Qosmio X500 - Function FN Keys Stopped Working

Today the FN keys stopped working, I wanted to FN + Sleep my laptop and noticed it didn't work, neither did the brightness or any other worked. The only FN key that worked was to lock windows / logout.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

As I know, The Vap (Value added package) utility and flash card support a responsible for such functions. On the toshiba driver page I couldn't find flashcard support but only Vap So, install The Vap from :
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp
Before installing , remove the previous one and restart the lap, then. Now, install downloaded one.

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