Hey guys,

I got myself a keyboard not long ago, but the keystrokes sometimes produces doublestrokes and/or doesn't register making it really difficult to type a straight sentence! :(

It's more or less every word in this post that I've had to correct.

It's moe orr lesss everry word in this post that I've had to ccorrrecct. <- typed as I normally would, but without correcting.

I'm a oldtimer in regards to computers, got good typing skills so my fingers is not the problem :D

I've tried typing hard (deteremined) and soft, no difference...

It's this keyboard:

http://func.net/pages/KB-460

Anybody got any insights to this, or similiar experiences with such keyboards?

Would O-rings do any good except dampening the clicks?

Have you tried changing the key repeat rate in your OS?

Yeah, no difference

When it produces a doublestroke, they come instantly..

I know the switches have a tipping point before the key is pushed all the way down, somehow this makes them register twice/not at all.

So frustrating going from a loooooowbudget rubber membrane keyboard, to this.. Should be better, not worse

Edit: Tried removing some of the offending keys and cleaning underneath them.. Maybe they're just over-sensitive to dust/"dirt"?

I think of switches as a closed container, and as such hair/dust/ash (small amounts of "flying" cigarette ash) shouldn't interfere with them per se..

It's not dirty underneath at all, except what you could expect will fall down between the keys from regular home usage..

Open note pad, and tape out 10 characters of each letter. Are you seeing skipped or doubled characters evenly spaced among the letters, or are there any specific ones that are doing it? Could simply be bad switches causing chatter or rebound that isn't getting buffered properly.

Open note pad, and tape out 10 characters of each letter. Are you seeing skipped or doubled characters evenly spaced among the letters, or are there any specific ones that are doing it? Could simply be bad switches causing chatter or rebound that isn't getting buffered properly.

Yeah just tried it, seems like it's some keys only.. like E, S, D, <SPACE> - the keyboard is a few months old, so they shouldn't wear down already - but since I game alot WASD is used frequently, and some of those keys seem problematic in particular :)

Is there anything to do about chattering? Using compressed air is a big no-no as far as I could tell from searching possible solutions..

I upgraded to a mechanical KB about a year ago (cherry MX brown switches) and love it. No issues like this at all! Sounds like yours may be faulty.
The only problem I've had is I spilt a beer on it and now the right arrow key is permanently pressed...

My last two keyboards have had the right Ctrl getting stuck when pressed because of soda drops...

Guess it's time to buy a cheap keyboard then instead of expensive mechanical ones - this sucks!

The switches are the same in other brands, so I won't dare get another one with MX Red....

This is problematic when gaming, I won't even attempt to continue my coding projects atm..

I upgraded to a mechanical KB about a year ago (cherry MX brown switches) and love it. No issues like this at all! Sounds like yours may be faulty.
The only problem I've had is I spilt a beer on it and now the right arrow key is permanently pressed...

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I'm with Hodg. It sounds like several of your key switches are sticking.

I simply couldn't find a keyboard designed for typing ( wired, rather reasonably priced, playable WASD placed, without 234873 media keys ) around so currently stuck with MS Comfort Curve 2000 :/

I got myself a keyboard not long ago, but the keystrokes sometimes produces doublestrokes and/or doesn't register making it really difficult to type a straight sentence!

Would O-rings do any good except dampening the clicks?

When that (left Win key stopped registering) happened with mine, I fixed the bad solder joint and it is working fine as of this writing.

O-rings are good for reducing key travel and dampening clicks. I don't think they would help in your case; if you keyboard is still in warranty, I suggest you RMA it, and if it's not, I suggest you inspect the PCB and redo any bad solder joints.

I upgraded to a mechanical KB about a year ago (cherry MX brown switches) and love it. No issues like this at all! Sounds like yours may be faulty.
The only problem I've had is I spilt a beer on it and now the right arrow key is permanently pressed...

It's not to too hard to clean it.

I simply couldn't find a keyboard designed for typing ( wired, rather reasonably priced, playable WASD placed, without 234873 media keys ) around so currently stuck with MS Comfort Curve 2000 :/

There's the CODE keyboard. The only reason I never bought one is because I already own three mechanical keyboards (2 TKLs with MX blacks, 1 full-size with MX browns).