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Using Your Gateway Solo 3100 Notebook
Function keys
Press the
key together with one of the following keys (with blue letters)
F
N
to get these "on-the-fly" functions:
Key
Description
Combination
+
Displays the power status in the upper left corner of the
Windows 95 and Windows 98 desktop. Press the key
combination again to make the display disappear. See
"Pop-up status display" on page 55.
Toggles between the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display),
external monitor, both displays at the same time, or TV
display (NTSC or PAL format) as the active display. See
"Using the LCD" on page 20.
Places the system in Standby mode. See "Using the
Suspend and Standby modes" on page 56 for more
information about the Standby mode.
Makes temporary changes to the power management
(PM) mode settings by toggling the setting options:
• PM ON - enables power management with AC or
battery power
• PM DC - enables power management when the
notebook is using battery power only.
• PM OFF - disables power management.
The selected option is not saved when the system is
turned off. The power management settings selected in
the BIOS setup take effect when the system is restarted.
Enables the Pad Lock function so you can use the
numeric keypad.
The Pad Lock icon
enabled. Press the keys again to clear the display.
In some programs you can scroll through large volumes
of text.
The Scroll Lock icon
is enabled.
stays lit while this function is
stays lit as long as this function
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