# Keyboard troubles again. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 14, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-troubles-again/844833 "2019-12-14T00:02:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-troubles-again/844833/1 "2019-12-14T00:02:28Z")
My keyboard doesn’t always register my presses. What do I do? My keyboard registers my key presses 99% of the time, so I guess it’s not a big deal, right? ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-troubles-again/844833/2 "2019-12-14T00:06:23Z")
Try blowing compressed air in there. Or buy a new keyboard. They give out after a while. ---
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-troubles-again/844833/3 "2019-12-14T00:25:28Z")
But it’s only like a month old. (Though, it’s been in its package in my closet for months). My keyboard is a Logitech K120. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-troubles-again/844833/4 "2019-12-14T00:32:08Z")
> [@](#): > > My keyboard is a Logitech K120 Which is a wired keyboard. Huh. I’ve only ever had lost keypresses with a wireless keyboard (some undiagnosed RF interference in my office apparently), which drove me nuts so I went back to wired and now no issues. Not sure what to recommend here - the keyboard _could_ be defective, but as you say it’s new and the same model keyboard I’m happily typing on now. ---
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-troubles-again/844833/5 "2019-12-14T00:36:33Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Which is a wired keyboard. Huh. I’ve only ever had lost keypresses with a wireless keyboard (some undiagnosed RF interference in my office apparently), which drove me nuts so I went back to wired and now no issues. Not sure what to recommend here - the keyboard _could_ be defective, but as you say it’s new and the same model keyboard I’m happily typing on now. Probably not broken, then? ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-troubles-again/844833/6 "2019-12-14T01:41:26Z")
Is it always the same key or keys that fail to register? ---
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-troubles-again/844833/7 "2019-12-14T01:52:44Z")
Wait, I think I might have figured it out. I’m a really fast typist, so sometimes I don’t hit a key when I think I did. My brain is faster than my fingers. ---
**Author:** ![albino\_manatee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/albino_manatee/32/2_2.png) [@albino\_manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/albino_manatee)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-troubles-again/844833/8 "2019-12-14T14:09:51Z")
if you’re on a windows machine … you can also optimize the key response rate configuration. s’good idea to first take screen-cap … documenting the default values. start/control-panel/keyboard/properties the spoiler below contains link to a screenshot depicting microsoft’s generic keyboard-properties interface … found on the internet. [https://www.digitalwelt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Keyboard-Speed-Windows.gif](https://www.digitalwelt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Keyboard-Speed-Windows.gif) ---
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-troubles-again/844833/9 "2019-12-14T14:55:51Z")
> [@albino\_manatee](#): > > if you’re on a windows machine … you can also optimize the key response rate configuration. s’good idea to first take screen-cap … documenting the default values. > > start/control-panel/keyboard/properties > > the spoiler below contains link to a screenshot depicting microsoft’s generic keyboard-properties interface … found on the internet. > > [https://www.digitalwelt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Keyboard-Speed-Windows.gif](https://www.digitalwelt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Keyboard-Speed-Windows.gif) I tested the repeat rate, and all the keys seem to be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-troubles-again/844833/10 "2019-12-14T15:43:35Z")
Two thoughts: Consider slowing down until you can type accurately as well as speedily. The Logitech K120 sells for $8.99 at Walmart. ---
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-troubles-again/844833/11 "2019-12-15T15:33:53Z")
Maybe I’m just not quite used to it yet (It’s smaller and the keys are closer together than my old keyboard). I still make typing errors with it. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-troubles-again/844833/12 "2019-12-15T16:27:49Z")
This is not an unusual problem. My mother was a journalist and an extremely fast typist on old-fashioned typewriters. When she switched to word processing (which was only about 12 years ago) she complained about the cursor moving around and text disappearing. I had to try at least half a dozen keyboards before I found one with the right range of key motion and key pressure. Once I found one that was appropriate to her speed and finger pressure, she was fine. ---
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-troubles-again/844833/13 "2019-12-16T15:09:46Z")
It didn’t act up at all yesterday or the day before, so I don’t know if it’s my imagination, or what.