- Nov 6, 2011
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So I have an old irreplaceable keyboard made by PC Concepts. Nothing before or since has worked so well for me, so actually I have three- two in current use and one for spare parts.
These keyboards have PS/2 connections which are translated to USB via an adapter on one and hard-wiring on another.
Computer is and ASUS motherboard running windows 7, 64bit.
98% of keyboard functions are fine. The one problem I have is in a situation where a program picks up a key press, when I press another key the continued key press is interrupted.
Most simply expressed in a game such as Exit Path, or any ↑ ↓ → ← type game. To move the character right, hold → to jump ↑ for example. While holding → on my WinXP machine and hitting ↑ without releasing the first key, the character continues to move right; the keypress of → continues to register even if I hit other keys in between.
On my Windows 7 however, the same situation, I have to realease and repress → to have it register after any other keypress. Thus jumping removes moving right, moving right interrupts jumping. In a game that successfully picks up multiple presses and continued presses on other machines, it makes it impossible to play.
Another example is, say, a game like Diablo III. Spamming a skill on the 3 key is done by holding down the key. On other machines, pressing another key skill (such as 1) or drinking a potion (~) does not interrupt the skill spamming, e.g. your character keeps shooting or throwing or whatever.
On my Windows 7 again, hitting any key while another is pressed interrupts the registration of the pressed key until it is re-pressed.
On another Windows 7 64bit machine with a modern logitech wireless keyboard, all works as expected.
So I'm convinced it's the PS/2 to USB conversion or some lack in the PS/2 under Windows 7, not the game or anything else. I've updated all my drivers, uninstalled keyboard drivers to reset them, and poked around some other things with no effect. Searching yields nothing, as it is very generic terms and as I said the keyboard works for all other tasks (I'm using it at the moment), including normal key repeat in windowssssssssssssssssssssss.
So I don't know where to look, or if it is fixable at all. Neither installing XP, nor replacing the keyboard are really an option so I am hoping there is some PS/2 fix out there, beyond simply "the keyboard doesn't work at all/the keyboard works".
These keyboards have PS/2 connections which are translated to USB via an adapter on one and hard-wiring on another.
Computer is and ASUS motherboard running windows 7, 64bit.
98% of keyboard functions are fine. The one problem I have is in a situation where a program picks up a key press, when I press another key the continued key press is interrupted.
Most simply expressed in a game such as Exit Path, or any ↑ ↓ → ← type game. To move the character right, hold → to jump ↑ for example. While holding → on my WinXP machine and hitting ↑ without releasing the first key, the character continues to move right; the keypress of → continues to register even if I hit other keys in between.
On my Windows 7 however, the same situation, I have to realease and repress → to have it register after any other keypress. Thus jumping removes moving right, moving right interrupts jumping. In a game that successfully picks up multiple presses and continued presses on other machines, it makes it impossible to play.
Another example is, say, a game like Diablo III. Spamming a skill on the 3 key is done by holding down the key. On other machines, pressing another key skill (such as 1) or drinking a potion (~) does not interrupt the skill spamming, e.g. your character keeps shooting or throwing or whatever.
On my Windows 7 again, hitting any key while another is pressed interrupts the registration of the pressed key until it is re-pressed.
On another Windows 7 64bit machine with a modern logitech wireless keyboard, all works as expected.
So I'm convinced it's the PS/2 to USB conversion or some lack in the PS/2 under Windows 7, not the game or anything else. I've updated all my drivers, uninstalled keyboard drivers to reset them, and poked around some other things with no effect. Searching yields nothing, as it is very generic terms and as I said the keyboard works for all other tasks (I'm using it at the moment), including normal key repeat in windowssssssssssssssssssssss.
So I don't know where to look, or if it is fixable at all. Neither installing XP, nor replacing the keyboard are really an option so I am hoping there is some PS/2 fix out there, beyond simply "the keyboard doesn't work at all/the keyboard works".
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