ASUS N56DP-DH11 Fn Key Malfunction

tubular1450

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A few days ago I purchased the N56DP-DH11. So far, so good, and the gaming seems to be going alright (still trying to get temps down ad everything as I'm new to all this).

Anyway, yesterday I noticed that if I press Fn + F11 (to turn the volume down) or Fn + F12 (to turn the volume up) it types out a long string of "h"'s if I am in the middle of typing something. Literally, it looks like this: "hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhchhhhhhhhhhhhhhh". And for some reason if I do it while turning the volume down a random "c" will sometimes appear amidst all the "h"s. Now, I should note that this only happens if I hold down both keys. If I only do it one volume notch at a time, even in rapid succession, it acts normally.

Could it be the new AMD Catalyst drivers I installed? A Windows update? Unfortunately I don't know if this was happening before those updates. Lastly, if there's any way to set the F# keys to always perform their Fn key functions (i.e. I would only have to press F11 or F12 to change the volume), that's a solution that would probably suffice for me.

Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
 
Solution
They're suppose to address issues with firmware and perhaps OS driver conflicts, but in this case, it's the opposite. :p You can even try a previous version from the latest, if you want to try. Otherwise, it's not hurting anything to run without them and use solely the Windows default drivers.

tubular1450

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Thanks! Except...how do I uninstall my current ATKACPI driver? I looked all over and couldn't find it. Is it in Device Manager -> Keyboards -> Keyboard Device Filter?
 

tubular1450

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I can find the ATK Package there, but do I want to uninstall the whole package?
 

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I tried to download over it and it wouldn't let me. So I uninstalled the ATK package....and the problem disappeared. The Fn keys worked no problem whatsoever. Then I reinstalled the ATK package....and the problem is back. What *exactly* does the ATK package do? Is it essential? If it's necessary, then I can just live with the problem.
 

tubular1450

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Well it wouldn't let me download it without uninstalling the version I currently had downloaded. So I'm curious how essential it even is.
 

tubular1450

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Got it. But if the Fn + F# commands still worked without the driver package installed, what hot keys do these drivers even control?
 
They're suppose to address issues with firmware and perhaps OS driver conflicts, but in this case, it's the opposite. :p You can even try a previous version from the latest, if you want to try. Otherwise, it's not hurting anything to run without them and use solely the Windows default drivers.
 
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tubular1450

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Ahh. Makes sense now. Thanks so much for all the help!