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Hardware and Software Guide
Keyboard and TouchPad
Stop an Audio CD or a DVD (fn+f10)
The
fn+f10
hotkey stops the play of an audio CD or a DVD.
You must stop a CD or DVD that is playing before you can
remove it from the optical drive. For more information about
inserting or removing a CD or DVD, refer to the
“CD and DVD
Procedures”
section in
Chapter 4, “Multimedia.”
Play Previous Track or Chapter of an
Audio CD or a DVD (fn+f11)
The
fn+f11
hotkey plays the previous track of an audio CD or the
previous chapter of a DVD that is playing.
Play Next Track or Chapter of an Audio CD
or a DVD (fn+f12)
The
fn+f12
hotkey plays the next track of an audio CD or the next
chapter of a DVD that is playing.
Display System Information (fn+esc)
The
fn+esc
hotkey displays information about system hardware
components and software version numbers.
In the Windows
fn+esc
display, the version of the system BIOS
(basic input-output system) is displayed as the BIOS date. On
some notebook models, the BIOS date is displayed in decimal
format. The BIOS date is sometimes called the
system ROM
version number.
For information about updating the system ROM, refer to the
“Software Updates”
section in
Chapter 8, “Software Updates and
Recovery and System Software.”
To clear the
fn+esc
display, press
esc
.