[accesscomp] Re: Swap FN and Control keys on Your MSI Wind
- From: "Reginald George" <adapt@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 10:04:09 -0600
This is a Netbook, a small form factor inexpensive laptop with no CD drive,
optimized to do everything over the net. They have good battery life and
cost $400 or so. Of course there are more expensive ones.
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Subject: [accesscomp] Re: Swap FN and Control keys on Your MSI Wind
What is MSI Wind?
Thanks
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From: "Reginald George" <adapt@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:13 AM
Subject: [accesscomp] Swap FN and Control keys on Your MSI Wind
Wanted to share the fruits of some research I did to get the control key
back in the right spot on my MSI Wind.
Here's to the programmers who take risks for us. This freeware bios mod was
done by a guy in Russia. Fascinating and takes all the mystery and
difficulty out of the process. even better, it actually works!
Note: If you are a JAWS or Magic user this does not cause you to lose your
activation, which is wonderful.
Also it's important to remove all power from the unit before rebooting. If
you don't then the first time you boot the keyboard won't work. As soon as
you pull the battery and the plug everything is fine. Okay, here's the
post.
Reg
For those people who don't know about their BIOS version or prefer fully
automated tools, I've made a software package
which performs BIOS patching completely without any user interaction; you
can download it here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/157977116/SwapCtrlFN.zip.html
Usage:
1) Turn off your Wind, detach battery, plug the AC cable in, then turn the
Wind on.
2) Unpack the archive content to any folder.
3) Run SwapCtrlFN.cmd batch file; don't turn the power off until it's
finished!
4) Your Wind's keyboard is locked now - it's OK, so turn your laptop off
using touchpad or Power button.
5) Disconnect the AC cable and wait >10sec.
6) Done! Now you can attach battery back and turn your Wind on as usual.
Note1:
To use this package, you should have local administrator privileges on your
Wind (required to AFUWIN) - if your don't know what is it, you surely
already has it .
Note2:
After the package execution, you'll got 2 new files in it's folder: BIOS.bin
is an original BIOS image, BIOSmod.bin is modded image with swapped Ctrl and
FN keys; you can use them at your own or delete.
Hint:
To swap Ctrl <> FN keys back, your can run SwapCtrlFN.cmd again .
Disclaimer:
Such a BIOS modding is an unofficial hack - use it on your own risk!
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Author: Darkhorse [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:42 am ]
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