Hello,

A few weeks ago my numpad 4 key started flooding a random number of times whenever i pressed it. When playing games, the arrow keys would also flood.

The keyboard was a ps2 type. To see if the motherboard or the keyboard were the problem, i bought a brand new usb keyboard - still the same problem. This told me that the ps2 keyboard was fine and it was less likely that the motherboard was broken.

A friend SUGGESTED ESET antivirus and firewall suit. Although it didn't detect any viruses/ keyloggers it stopped the arrow keys from flooding in game. But not the numpad 4.

So, i reformatted my pc - problem still didn't go away. Also, today it's started sending 4 along with other keys, however it's not doing it now.

My CPU temp is normal, CPU voltage is normal, CPU usage is normal, RAM usage is normal, pagefile usage is normal. I *think* i tried it in safemode and i didn't get any flooding.

Are there any more TESTS i can do to find the problem?Sounds like you may have a motherboard problem, as i expect you have already guessed. If it were a motherboard problem, why would only my keyboards be dysfunctional but none of my other hardware?Because on the motherboard is a keyboard controller chip.
After the format and clean install did you remember to re-install the MBoard drivers ? ?
If you did and the problem still persists then Dias is probably right about the board...*censored*. Well it is a cheap piece of crap so it's expected. I did install the drivers btw.Are there perhaps updated chipset / motherboard drivers which you may download and then install?I agree. It sounds like the motherboard's ability to interpret keyboard signals is going out. The fact that you're getting this with both PS/2 and USB keyboards confirms that it's not the keyboards or ports screwing up, but something further down the line.

As Aegis suggested, you could try updated drivers. It might HELP, but I'm guessing it won't.I doubt they've updated the drivers EVEN once, being such a cheap motherboard. And tbh i need a new processor, which would need a new motherboard anyway.

Thanks for the help everyone.I upgraded to Win 7 a few months ago and so far so weird key flooding. So as I suspected it was most likely a bug with Windows xp.Thanks for STOPPING back to give us an update...