Last week I had this problem where my keyboard would only register alternate keypresses for some keys (e.g. when I press . it would only register as > ) and most of the time it wouldn't do capitals at all, even when the Shift key or the Caps Lock key was down. This was annoying, and I thought I'd have to replace the keyboard, but a computer restart fixed the issue.
Just today, though, it's started playing up again. It won't register Backspace, so I have to use Delete for everything, and it won't register multiple keypresses - like just now, with 'keypresses', I had to wait around 2 seconds without doing anything to type the second s.
Another restart will probably fix the issue again, but I have some work that I need to finish at the moment, and I don't want to have to keep having to put up with weird and annoying distractions from my keyboard in the future. Is this something I can do something about, or will I need a new keyboard?
I use a Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 keyboard, which I bought around 3 years ago.
Also, when I type something on the keyboard, Windows makes this weird clicking sound through the speakers. But only when the keypress registers.
Just today, though, it's started playing up again. It won't register Backspace, so I have to use Delete for everything, and it won't register multiple keypresses - like just now, with 'keypresses', I had to wait around 2 seconds without doing anything to type the second s.
Another restart will probably fix the issue again, but I have some work that I need to finish at the moment, and I don't want to have to keep having to put up with weird and annoying distractions from my keyboard in the future. Is this something I can do something about, or will I need a new keyboard?
I use a Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 keyboard, which I bought around 3 years ago.
Also, when I type something on the keyboard, Windows makes this weird clicking sound through the speakers. But only when the keypress registers.
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