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My keyboard wont let me press more than 3 buttons at a time (windows) and 2 at a time (most games) is this a driver problem or just my poor a$$ keyboard?

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Borrow another keyboard from someone and see if the problem still occurs; that will at least narrow things down a bit.
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thanks dmr

does anyone know how to actually fix this though. I was thinking about downloading some logitech drivers for my current kb, would that work?
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is it a logitech keyboard :p !?
What happens when you click the 4 keys
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nah, its some poor generic one that came with the comp. When i press 4 keys the tower starts beepin out old skool beeps!
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Older keyboards aren't able to handle something like that, especially older PS/2 and AT keyboards.

Anything recent that uses USB would be fine, but yes it's your keyboard.
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Older keyboards aren't able to handle something like that, especially older PS/2 and AT keyboards.

Anything recent that uses USB would be fine, but yes it's your keyboard.
no keyboard can handle 4 buttons at once, can it????
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no keyboard can handle 4 buttons at once, can it????
You've never worked on a Mac I take it, eh? :mrgreen:
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