Activating numpad

[komeet]

Hi Guys,

 

I've got an laptop with a seperate numpad but I realy don't know how activate it. It seems it isn't activated because it acts so. Key 2, 4, 6, 8 act like the arrow keys, 3 as Page Down and so on...

 

I guess I just have to press a key combination to activate or deactivate the numpad but I really don't know which one...

 

Any suggestions?

 

Sorry if this is a silly question.

 

Thanks

[S.SubZero]

You're lucky, mine is the opposite. I only get the numbers. I kinda know why mine is like this; a real Mac has no alternate functions for the number pad, it only does numbers. There's also no real numlock key in OS X, so I can't toggle it. The normal num lock key maps to the Clear key, which I have no idea what that even does in OS X, it always just beeps at me.

[komeet]

hmm... that's wierd.

 

But if yours works in the opposite way maybe it can be toggled. I read somewhere on the net that F6 should do the trick but it doesn't work for me.

 

I also tried to activate the numlock before osx starts but it doesn't work either. Leopard resets the status.

 

Actually it's not a big deal but it's a bit anoying if you have I numpad and you can't use it. So maybe you are the lucky one ;-)

[komeet]

I solved it - sort of. I have to press and hold the Fn key then the numpad works with numbers. Otherwise it act as an deactivated numpad.

[quantumX23]

nice thanx.. i have a Samsung R710 and had also the Problem with the numpad .. but the FN key helped =)

 

hihihihi

[yoburtu]

nice thanx.. i have a Samsung R710 and had also the Problem with the numpad .. but the FN key helped =)

 

hihihihi

 

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