... « Reply #4 on: July 20, 2006, 04:53:46 am »
	Is it F11? Logged

Fox Turnbeutelvergesser since 1988.	Re: new keyboard....and what kinda button is thi... « Reply #5 on: July 20, 2006, 06:02:39 am »
Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 4062	My gramps' Notebook's keyboard got something similar. It's an Fn-key, though, and when you hold it and press some F-buttons (F1, F2, F3...) you can change things like the volume, the screen-brightness, the screen-contrast etc... are there any special icons on your keys that you don't know? Logged
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therabidwombat	Re: new keyboard....and what kinda button is thi... « Reply #6 on: July 20, 2006, 07:37:16 am »
The Broken King Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 1259	my laptop has an fn button too, when I pres it I can use the numpad. Logged

MG-Zero	Re: new keyboard....and what kinda button is thi... « Reply #7 on: July 20, 2006, 02:01:10 pm »
Doesn't afraid of anything Reputation: +42/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 7002	Quote from: Fox on July 20, 2006, 06:02:39 am My gramps' Notebook's keyboard got something similar. It's an Fn-key, though, and when you hold it and press some F-buttons (F1, F2, F3...) you can change things like the volume, the screen-brightness, the screen-contrast etc... are there any special icons on your keys that you don't know? oh you have to hold it..that would probably explain it.. well f11 locks everything but the others don't do a thing. Logged
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Fox Turnbeutelvergesser since 1988.	Re: new keyboard....and what kinda button is thi... « Reply #8 on: July 21, 2006, 10:02:55 am »
Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 4062	That's sorta useful too, eh? What about some photos? Logged
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hawthorneluke	Re: new keyboard....and what kinda button is thi... « Reply #9 on: July 21, 2006, 10:06:51 am »
笑い男 Reputation: +9/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 2124	yeah, im guessing its an alternate functin button. are there any keys that have extra images on them? if so, try holding this FII button and pressing those keys (like pres "a" and holding shift to get "A"). if not, just try holding the button and pressing random keys anyway and it may be that you need to install and set up crap to actually get those functions to work in the first place Logged
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