eclipse keyboard = disappointing

quantumisation · 28 Mar 2007 at 22:15

i was happy with this keyboard until i discovered i cant press more than 2 keys at the same time. What use is that for a gamers keyboard? my old microsoft keyboard that cost £10 which i used before does this fine. So im paying loads of extra cash for lights and reduced functionality? please tell me theres some sort of patch for this or something. It looks like others have the same problem trying to find something on the net myself

quantumisation · 28 Mar 2007 at 22:40

no it only seems to be certain keys..reading up on it i believe its down to matrices or whatever they are called. Certain keys are grouped together meaning you can only press them at the same time but not 1s from different matrices. Some crap like that anyway

Putting it simply i used to use the arrow keys and the 0 key just to the right of the arrows at the same time cause i use it for walking for e.g in CSS. Now if i wanna walk in CSS i either have a choice of using random different keys i.e allowing the keyboard to dictate my key preference or i can walk in a straight line but run diagonally

the fact that my crappy old keyboard could do it and this 1 cant is what makes me pretty unhappy. It costs 4 times more and its only reason for purchase was gaming which its having a negative impact on unless this gets fixed. If theres no solution its getting RMAed

quantumisation · 28 Mar 2007 at 22:56

no, my old keyboard was ps2 and this 1 is usb, but i dont think thats what its down to

quantumisation · 28 Mar 2007 at 23:02

uh yea, everything i have thats usb works fine. Its vista 64 bit but ive been reading people get this problem in xp too so dont think its just cause im on vista

quantumisation · 28 Mar 2007 at 23:11

i did see some user posting that on another forum no official response stating its the case though, where did you see it?

quantumisation · 28 Mar 2007 at 23:26

yea i should have researched a bit more, im picky when it comes to this sort of thing. The surround sound medusa progamer headset might need rmaed as well, says its got a detachable microphone on the site but looks like its just the home 1 that does it

quantumisation · 28 Mar 2007 at 23:38

do they allow you to adjust the led brightness as well? im after the same type of keyboard as this just without the key restriction. Im looking at the G11 just now (the G15 LCD seems overkill for me) have you had experience with it at all? honestly i wasnt expecting any problems from a keyboard i thought it would either be faulty or fine, totally surprising to find last milenium technology beating it in any area

quantumisation · 28 Mar 2007 at 23:46

i might try and get the eclipse 2 if it fixes the problem..ill try and confirm that before doing it. Only problem is the original reason i didnt order 1 is cause OC never seem to have those in stock..

quantumisation · 29 Mar 2007 at 20:23

i think if you use the wsad keys instead of the arrow keys there isnt much of a problem, but im just so used to using arrow keys. I know all the cool gamers will try to convince people to use those keys but sorry, no. And as much as i like the keyboard i think its RMA time if the eclipse 2 sorts the problem. Its only slightly more expensive and can change the colour of the backlight which i thinks quite good. Now my main problem is finding a place that actually sells it in the uk..its out of stock everywhere.

stoofa can you confirm with the eclipse 2 you can hold 3 arrow keys at the same time or 2 arrow keys and the 0 to the right? im a bit paranoid now cause i dont think many people use these keys and so wouldnt notice whether it still has the same problem or not