Ok, so I have a weird issue that I've all but narrowed down to a hardware problem.
When I play games that are full screen and try to type in the chat the letters are all messed up. For example, in BF3, when I try to type "ammo" I get "z,,o". You'll notice the "a" key gives a "z" character. The weird part is the "a" key functions properly for playing.
In Skyrim I try to open the Steam in-game interface with Shift+[ but have to do Shift+] for it to detect "properly". When I type in a steam chat window the buttons work properly.
What I've done so far:
Updated drivers
uninstalling the offending games
Installed windows on a different hard drive, installed only drivers and the games (not even windows updates)
new keyboards
different USB ports
Memtest
BIOS update
There are 5 peices of hardware (video card, Mobo, CPU, RAM, PSU) that I haven't been able to isolate and test so I'm guessing it's one of those (and I don't have spare parts to test them with). If any of you know or have an idea of what could cause this behavior only in full-screen applications I'd appreciate the input.
When I play games that are full screen and try to type in the chat the letters are all messed up. For example, in BF3, when I try to type "ammo" I get "z,,o". You'll notice the "a" key gives a "z" character. The weird part is the "a" key functions properly for playing.
In Skyrim I try to open the Steam in-game interface with Shift+[ but have to do Shift+] for it to detect "properly". When I type in a steam chat window the buttons work properly.
What I've done so far:
Updated drivers
uninstalling the offending games
Installed windows on a different hard drive, installed only drivers and the games (not even windows updates)
new keyboards
different USB ports
Memtest
BIOS update
There are 5 peices of hardware (video card, Mobo, CPU, RAM, PSU) that I haven't been able to isolate and test so I'm guessing it's one of those (and I don't have spare parts to test them with). If any of you know or have an idea of what could cause this behavior only in full-screen applications I'd appreciate the input.