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[SC2] Keyboard stops working in-game

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Capteone
Profile Joined March 2010
United States197 Posts
May 13 2011 22:47 GMT
#1
Hey guys, I am having a problem where when I start playing in a game, some aspects of my keyboard stop working (at random). These are namely the letter keys, which prevents using hotkeys which as you can imagine is game-breaking.

Any ideas how to fix this?
Devious-Gaming - www.Devious-Gaming.co.cc
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
May 13 2011 22:51 GMT
#2
What keyboard? Razer Lycosa? If so, try the newest driver version, 3.0.2 I believe, if that doesn't work, uninstall the Razer drivers, and use default Windows drivers.

Otherwise, still try new drivers, and update windows.
Capteone
Profile Joined March 2010
United States197 Posts
May 13 2011 23:16 GMT
#3
Its the keyboard on my laptop... I can't imagine it has drivers. Windows is fully updated.
Devious-Gaming - www.Devious-Gaming.co.cc
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
May 13 2011 23:17 GMT
#4
All your hardware has drivers. Have you tried cleaning the keyboard? Is it only in SC2?
Capteone
Profile Joined March 2010
United States197 Posts
May 13 2011 23:26 GMT
#5
On May 14 2011 08:17 JingleHell wrote:
All your hardware has drivers. Have you tried cleaning the keyboard? Is it only in SC2?

Only SC2, and the pattern I am just noticing it is (so far) only the first match I play when I get on SC2... its really strange. My keyboard is pretty clean and drivers are all up to date. I think it is SC2 specific, but cannot figure out why.
Devious-Gaming - www.Devious-Gaming.co.cc
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
May 13 2011 23:43 GMT
#6
Strange. Have you tried going into a game vs AI and quitting out before going into ladder matches? Might be a functional workaround if nothing else works.
Ponkio
Profile Joined January 2011
Italy52 Posts
May 14 2011 06:58 GMT
#7
It happens frequently to me too.
It's usually a problem if you are running something in the background.
An internet page, a music player.
For me, I just do a quick alt - tab and it works perfectly again.
Let me know if it solves your problem.
Capteone
Profile Joined March 2010
United States197 Posts
May 14 2011 11:49 GMT
#8
On May 14 2011 15:58 Ponkio wrote:
It happens frequently to me too.
It's usually a problem if you are running something in the background.
An internet page, a music player.
For me, I just do a quick alt - tab and it works perfectly again.
Let me know if it solves your problem.

That actually makes a lot of sense, I'll try this next time it occurs
Devious-Gaming - www.Devious-Gaming.co.cc
pesichew
Profile Joined June 2011
11 Posts
June 08 2011 07:31 GMT
#9
i dont know if this is the right place to post but i need some help on my keyboard.
Well, I'v never had any problems with any of my keyboards but the currently keyboard I'm using, "Qsenn DT-35," has given me problems. It happens only sometimes but the keyboard just stops for like 30secs and comes back to normal.

For extra information: Whenever I'm typing and the problem occurs, it would spam the letter I was going to type and comes back normal.

Edit: I've tried plugging the cord into different USB ports but it doesn't fix.
Bambipwnsu
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada698 Posts
June 08 2011 07:33 GMT
#10
Please don't spam your post in every keyboard thread. I was typing out a response to this but now i feel less inclined. To be short, this is a cheap keyboard. Things are bound to happen. It sells for 10$ in Korea.
LoL @ NA: bambipwnsu
pesichew
Profile Joined June 2011
11 Posts
June 08 2011 07:35 GMT
#11
On June 08 2011 16:33 Bambipwnsu wrote:
Please don't spam your post in every keyboard thread. I was typing out a response to this but now i feel less inclined. To be short, this is a cheap keyboard. Things are bound to happen. It sells for 10$ in Korea.


i'm sorry if i angered you for any reason but i am new here and i do not know how to start a thread. so i figured thats the fastest way i could get answers. would appreciate if you could help me out. otherwise, it's fine
Bambipwnsu
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada698 Posts
June 08 2011 07:44 GMT
#12
Well the first thing you could try is plugging it into another computer and seeing if its actually the keyboard's problem
LoL @ NA: bambipwnsu
pesichew
Profile Joined June 2011
11 Posts
June 08 2011 07:51 GMT
#13
On June 08 2011 16:44 Bambipwnsu wrote:
Well the first thing you could try is plugging it into another computer and seeing if its actually the keyboard's problem

tried that, same problem. hmmm doubt there's any drivers i can install to solve this right.
Bambipwnsu
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada698 Posts
June 08 2011 08:07 GMT
#14
Well if you rule out your computer as the problem, then it can only be the keyboard itself right?
Don't know if you would want to go through such a hassle for a 10$ keyboard but maybe the wire is breaking contact somewhere. You could try soldering but even then...

Just buy a new keyboard. Either go big, or just get a decent cheap keyboard with the same basic feel. The logitech k120 is a good alternative.

p.s. One of my friends used to be a former korean progamer and even if he can get a dt-35 for 10$, and he has used it before, he still uses his current cheapo keyboard. Don't spend 30$ on a dt-35 imo.
LoL @ NA: bambipwnsu
pesichew
Profile Joined June 2011
11 Posts
June 08 2011 08:14 GMT
#15
I see. Thank you Bambipwnsu. i shall throw away this crap.
Grimwolf1
Profile Joined January 2016
9 Posts
January 22 2016 23:31 GMT
#16
seems like another dead thread, but i have a similar issue. keyboard stops working in game is i exit sc2 it works again. any ideas on how to fix it? if i exit and reopen sc2 it works again. not the biggest issue except it means that i lose like 20% of my games just because i have to leave...
Nabe
Profile Joined April 2015
51 Posts
January 23 2016 04:24 GMT
#17
You're certain it's not a hardware problem? I mean you've tried different USB ports, it never acts up outside of SC2, used a different computer kind of things?

Does it use special software or drivers of some kind? Uninstall and update/reinstall. If it works fine without them, consider not using them at all.

If it has a replaceable wire change it.

The only other thing I can think of is SC2 doesn't really get along with some languages. If you use IME set up an English layout and make sure you have it selected on the desktop before starting the game. I've never had it outright stop working for me, however I've had it change basically every setting possible, even things buried in menus with no hotkeys for them. So it wouldn't shock me.
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