Newbie: swap fn and ctrl keys on T60

I bought a used T60. I am used to using HP Pavilions where the Fn and Ctrl keys are in the opposite positions as on the T60, and I am having trouble retriaining my fingers.
So i looked for info about how to swap them. I understand KeyTweak doesn't work on the Fn key, and then I ran across a message about getting to the BIOS.
I have never messed with BIOS stuff before, but I did interrupt booting, get to it, but do not see swapping the Fn and Ctrl keys listed among the keyboard options. So I am guessing this feature is maybe in a newer verison of the BIOS.
I don't want to trash my laptop, but I'd like to swap the functioning of these keys - is there an idiotproof way?
Also, I used the onetouch Pavilion keys a lot to invoke Firefox or thunderbird. Is there a way to make a key on the T60 keyboard do that? There are several keys I never use for anything, like PgUp, etc.
Thanks.

Not exactly true. You can't swap the keys with ORIGINAL BIOS - there are modded versions available that will let you do it.
Read (and download) from here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo-ibm/474396-fn-ctrl-swap-all-lenovo-laptops-solved.html
Note! This is unofficial BIOS images - you might brick your computer, and neither I, nor Lenovo take any responsibility
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