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Hardware and Software Guide
Pointing Devices and Keyboard
Decreasing Screen Brightness (fn+f9)
Press
fn+f9
to decrease screen brightness. Hold down the hotkey
to change the brightness level incrementally.
Increasing Screen Brightness (fn+f10)
Press
fn+f10
to increase screen brightness. Hold down the hotkey
to change the brightness level incrementally.
Displaying System Information (fn+esc)
Press
fn+esc
to display information about system hardware
components and software version numbers. Press
fn+esc
a second
time to remove the system information from the screen.
✎
The system BIOS date is the version number of the system ROM.
The BIOS date may display in a decimal format, such as
10/19/2004 F.07.
Using Hotkeys with External Keyboards
The following table describes how certain hotkeys are used on
external keyboards:
Notebook Keys
External Keyboard Keys
fn+esc
scroll lock+scroll lock+esc
*
fn+f4
scroll lock+scroll lock+f4*
fn+f8
scroll lock+scroll lock+f8
*
*Pressing the
scroll lock
2 times on an external keyboard is a substitute
for the
fn
key on the notebook keyboard.
