Keyboard gets 'stuck' after 5 seconds while playing games...

And since a lot of games use AWSD for movement, this is a problem.

Basically - for example - playing Minecraft, when running forward (w) if you hold the w key down for 5 seconds, it'll 'stick' - and you can let go of the keyboard, and you will continue moving forward until you hit w again.  This also happened in several other games (Star Wars the Old Republic; Bioshock Infinite and Borderlands 2 (I think - I'm not sure it happened there...  But regardless).

I've tried turning off all the sticky keys - filter keys - all that stuff; I can't find any way of stopping this so far.  Is it maybe a defective keyboard?  Or just a 'flaw' in the design?

Thanks.

I have exactly the same issue with WOW (the only game I played on the SP2  yet). I did not start a thread yet because I thought it was game related. But obviously not.

I have a touch cover 2. So this is not a dirt issue or anything... it is a but apparently...

And I usually switch to the desktop using the windows button and back once this happens. Unfortunately it happens a lot...

So as far as I'm concerned: It's a "bug" of the keyboard / computer.  MS needs to fix this immediately  :(

We tried it with a brand new Type 2 cover - it did it (on both their machine - and my machine)

We tried it with a brand new Type 1 cover - still did it  (on both their machine - and my machine)

And judging by the 2 'I have this problem' - in a couple days - I'm sure others will come along with similar problems.

I purchased a Bluetooth keyboard at Best Buy - gonna give that a try; but so far - I'm really disappointed by this.  :(

Oh, and I forgot: We also had a similar problem with an RT computer; tho obviously not with a game ad we couldn't install anything (it was also a display model).  However, it was the issue where you would open notepad - hold a key down - and it would repeat it for about 5 seconds, then stop responding to the key-pressing.   I think I mentioned that above; that happens on the Surface Pro 2 as well...

I noticed another Type/touch cover issue that caused me trouble. I decided to try some light gaming on my Surface Pro 2 and noticed that while playing the Stanley Parable Demo from Steam after holding down the W key for a while to move forward I would end up not being able to stop moving forward even after letting go of the W key. I originally thought this was a touch cover issue, but it seems to effect the type cover as well. I would really like to see this software/driver issue be fixed.

I originally thought this was a touch cover issue, but it seems to effect the type cover as well. I would really like to see this software/driver issue be fixed.

Yeah, it does it on both Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 - regardless of the cover used. It really sucks in The Old Republic; because there are planets where you just run off a cliff if you forget where you are....  :(

I originally thought this was a touch cover issue, but it seems to effect the type cover as well. I would really like to see this software/driver issue be fixed.

Yeah, it does it on both Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 - regardless of the cover used. It really sucks in The Old Republic; because there are planets where you just run off a cliff if you forget where you are....  :(

Sucks also in world of Warcraft ...  pulling groups you did not intend to...