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Title: Pressing Fire Button results in Beeps....
Post by: Richardgregory on February 01, 2015, 05:09:48 pm

I'm experiencing this weird problem - doesn't matter what my front end is as I tried switching it.

As soon as I start pressing Player 1 Fire button (button 1, which translates to CTRL key in MAME config), I experience beeping sounds, coming out from the speaker, but after maybe a few key presses it goes away and all is good.  Ie.  So when loading up Galaga, whenever I press the fire button to shoot, I hear beeps drowning out the Galaga fire sound.

Anyone have any ideas what might be the issue?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Pressing Fire Button results in Beeps....
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on February 01, 2015, 06:06:39 pm

You have "sticky keys" enabled in windows (accessibility options).  You need to disable the sounds when the CTRL key is hit multiple times.  Read more here:  https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070630190946AAq28Co

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Title: Re: Pressing Fire Button results in Beeps....
Post by: Malenko on February 01, 2015, 08:55:29 pm

This is exactly right. While on the windows desktop hit control 5 times and the screen should pop up.  I turn off all sticky keys .

Title: Re: Pressing Fire Button results in Beeps....
Post by: bulbousbeard on February 01, 2015, 09:44:39 pm

Let me add to this: it's a really bad idea to use modifier keys (shift, ctrl, alt) as keys for games. You'll run into problems besides sticky keys.

On my I-PAC and J-PACs, I rebind the keys to other things to avoid these issues. Also, the Enter key is a better start button than "1" is, too.

Title: Re: Pressing Fire Button results in Beeps....
Post by: Richardgregory on February 02, 2015, 08:59:14 pm

Thanks folks - I had thought I had Sticky Keys turned off, but I hadn't.