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can't press > 3 key at once t42
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:37 am
by turbolium
if typing or playing games if i press 3 keys the computer beeps and i loose responce while playing games (ex. NFS)
any way of fixing it so i can press more buttons at once
Thanks
T42
Re: can't press > 3 key at once t42
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:50 am
by dr_st
No way to fix it. It's a limitiation of the keyboard (and most laptop keyboards I encountered). For quality gaming an external keyboard is mandatory.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:21 am
by meanestfish
To stop the beep, go to device manager, check "show hidden devices" look for a device called "Beep" in the non plug and play devices, and disable it. Reboot. No more beep.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:53 pm
by turbolium
((((
Thanks
do you know if any usb keyboard would support >3 keys pressing at once?
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:06 am
by christopher_wolf
turbolium wrote:((((
Thanks
do you know if any usb keyboard would support >3 keys pressing at once?
The hardware could, yes; in the case of games, it is simply the event handler dealing with it. DirectInput, in most games, does a far better job of this than the default windows hardware event handler when it comes to keyboard signals. I even remember a few games where you had to periodically hit, say, the forward arrow key to go forward with the default handler rather than the DirectInput handler.
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:13 am
by dr_st
turbolium wrote:do you know if any usb keyboard would support >3 keys pressing at once?
Most of them would not have problems. They may have problems with some specific combinations (usually only when you get to 4 or 5 keys), but no real way of knowing it in advance. For instance, I have this keyboard that doesn't like me pressing Forward+Left+A+Spacebar at the same time. But the same with Right instead of Left works like a charm.
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:29 am
by Red_October_7000
A buddy of mine was completely prevented from using the alternate weapons in "(Star Control II) The Ur-Quan Masters" by this problem. Some keyboards just don't like multiple keypresses; my Saitek Gamer's Keyboard handles 4 just fine; and I spent a coulpe hours playing Half-Life on my R30 (Boy was I surprised when that loaded up OK!) with no problems... and yes, you CAN use a trackpoint in an FPS... I wouldn't exactly try to play on-line with one, but it's servicable! So the R30 can handle at least 3, I don't know how many more...