BIOS and Keyboard Repeat Rate

[Beno]

Hi There,

I have been asking this question to people for ages and still can't get a response so you guys are my last hope.

When I change the keyboard repeat rate under the Keyboard icon in the control panel in Windows 98, is this making a change directly to the System BIOS settings typematic buffer rate or is the change happening to some setting within the Op.Sys files??

Anyone that can answer that would be muchly appreciated

Cheers

Beno


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[YODA74]

according to the guide here I believe it's in the bios but you can read all about it here if your interested or if you want an easy answer stick around.
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/kb/swTypematic-c.html
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/kb/swBIOS-c.html

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[rond36]

Quote "When I change the keyboard repeat rate under the Keyboard icon in the control panel in Windows 98, is this making a change directly to the System BIOS settings typematic buffer rate or is the change happening to some setting within the Op.Sys files??"

No when you change the repeat rate in control panel it dosen't change it in the BIOS it changes it in the Windows registry. I don't think there is any BIOS settings that can be changed from windows.
Windows registry will override BIOS settings.
The Typamatic BIOS settings are mostly for backward compatibilty with MS DOS (and should be ignored when using Windows just like Windows does)


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Alright who messed it up this time!

[This message has been edited by rond36 (edited 11-02-2001).]

[Paleo Pete]

Yep, everything you change in Control Panel makes changes in the Registry, not BIOS. BIOS can only be changed before Windows or any other OS loads, during boot. After that you're dealing with Windows Registry, or in Win3.x you're dealing with ini files. In DOS...ok I won't go there... http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[Beno]

Thanks a lot guys

your all really super helpful

This is the best board ever!!

Cheers

Beno

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