F Keys

tombillings916 · 24 Apr 2009 at 10:36

The F keys on my Laptop are not responding as per their function, can anyone help out and tell me how to remedy this, many thanks, Tom Billings.

Smit · 24 Apr 2009 at 10:40

Which laptop model is it?
What software are you using to check the keys being pressed?

If you open the onscreen keyboard and use the F keys, do they register on screen?

FaceplantSi · 24 Apr 2009 at 10:43

Laptops have a FN (function key) which is called a modifier. For example of you press 8, you get an 8 on the screen. But if you press FN and keep it pressed, then press 8 you get F8. Hope that makes sense?

tombillings916 · 24 Apr 2009 at 10:58

The laptop is a Phillips Freevents 2ghz 4 meg Ram 250 g hard disk, bought at Xmas, Vista Home Premium.

tombillings916 · 24 Apr 2009 at 11:22

The F keys do not register on the Onscreen keyboard, also tried the Fn key and that doesn't work either! TB.

errata · 24 Apr 2009 at 13:28

you could be unlucky with a keybaord deect of a loose ribbon cable but its much more likley a lock or shifit key has been activated, is there an option to renter the bios and set to defaults, can you start in any safe modes and get the keyboeard to work.

Reseating a loose cable can range from reaaly easy to a pain depending on how easy its is to open up the case, thugh your warranties still in palce and you should be getting tech support!

tombillings916 · 24 Apr 2009 at 18:04

Will check in the Bios and see what I can do, if negative I'll check the Laptop internals, thanks TB.