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How to turn Numlock/LED off?

fostert
Level 12
I have a linux program that when it starts it displays its keybindings: to turn this display off requires all keylocks (caps, scroll, numlock) to be off first. On my G74SX the numlock LED is perpetually on: does anyone know the magic key combo to turn this off?


My system is the G74SX-CST1 (Staples Canada variety with a English/French keyboard) running BIOS 203, 8 GB RAM, and i7 2630QM. I have a key in the upper-left part of the numpad that has a calculator symbol on it: this launches the Windows calculator in Win7, but does nothing in Linux. Is this the numlock key?
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G74SX-CST1-CBIL, i7 2630QM 2GHz
32GB DDR3 RAM @1333MHz
GTX560M 3GB DDR5 (192 bit)
17.3" LED 1920x1080
Sentelic TP, BIOS 203
Debian Linux Wheezy (Testing) Kernel 3.2, NVIDIA 295.40
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dstrakele
Level 14
In BIOS 202 and 203, the NumLock is locked ON. In BIOS 201, it is locked OFF, but the Numpad keys are the same as the numbered keys on the top row. At present there is no BIOS that allows changing the NumLock state on the G74SX. That wil requre another BIOS update.

I don't know if such a BIOS update is in the ASUS roadmap. An ASUS employee would need to confirm this.
G74SX-A1 - stock hardware - BIOS 202 - 2nd Monitor VISIO VF551XVT