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Old 12-14-2012, 04:33 AM   #26
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A lot of people in this thread would rate LED's over NKRO if you gave them the opportunity, it looks like.

OP, you can get USB-to-PS2 adapters relatively cheap and they should function in UEFI if you run into a situation where your USB device isn't recognized.

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And gamers. PS/2 allows for NKRO (N-key rollover) while USB allows for a max of 10 simultaneous keys.
The real issue isn't so much that USB allows for a maximum of 10-key rollover, but rather that most (damned near all) USB keyboards on the market offer 3, 4, 5 or 6 KRO instead of 10. On "gaming" models sometimes the advertised rollover revolves around special accommodations made for WASD, ignoring the fact that a lot of gamers keybind to different key alignments, most commonly ESDF. This suddenly makes advertised 6KRO that revolved around WASD insufficient in a lot of cases.

Given the choice, I'd always prefer full NKRO but honestly true-10 (non wasd specific) would be sufficient if keyboard companies would bother implementing it into their usb models. Aside from Microsoft's Sidewinder series, almost none do though.

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Old 12-14-2012, 04:36 AM   #27
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Anyone know if there's any way to power on a PC via keystrokes on a USB keyboard if the BIOS / UEFI doesn't have options for it?
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Old 12-14-2012, 07:38 AM   #28
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ouch. and strange
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Old 12-15-2012, 09:31 AM   #29
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Anyone know if there's any way to power on a PC via keystrokes on a USB keyboard if the BIOS / UEFI doesn't have options for it?
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Old 12-15-2012, 01:58 PM   #30
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Sorry, but what is that?
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Old 12-18-2012, 04:32 PM   #31
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I have a Deck Legend with a PS/2 plug rather than USB. Very high quality keyboard.
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