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Achil
09-09-2007, 10:15 PM
Hi.

I've currently been experiencing a very annoying problem in all of my Source based games, most notably Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source. Basically, after a few seconds (sometimes minutes) of playing, the 'S' button on my keyboard stops working - I can't walk backwards and cannot type the letter in chat. This has been happening for, I think, about a week now.

Other info: I have not changed any settings in my games, and I have the latest drivers/software for my keyboard and mouse - my mouse being a Microsoft Comfort Optical Mouse 3000 and my keyboard being a Microsoft USB Digital Media Pro Keyboard. I'm running Windows XP Professional SP2. I don't really think my system specs matter so I'll leave them out unless someone asks for them.

So far I've tried defragmenting/verifying all my Steam games, checking my keyboard driver version (I have the latest, as said) and I have nothing running in the background during gameplay. All my other keys work fine, it's just the 'S' key that stops working.

Thanks for any help - this is driving me nuts!

Ridge
10-09-2007, 02:43 AM
What kind of keyboard is it? If its a gaming keyboard, might want to uninstall and reinstall the software for it...

The Brick
10-09-2007, 11:10 AM
This is because of xfire. Since some update this has been a problem. Check the xfire forums for solutions.

Achil
10-09-2007, 07:40 PM
OK I had a look, thanks!

For anyone else who might be experiencing this problem, try here:

http://www.xfire.com/xf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=142569