Keyboard problems within CSS

fat_wife · 25 Oct 2006 at 21:28

Hey guys. Seem to have a problem, just within CS:source. Basically I'd be playing as normal and my keyboard will lock up, which ever button I was pressing when it freezes is the button that's seemingly 'pressed in', even though it isn't.

I've never had any problems before with my keyboard untill today (I've been playing CSS with this board for the past year). There are no problems with my keyboard unless I'm in CS:Source.

The problem seem's to temporarily fix itself when I press ESC a few times, it then becomes unfrozen, but the problem will re-occour within 15 or so seconds. Sometimes my keyboard will even stop responding in game.

I have done a spyware scan (as I do every day) and I am clean. I've deleated my configs and re-made them within CSS > Options > Keyboard settings and still have had no luck.

My keyboard is PS2.

I thought I'd post this here as a clan mate also had the same problem within CSS, he says it fixed itself and the problem is no longer an issue, which leads me to beleive it's a problem within source and not my machine/kb.

Cheers

(Also posted in hardware section)

SiriusB · 25 Oct 2006 at 22:12

First off, you shouldn't post the same thread twice! One will just get deleted.

Now, to completely rule out your keyboard you should try another. Although it does sound like a CSS problem since it is not occurring anywhere else.

I suppose you could try reinstalling CSS? If you have a broadband connection should only take a few hours or so - you can leave it to download overnight.

Other than that not sure I can help.

SiriusB

LeakyMeat · 26 Oct 2006 at 02:50

I used have a similar problem with my keyboard becoming randomly unresponsive while in cs.
Solved by looking for type32.exe in my task manager and ending that process.
Its part of the drivers for a microsoft keyboard (or logitec, i cant remember which kb i had at the time).

But your best bet is as SiriusB has suggested, try another kb.

4T5 · 26 Oct 2006 at 10:23

Switch to a USB Keyboard and delete old KB drivers and instal drivers from the KB's site.

Bezinator · 26 Oct 2006 at 12:43

Haha - hey fatwife, say this post on ed and was about to say oo look at overclockers someone has the same thread and its you!!

Bez` says HI

fat_wife · 26 Oct 2006 at 13:09

Cool. Gonna buy myself a USB Keyboard then. Funnily enough, I do have another keyboard but the wire is too short for where the tower is sat. Look's like I'm just going to have to make do untill my new rig is built.

I have tried pretty much everything, verified game cache, defragmented, re-built my game configs, done a disk cleanup, taken the keyboard appart to make sure there's nothing making the conectors stick when the keys are not being pushed down. Virus scan clean, spyware scan's (adaware/s&d/xoftspy) clean.

Again, this is an issue only within Source. It doesn't effect browsing, documenting, photoshop, anything else but CSS.

The only option left is a format, there's no way I want to do that and there's no reason why I should have to.

4T5 · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:14

malc30 said:
Switch to a USB Keyboard and delete old KB drivers and instal drivers from the KB's site.

Sorry i should have said that after a rebuild and diff mobo i used a PS2 KB instead of the normal USB one i had. I got the Exact same problem you describe but only with BF2. Reverting back to my USB KB and loading the drivers of the Manufaturers site solved my issue as it will yours. (i hope)

fat_wife · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:56

Hey guys, thank for your help on this.

I think i've solved my problem. The wire, which is on the right side of my keyboard had always been stretched across my desk, as it was long enough, but it was tense (if that makes sence).

So I figured it could be a wire issue, at which point I took the keyboard appart, firstly to clean off the connectors/circuit sheet incase anything was sticking, and secondly to see if any of the wire were eaiter over stretched or just simply disconected from the LED circuit board which it is connected to - this wasnt the case so I put the board back togeher.

Attempted to place Source once again, same problem - I'd done everything and I was getting ready to unleash the rage, haha! Last thing I tried was wiggling the wire at the back, when i bend it back on itself it's fine, when i let go of it, it takes over my Keyboard for me, only stops when I push the wire in and bend it back/kink it, so it's blaters a problem with the conectivity.

I switched to an old crusty keyboard that only has one tilt stand (it now has a rolled up subway voucher in there to compensate) and this seems to work fine. Played CSS with no apparent problems for a good 20 minutes, so hopefully that's the problem resolved and I'll have to make do untill I can afford a USB Keyboard.

Thanks for your help guys, much appreciated