Most bizarre keyboard actions ever (driver problem?)
Most bizarre keyboard actions ever (driver problem?)
Hi all, I am looking for a solution to this weird behavior that my keyboard is presenting. Heres whats going on: The "main" area of my keyboard is working halfway fine (letters, number row, enter, punctuation, number pad). I can type, however when I play games, the keyboard is only able to register one key at a time (this in particular I find very weird, cause key rollover is AFAIK implemented in hardware). This is obviously awful, for instance if I press shift to run while walking forwards, the keyboard switches from registering "W" to only registering "Shift", so the character just stands still. Aside from that, the entire area with the "Home", "End", "Scroll Lock" etc is just not working. Nor are the arrow keys, which makes typing awful since I can only navigate to another place in the text with my mouse. Num Lock and Caps Lock also dont work. My first guess was that it was a hardware issue, but the keyboard works fine in other PCs, as well as in my own PC if I boot in Safe Mode. Ive then assumed it was a driver issue, and removed all Keyboard Drivers and then restarted the PC and reconnected the keyboard. Did not work. Ive then reinstalled Windows, which then worked (!) for a couple days, after which the issue came back. Ive tried different USB Ports, but that didnt affect anything. I should also mention that my Keyboard is a Corsair K95 RGB Platinum, which works using Corsairs Software iCue. I originally had it installed, but through that software I already factory reset all KB settings, then didnt even reinstall it after the Windows reinstall. Still the issue didnt leave. Anyone seen anything similar to this? The only possible origin left that I can think of is that maybe some other driver is clashing with the KB driver and intercepting the signals, but I dont know much about the workings of that. Im running Windows 10 on a 6600k and a gtx 980 (I know, I know, an upgrade is due ) Id be very thankful for some help here! Thanks and much love
This suggests a Windows driver update might be the issue. Frequent updates from Windows can sometimes be subpar. The recommended approach is to restrict driver updates via Group Policy, which is available only in professional editions but can be enabled in home versions as well. A registry modification can also achieve this. The Atlas OS lightweight Windows initiative contains a registry file that can be applied. You might also find success by navigating to Device Manager and disabling updates for specific devices.
Thanks, I’ll definitely give it a shot. I thought a Windows Update might be the cause, even though I didn’t make any major changes recently. I’m confused about why only my keyboard was affected. Cheers!