- Jul 15, 2012
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I purchased a new laptop keyboard for my Packard Bell TK87 as the previous keyboard had button pressing issues and sometimes would not register a button press. anyway, with the new keyboard i noticed the fn keys are in different places. for example i used to be able to press fn+f11/f12 to increase or decrease brightness. on this new keyboard the little brightness icons are not printed there anymore but pressing fn+f11/f12 still acts as a brightness control. this is unusual since this new keyboard has brightness controls printed in a different place (the volume keys) but the old button locations still work.
so i came to the conclusion that all the fn+ keys that were printed on my old keyboard still function on this new keyboard even though they are not printed on it. None of the fn+ key options on my new keyboard work at all, only the fn+ key options from my old keyboard work. i hope i am making sense here. i tried various key mapping softwares only to learn that none of them can affect the fn key.
The new keyboard i purchased was a keyboard for the acer aspire 5738. acer bought packard bell years ago and components are shared between the manufactures, like how the acer aspire 5742 is pretty much exactly the same as my packard bell tk87.
is there any way to solve this problem? i thought the fn keys can not be mapped as it is controlled by hardware and not software. if this is the case why does my laptop remember the old keyboard configuration.
thanks for taking the time to read.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
ps. searching for replacement keyboards for my laptop mostly brings up keyboards from acer aspire series thats why i purchased acer keyboard. fn key is useful for me as it can control brightness volume and wifi adapter and output settings to hdmi easily.
so i came to the conclusion that all the fn+ keys that were printed on my old keyboard still function on this new keyboard even though they are not printed on it. None of the fn+ key options on my new keyboard work at all, only the fn+ key options from my old keyboard work. i hope i am making sense here. i tried various key mapping softwares only to learn that none of them can affect the fn key.
The new keyboard i purchased was a keyboard for the acer aspire 5738. acer bought packard bell years ago and components are shared between the manufactures, like how the acer aspire 5742 is pretty much exactly the same as my packard bell tk87.
is there any way to solve this problem? i thought the fn keys can not be mapped as it is controlled by hardware and not software. if this is the case why does my laptop remember the old keyboard configuration.
thanks for taking the time to read.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
ps. searching for replacement keyboards for my laptop mostly brings up keyboards from acer aspire series thats why i purchased acer keyboard. fn key is useful for me as it can control brightness volume and wifi adapter and output settings to hdmi easily.
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