Re: Keyboard/CPU conflict?

From: Blahblah (blah_at_blah.com)
Date: 09/08/04 

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 22:16:13 GMT

duh, I was answering these after having been throwing up AND having the runs
for 3 hours pretty continuosly... :/ guess I just didnt' catch that part.
I've seen this on another computer before, I'll put a watch on this thread
and update ya when I remember what the fix was. One thought, mayhaps a
keylogger running computing/catching length of time a key is pressed?

     blahblah

"__SPooKY__" <spamandr00tmeidontcare@seraphicator.com> wrote in message
news:Hav%c.2099$296.12049@news1.mts.net...
> he said it was a PS2 keyboard
>
>
> Blahblah wrote:
>
> > USB or PS/2 connector?
> >
> > blahblah
> >
> > "Michael" <walsh67@netspace.net.au> wrote in message
> > news:chkech$ojr$1@otis.netspace.net.au...
> >
> >>First I'd like to thank the people who have replied to my previous
posts.
> >>Your input has been very much appreciated. It seems I've come across a
> >>problem that is not very common. That is if it's not a first! My system
is
> >>as follows -
> >>
> >>Windows XP sp2 (I had this problem before I installed the patch)
> >>3.06 Gig Intel Pentium 4
> >>120 Gig Hard Drive (No partition yet)
> >>1024 Meg Memory
> >>NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
> >>On Board sound - Realtek AC'07 Audio
> >>On Board network - NetComm NB1300 USB Network Adapter
> >> - Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet
> >
> > NIC
> >
> >>PS2 Keyboard - Microsoft Natural Multimedia Keyboard 1.0A
> >>
> >>The problem I'm having is my CPU usage jumps up to over 90% whenever I
> >
> > press
> >
> >>(and hold down) any of the keys on my keyboard. This causes the whole
> >
> > system
> >
> >>to slow down and stall until I release the key again. Even typing too
> >>quickly makes it jump up over 30%. I've tried removing drivers and
> >
> > replacing
> >
> >>them. Network, Sound and Keyboard this did nothing. I tried updating the
> >>drivers which didn't help either. I can't find any conflicts anywhere,
> >>according to System Information everything's fine. I also went into BIOS
> >
> > and
> >
> >>changed the IRQ selector from manual to auto to see if letting the
> >
> > computer
> >
> >>pic the IRQ settings would make a difference. It didn't! I'm not too
keen
> >
> > on
> >
> >>changing BIOS settings as I don't know a lot about them and I'm told it
> >
> > can
> >
> >>be quite damaging if I change something I shouldn't. Any advice would
most
> >>welcome at this stage as putting it in the shop and paying $65 an hour
> >>doesn't really appeal to me!
> >>
> >>Much Obliged
> >>Michael
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
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