How can I swap the Ctrl key and Fn key in T40p

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How can I swap the Ctrl key and Fn key in T40p

#1 Post by dunkenzhao » Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:33 pm

How can I swap the Ctrl key and Fn key in T40p?
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Re: How can I swap the Ctrl key and Fn key in T40p

#2 Post by ajkula66 » Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:40 pm

Welcome to the forum.

You can't swap these keys, they are where they are for good.
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Re: How can I swap the Ctrl key and Fn key in T40p

#3 Post by dunkenzhao » Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:43 pm

Thanks for reply!
I often press the wrong key, such as ctrl+c or ctrl+V on this laptop.
It seems that this is the final answer.
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Re: How can I swap the Ctrl key and Fn key in T40p

#4 Post by BillMorrow » Fri Oct 12, 2012 3:49 pm

keys can be reprogrammed can they not..
all, that is, except for the Fn key.. right..?
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Re: How can I swap the Ctrl key and Fn key in T40p

#5 Post by ajkula66 » Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:52 pm

BillMorrow wrote:keys can be reprogrammed can they not..
all, that is, except for the Fn key.. right..?
Yep, but the Fn key is one the keys that OP needs swapped around...so he's out of luck...
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Re: How can I swap the Ctrl key and Fn key in T40p

#6 Post by twistero » Sat Oct 13, 2012 12:57 am

Traditionally this swap is done with a BIOS mod. A 2-second Google search did not reveal such a modded BIOS available, so the OP is probably out of luck.

Off-topic: A BIOS option for swapping Ctrl and Fn is available in some newer ThinkPads, right? Since when was such an option included?
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Re: How can I swap the Ctrl key and Fn key in T40p

#7 Post by dr_st » Sat Oct 13, 2012 1:29 am

I think that it was included with the first Core i models.
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Re: How can I swap the Ctrl key and Fn key in T40p

#8 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sat Oct 13, 2012 5:56 am

With Middleton's BIOS this option is also available on R61/T61/X61 series which have C2D (Merom and Penryn).
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