keyboard lag?

TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
edited July 2003 in Hardware
i have an OEM Logitech Black Internet Keyboard, non-USB.

when gaming, it can't handle many rapid keystrokes, i.e. in HL i press shift to run then ctrl to crouch and spacebar to jump all while holding W and A to strafe... it can't handle it.

mobo is an IS7 if that makes any difference, OS is win XP Pro

i was going to just update the driver because its tagged as 10/.../2000, so i figured there might be a new one, but logitech apparently doesn't officially support the keyboard.

it's a nice board, any help would be appreciated'

Comments

  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    what do you mean by "it cant handle it" are you sure it isnt the game
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Sorry dude, you'll probably have to get a new keyboard -- this isn't something a driver can fix.

    I saw somewhere once before a chart of keyboard "channels" - there's only a few (i forget, like 3 or 5) and the keyboard is divided into chunks of keys that use a specific channel. You can't press more than two keys from a particular channel, so if a three- or four-key combination doesn't work, you need a new keyboard.
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited July 2003
    it does it in several games, only with this keyboard. i'll have to agree with primesuspect

    do you think the logitech elite keyboard would have a different channel setup?

    i need a black keyboard, and the logitechs dont have the stupid oversized enter key

    also would using a USB adaptor have any effect? i might have one lying around...
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Using USB wouldn't help your current keyboard. I have a two logitech keyboards, both USB, and they both work great.
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    I have the same problem with my elite. I cannot use Shift + Q + A at the same time (Strafe while leaning + crouching in SOF2 ;))
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    My other keyboard wouldnt let me press more than 2 keys at once regardless of where they were, and that make gaming impossible.

    I can press 6 on the Keyboard (PS/2) which is nice. But I heard that USB doesnt have any limitation......

    NS
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited July 2003
    anyone know of a black, usb keyboard with a normal sized enter key (i.e. not the "L-shaped" key)

    schwaip are you using the PS2 or USB connector?
    (the elite is natively usb right)
  • SlickSlick Upstate New York
    edited July 2003
    My half life and counter strike keys use all the insert through page down keys to move then like backspace to duck and the key below it to jump. If I press some key combination my computer beeps and it wont let me move like :(.
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    I'm using usb. There are no beeps or whatever when it happens, just doesn't let me do it. That, however, was the only key combination i had trouble with
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited July 2003
    well since i use several wierd key combinations on that side of the board, i think i'm gonna lean away from logitech on this one. i guess my family gets a new black internet keyboard :-D
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    hehe....maybe you should try out that nortismo 50...u know...the thing thats like a glove that fits on ur left hand
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited July 2003
    yeah, i'll get on that right way

    :-D
  • NixxerNixxer Nottingham, UK
    edited July 2003
    I use a Microsoft Multimedia Natural Keyboard, and use the Delete, Page Down, Page Up keys, and most of them around there. Its PS2 and I never have any problems, so I doubt its because yours is PS2.
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited July 2003
    well i went to compusa and bought a logitech elite, because my friend says he never has a problem and my OTHER logitech board doesn't give me this problem, so if this one works then i officially blame the problem on OEM parts
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited July 2003
    elite = problem solved, im going to attribute this one to unnoficial support for this oem keyboard... i dont think i-touch registers it correctly and that may have something to do with it
  • TBonZTBonZ Ottawa, ON Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Glad you're all fixed up now. I couldn't help see the references to HL and wanted to pimp my HL thread, c'mon, you guys know you want to.:)

    http://short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=827
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    TheBaron said
    it does it in several games, only with this keyboard. i'll have to agree with primesuspect

    do you think the logitech elite keyboard would have a different channel setup?

    i need a black keyboard, and the logitechs dont have the stupid oversized enter key

    also would using a USB adaptor have any effect? i might have one lying around...

    http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=WG-2160-WB

    Pretty geeky and cool.
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