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Hello
The new keyboard I have will only let me press 2 buttons at once. Any more than this and it will "forget" the first one pressed. This makes most games and even typing quickly problematic. My old keyboard (ps/2) would allow 3 keys before getting stuck which I had just about adapted to.
Strangely enough, the newer the keyboard, the less buttons it allows to be pressed! Progress! 
I would appreciate an explanation as to why this happens as I haven't had much success looking on the internet - any links are wellcome. Even better would be a fix but I expect it is related to the hardware itself. Guessing I will have to buy a(nother) new keyboard...
The keyboard in question is a cheap USB effort and it has to be USB as my motherboard doesn't support PS/2. My old keyboards have been cheap and nasty but at least they worked!
Thanks.
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