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11-05-2011 02:44 AM (130 days ago)
Product Name: Pavilion dv7
Product Number: QG703EA#B1A
Recently purchased, which IMO has an issue which is probably a BIOS-solvable one. There is a setting in the BIOS, named "Action keys mode", which:
- when set to "Disabled", action keys work as normal function keys (F1 to F12), without requiring "Fn" to be pressed.
- when set to "Enabled", action keys work as action keys and in one wishes to make them work as normal function keys (F1 to F12), he has to press "Fn".
This setting however does not apply to "Ins" key. Regardless of the "Action keys mode" setting, "Ins" always requires "Fn" to be pressed, something which is not acceptable for everyday use.
IMO this is most of the time a setting which will be set to "Disabled" because when working on a computer, most of the time one needs the function keys to work as function keys and not as action keys. Have in mind that this is a computer, not an mp3 player, so one would want to quickly access F1-F12 and Ins, not Brightness controls and PrintScreen.
If anyone from HP support sees this post, please pass this issue as a bug report to the appropriate support team.
Thank you
Product Number: QG703EA#B1A
Recently purchased, which IMO has an issue which is probably a BIOS-solvable one. There is a setting in the BIOS, named "Action keys mode", which:
- when set to "Disabled", action keys work as normal function keys (F1 to F12), without requiring "Fn" to be pressed.
- when set to "Enabled", action keys work as action keys and in one wishes to make them work as normal function keys (F1 to F12), he has to press "Fn".
This setting however does not apply to "Ins" key. Regardless of the "Action keys mode" setting, "Ins" always requires "Fn" to be pressed, something which is not acceptable for everyday use.
IMO this is most of the time a setting which will be set to "Disabled" because when working on a computer, most of the time one needs the function keys to work as function keys and not as action keys. Have in mind that this is a computer, not an mp3 player, so one would want to quickly access F1-F12 and Ins, not Brightness controls and PrintScreen.
If anyone from HP support sees this post, please pass this issue as a bug report to the appropriate support team.
Thank you