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 > ===== SI Reasoning [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There never was a good war or a bad peace." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com
