Monday, August 9, 2010

Function keys as primary keys in Dell Inspiron and Studio models

When I got my Dell Studio 1558, the first thing that I noticed was the multimedia keys on the top row which made the function keys secondary. Then I had to press the "Fn" key for the actual function keys. Yikes! But theres a really simple solution for this. Just go the BIOS settings and from there you can alter the function keys making the actual function keys as the primary ones.

Steps:

  1. Enter BIOS when your laptop is starting up (By hitting F2 or F12 and then selecting ).
  2. There should be an "Advanced", select it.
  3. Select "Function Key Behaviour" which should list down following options:
    • Function Key First (Select this option)
    • Multimedia Key First
  4. Save and exit.

Cheers. This should work in both Dell Inspiron and Studio models.

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