Suspend has always locked mine up also. However with
APIC it also locks up with the ones I mentioned below.
This is particularly troublesome because of how close
the Ctrl and Fn keys are. When doing general desktop
switching, a simple keystroke mistake can hard freeze
the laptop now.

--- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 07:38:30PM -0800, SI
> Reasoning wrote:
> > On the dell laptop the Fn key is right besides the
> > Ctrl key, Fn + F1 = Bios Setup( or freeze with
> APIC),
> > FN + Esc = Suspend, Fn + F3 = battery display...
> all
> > of these freeze when hit and it is not that
> uncommon
> > for a finger to slip to the Fn instead of Ctrl and
> > create a hard freeze.
> 
> I have a Dell Inspiron 7500 and Fn + Esc has always
> locked up my 
> laptop under Mandrake.  Are you sure it is APIC?
> 
> -- 
> Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> http://ben.reser.org
> 
> What difference does it make to the dead, the
> orphans, and the homeless,
> whether the mad destruction is wrought under the
> name of totalitarianism
> or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Ghandi
> 


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