Keyboard issue - strange!

[AvengerUK]

Hi all,

Im having a few 'issues' with my keyboard atm, as my family decided to 1) nick it and 2) plug it back in incorrectly while i was out!

It seems to intermittant however, where it may not respond (at all) although the lights flash on startup. If i plug it in/out while tht system is on (I know this is usually a bad idea ) it may start working, however, for example holding a key down such as "SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS" will be a hell of a lot slower than usual
As i say, its intermittant so it works sometimes on not others, and the rest of the time its got the issue above :/

Any help/advice is greatly appreciated

(+, when it is working correctly, reconnecting it while the system is on causes the slow down issue when holding a key down, no idea if its ment to do this or not!)

[FatalSaviour]

What keyboard is it Avenger?
Are you connecting via PS/2 or USB?

[AvengerUK]

The keyboard is some cheap thing, and its connected via PS2. I have tried a differnt keyboard however with similar issues

[SourceQuench]

the slow SSSSSS sounds like a repeat-rate issue (try checking control panel->keyboard)

[TheAnimus]

first off you should never unplug/plug a PS2 device whilst the computer is switched on. You do that and your going to have a bad time.

hopefully thou, most computers now have polyressetable fuses on the power lines for these so its not such a big problem. So stop hurting your motherborad.

repeat-rate shouldn't get changed by the keyboard been un-plugged. With PS2 its actually the keyboard that controlls the repeat rate, a command is sent to the keyboard via the keyboard controller (which is actually just a serial to parrallel convertor linked to an interupt!) so it can actually be a broken keyboard that causes slow repeat rate but as sourcequench said its unlikely.

Have you tried switching the power off completely, rebooting, does the keyboard work fine in the BIOS?

[UltraMagnus]

hmm, if you have tried another one it sounds like it isnt the keyboard.

well, personally i would make your family buy you a new mobo...