3 key's pressed together = beep

[Civilian]

hi,

i recently got a new mobo and keyboard and on the keyboard i can't press and hold UP, LEFT & CTRL for longer then a second without my PC Speaker beeping, it seems to happen on 95% of key combinations, e.g. in a FPS i can't press W, D & E together becaquse it beeps

is it purly the keyboard ?

is there some option in the bios to fix it ?

mobo is a MSI K8N Plat nforce 3 (amd 64bit)

its a standard PS/2 keyboard, not a main brand though

p.s. (referring to a previous topic of mine which noone replied to) is there a program or somthing to reserve/flip the output of your speakers ?

[Vannos]

unplug the pc speaker.

Anyway, just a guess. It may have something to do with the scan rate the keyboard is set to. That is, it is set too high.

[Civilian]

ok i'll be alittle clearer,

it not the noise thats causing the problems its when the 3 keys are pressed it locks the keyboard and no keypresses go through untill those keys are released, hence why in a FPS i can't run diaganolly and jump.

can you elaborate more on the keyboard scan rate such as how to change it ?

[allen1090]

ok i'll be alittle clearer,

it not the noise thats causing the problems its when the 3 keys are pressed it locks the keyboard and no keypresses go through untill those keys are released, hence why in a FPS i can't run diaganolly and jump.

bah same as me but i cant walk diagnly (only one way tho :wacko: )

[[jo3y]]

what kind of keyboard?

[andy]

my pc does the same thing, i think its called 'sticky keys' or something -- and im pretty sure theres a way to turn it off but i dont know off the top of my head

[Civilian]

"what kind of keyboard?"

its just a standard PS/2 keyboard from an Advent computer.

installed in windows as Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard

"my pc does the same thing, i think its called 'sticky keys' or something -- and im pretty sure theres a way to turn it off but i dont know off the top of my head"

nah i don't think it is sticky keys, have made sure thats all disabled (in Accessibility Options)

[Shetland]

i get this problem from time to time too...

strange.

also sometimes when the beep happens the comp thinks the keys are still down.

[Adnan248999]

Not all keyboards support multiple keypress

[webskater1]

and wich keyboard support multiple key press?

I have same problems playing PES3

[Ferret]

I got a Wireless keyboard, and it beeps at me for pressing 3 or more keys, when the battery's are nearing empty. BUT I would assume from your post's that it's a wired keyboard ?

[Post-It Note]

I've never seen a keyboard that doesn't beep after several keys.

My keyboard that came with mx700 doesn't beep (maybe because it is plugged into USB).

[Civilian]

could be a PS/2 limitation ?

just tried my bro's computer and his keyboard can take 5 keys held together b4 it starts beeping

[goheels681]

My dell one can take 10, but I'm not sure if there are any more since I don't have enough fingers :(

[Codegen]

My PC does the same thing, Have tried the following keyboards:

Solidus Multimedia keyboard

Compaq 126-ley keyboard

Mitsumi keyboard

Microsoft Natural Keyboard

iOne Scorpius K2A

All do the same thing. I think it is a limitation w/ some motherboards.

[$ick]

Cheap keyboards beep on 3. My Logitech Internet Keyboard that connects through USB doesn't beep. I could probaly press 20 keys if i wanted to.

[Codegen]

Cheap keyboards beep on 3. My Logitech Internet Keyboard that connects through USB doesn't beep. I could probaly press 20 keys if i wanted to.

Keep in mind USB and PS/2 are different technologies.

[OptiPlex]

Mine beeps at 10.

I guess it's just a warning notice for you to stop jamming the keyboard buttons....

[Post-It Note]

Cheap keyboards beep on 3. My Logitech Internet Keyboard that connects through USB doesn't beep. I could probaly press 20 keys if i wanted to.

You could press 20 keys and have it not beep, but it doesn't mean that all 20 keys are processed. Try it in notepad. Hold a key down one at a time. If it stops changing, switch to another key. I got to 6 before the "letter/number" keys stopped responding. (That is, I had 6 keys pressed down at the same time, and the sixth key was repeating. If I pressed another key, the sixth key would still be repeating.)

[Civilian]

hmm it seems to depend on what keys are pressed

can hold down 7 along the middle row A to J b4 it stops/beeps

but can only hold 2 in top row + 1 from middle row (W,E,D)

can't hold down UP, LEFT, RIGHT arrows

but can hold LEFT, RIGHT, DOWN arrows

sooo confusing.... :wacko:

[islanq]

Disable your "sticky keys" setting and everything will be cool, Also if you keyboard requires drivers (most don't but some do) then try the manufacture website for updates. Also look in your bios for "system sounds/notifications" and u should be able to disable the onboard system speaker (Y) good luck.

[Nexus-]

If ive done my homework and rember correctly the textbook answer for this is the keyboard controller on a ps/2 keyboard (what sends the signals to the machineas for what keys are being pressed only allows for about 3-5 keys to be pressed at one time any more keys pressed than that it beeps to alert you that any more consecutive keys are not going to recive activity on your computer for you pressing them (IE its going to seem like your not pressing them at all to the computer) newer and more mainbrand ps/2 keyboards may not be affected by this problem but most every cheap and the old keyboards are affected.

On the other hand if i remember right usb keyboard controllers allow for an infinate (as many as possible/ or all the keys on the board) to be pressed at once and will accept all their input at one time so pressing all the keys would give you input from all the keys at one constant session. This is because (correct me if im wrong) that the usb keybaords are made this way to take advantage of the extra bandwith that usb offers over ps/2

i think thats close to right

[Liquid]

The keyboard controller does not have enough memory to processes your request so it tells the computer to beep telling you that it cant do it. Alot of logitech keyboards do this as do cheap 10$ keyboards. Most if not all Microsoft keyboards do not do this.

There that tells you why. It is your keyboard.

[Civilian]

thanx for your answers guys :)

will go pickup a usb keyboard in a few days.

[quanta]

Incidentally, this same thing happened with my Internet Keyboard Pro, but it was because I had both PS/2 and USB plugs plugged in. I shut down, unplugged the PS/2 plug, and the problem went away.