Also, I forgot to add in my last email that, out of the box, the FKeys perform functions like raising/lowering brightness, muting sound, volume up/down, etc. This was the way it was on my HP laptop that died. On that laptop, I could press the function key along with any of the FKeys to not use the media or brightness controls. I may leave them as they are for a while on the Lenovo. If I set my NVDA key to caps lock, it shouldn't be too hard. I couldn't do this on my HP, but it might be possible; I tried to get the FKeys to function normally when pressed on their own, but when pressed with function, do their media/brightness things. I could either turned off or turn it on. I couldn't switch the rolls around.
Thanks, Ari > On Nov 18, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Travis Siegel <tsie...@nfbcal.org> wrote: > > There are programs that will allow you to access the bios from your operating > system. Award was the leader in this field back in the dos days. I know > other bios manufacturers also have programs that will allow access to the > bios settings after the machine is booted. You can even save/restore your > bios to/from backups you've saved on the computer. Admittedly, I no longer > use windows, so gaining access to the bios doesn't concern me as much as it > used to, since under linux I can usually force settings via command-line > parameters to the loading kernel when absolutely necessary, so I don't really > need to access bios these days (except when I build a new machine, but > there's usually sighted assistance for those times) Do a search of google, > and I'm certain you'll find programs that will help you gain access to bios > settings for various motherboards. And, since overclocking your cpu can help > with gaming, I think this topic fits right in with audyssey. > >> On Tue, 17 Nov 2015, john wrote: >> >> Given current technology, BIOS cannot be accessible. The reason for this is >> that no software can be loaded at this point, so its impossible to have >> speech up and running. >> The only theoretical way to cause bios to be accessible would be if the >> manufacturer specifically wrote a screen reader for that individual BIOS and >> motherboard, but somehow I doubt that happened. >> We're going a bit far from gaming here though, so maybe this topic could go >> off-list? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: englishride...@gmail.com >> To: Gamers Discussion list <gamers@audyssey.org >> Date sent: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 09:58:42 -0800 >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] got my new solid state drive in >> >> Toshiba's bios are accessible? How the heck can you make bios accessible? >> >> >> Thanks, >> Ari >> >> On Nov 16, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Shaun Everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hmmm I had a nec which had the same issues didn't last that long. >> I had a system hp to maintain that overheated. >> As long as you can get passed their malware asus stuff is generally stable >> and rock solid. >> I havn't used their laptops but their desktop graphics and main boards are >> and I have had no issue with either from a hardware standpoint. >> Some del units seem good to though I still go toshiba just because of the >> accessible bios alone and a few other tweaks. >> They also use standard hardware, for sound etc these days. >> On the hp front their website is quite unfriendly driver site, eprint, etc. >> However their printers especially their web enabled ones are quite good. >> >> >> >> On 16/11/2015 11:44 p.m., Thomas Ward wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have similar experiences. I now avoid HP like the plague myself >> because their systems tend to be very below the par on average, and I >> know others with similar experiences. My dad, for instance, had a HP >> laptop for about six months, very barely used, and it died. So I don't >> generally buy HP anything if I can help it these days. >> >> >> On 11/16/15, englishride...@gmail.com <englishride...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Ah. I avoid HP like the plague now. The first and only laptop I got from >> them kept having issue after issue, where both of my Dells, except for one >> problem, have run for years before giving up the ghost. One lasted for six >> years, and The other lasted for five years and seven months. Technically the >> one that lasted for six years still works, since I put Vinux onto it after I >> couldn't find my XP disc's after reformatting the system after I got a >> rather nasty virus that I was having a ton of trouble removing. >> >> I can't wait to have a solid-state drive in the new laptop that I'm getting >> soon. It's going to be awesome! It'll be my first system with eight gigs of >> RAM and a 2.9 Core i5 processor; it's the architecture that's one generation >> behind the new Skylake processors, but that's fine for me. 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