Audio Volume buttons not working

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ojsebi Author

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Audio Volume buttons not working

Not sure if this is a hardware or software issue but my F$ & F5 stopped working on my MacBook pro under osx 10.5.2

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Dec 23, 2007 8:59 PM

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John Guo

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Dec 23, 2007 9:45 PM in response to ojsebi

Go to System Preferences>Keyboard and Mouse>Keyboard. See if the function keys are checked. If it is, uncheck them.

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Answer 2

Dec 23, 2007 9:46 PM in response to ojsebi

Your function keys may have been switched from primary to secondary use, the quickest way to figure out if this is the case is to hold down the function key while you press F4 and F5.

In the meantime, if you haven't done so already, control the sound by using the menu bar panel (System Preferences -> Sound -> Check "Show Volume in Menu Bar").

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ojsebi Author

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Dec 23, 2007 10:06 PM in response to a procrastinator

I found that if i click on Fn+ function key it works,
i also discovered that its not only my F4 F5 that arent working on their own, also F1,F2 & f3
now we know i have to have to click on combined Fn+function key
but how do i restore the old default system.? ( i clicked on restore default, nothing happened)

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ojsebi Author

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Dec 23, 2007 10:07 PM in response to John Guo

the function keys alone are not listed !!
only ctrl+F but those are not for volume or brightness control
see my reply to the next post please. thanks

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ojsebi Author

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Dec 23, 2007 10:12 PM in response to a procrastinator

I found that if i click on Fn+ function key it works,
i also discovered that its not only my F4 F5 that arent working on their own, also F1,F2 & f3
now we know i have to have to click on combined Fn+function key
but how do i restore the old default system.? ( i clicked on restore default, nothing happened)

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ojsebi Author

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Dec 23, 2007 10:12 PM in response to a procrastinator

I found that if i click on Fn+ function key it works,
i also discovered that its not only my F4 F5 that arent working on their own, also F1,F2 & f3
now we know i have to have to click on combined Fn+function key
but how do i restore the old default system.? ( i clicked on restore default, nothing happened)

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Plin042

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Dec 24, 2007 8:46 AM in response to ojsebi

The same thing happened to me, except I'm running 10.4.11. I just installed a Java update and a security update last night, though, so I suspect that has something to do with it.

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Answer 8

Jan 4, 2008 10:18 AM in response to ojsebi

go to system preferences then click keyboard and mouse. next go to the keyboard settings and click on the check box that says use all f1, f2 keys etc. as standard function keys and it will work. it happened to me out of nowwhere but i immediately fixed it.
Your welcome

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Davebawx

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Jan 7, 2008 5:53 PM in response to tdotindabulidin

Hey folks, I just installed some stuff (I forget what it was) from the software updater and now my volume keys aren't working no matter waht I do, I've tried fn+volume and just volume without fn......nothing works....any pointers?

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Answer 10

Jan 10, 2008 10:28 PM in response to ojsebi

I had the same problem but i figured it out

1. Click on System Preferences
2. Click on Keyboard and Mouse
3. Click on Keyboard tab
4. Uncheck "Use all F1, F2 etc. keys as standard function... Blah blah blah."

and all of your F buttons should work like they did in the beginning

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