HP Pavillion DV6 FN Key

Hey,
I currently have a DV6 Pavillion Laptop (may not survive much longer!) I have googled to high ends to solve my problem, but I have found nothing.
The problem is something will trigger the FN key randomly and I won't know about this until I press f5 to refresh browser (which puts my laptop to sleep) or i'll press f3-f4 in a game, which will tab me out and while this happens, the spacebar will not work. This is fixed by me pressing the FN key again, however this is just a huge inconvience for me.
I've checked the HP article about the settings being in the BIOS, but they was not. The problem has been happening for 8 months now and the past few weeks it has been activating more frequently.
Appreciate any help (please don't tell me to check BIOS!)

Hi,
Please shut down the notebook. Tapping f10 as you start up to access the Bios Menu and make the change described in the document on the link below.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02035108&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_US...
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BH
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