Fn shortcuts stopped working after OS reinstall

piotr31 · 10-07-2009, 03:54 PM

Hello. I've purchased a new Samsung netbook recently, and decided to install XP on it. However, as soon as I did so, the Fn shortcuts, including brightness and volume control, stopped working. "Home" and "End", which are also invoked with Fn on this netbook's keyboard, do still work, which made me think it's the driver that was inappropriate. It identified itself as something like Standard Microsoft Natural 101/102 key PS/2 keyboard, which is far from the truth.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find a proper keyboard driver both on Samsung's site and on the driver CD packaged with the laptop. What do I do about it?

z0mg · 10-07-2009, 03:57 PM

You need to get a drivers for it mate. What exact model is it ? And it got nothing to do with the keyboard.

piotr31 · 10-07-2009, 04:03 PM

N140-KA03 (the Atom 280 version).

z0mg · 10-07-2009, 04:21 PM

Found them.

http://www.samsung.com/pl/support/do...&menu=download

Try the touchpad one.

edit : also try Samsung Magic Keyboard :

http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.co...BD_7.0.3.5.zip

If that fail : try to look up here

http://www.samsung.com/pl/support/do...&menu=download

piotr31 · 10-07-2009, 04:50 PM

I've already tried all of those (they are the same as on my driver CD, actually) and they don't seem to help at all. Thanks for trying, though, I appreciate that.

I tried Driver Magician as well, but it doesn't even have keyboard/touchpad in the list of devices to search drivers for.

10-07-2009, 03:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
piotr31 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Pro	Fn shortcuts stopped working after OS reinstall Hello. I've purchased a new Samsung netbook recently, and decided to install XP on it. However, as soon as I did so, the Fn shortcuts, including brightness and volume control, stopped working. "Home" and "End", which are also invoked with Fn on this netbook's keyboard, do still work, which made me think it's the driver that was inappropriate. It identified itself as something like Standard Microsoft Natural 101/102 key PS/2 keyboard, which is far from the truth. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a proper keyboard driver both on Samsung's site and on the driver CD packaged with the laptop. What do I do about it?

10-07-2009, 03:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
z0mg Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11 OS: Vista / 7	Re: Fn shortcuts stopped working after OS reinstall You need to get a drivers for it mate. What exact model is it ? And it got nothing to do with the keyboard.

10-07-2009, 04:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
piotr31 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Pro	Re: Fn shortcuts stopped working after OS reinstall N140-KA03 (the Atom 280 version).

10-07-2009, 04:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
z0mg Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11 OS: Vista / 7	Re: Fn shortcuts stopped working after OS reinstall Found them. http://www.samsung.com/pl/support/do...&menu=download Try the touchpad one. edit : also try Samsung Magic Keyboard : http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.co...BD_7.0.3.5.zip If that fail : try to look up here http://www.samsung.com/pl/support/do...&menu=download Last edited by z0mg; 10-07-2009 at 04:26 PM.

10-07-2009, 04:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
piotr31 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Pro	Re: Fn shortcuts stopped working after OS reinstall I've already tried all of those (they are the same as on my driver CD, actually) and they don't seem to help at all. Thanks for trying, though, I appreciate that. I tried Driver Magician as well, but it doesn't even have keyboard/touchpad in the list of devices to search drivers for.