How could one increase the USB keyboard refresh rate from default 125Hz to, say, 1000Hz?

windows-10 usb drivers keyboard refresh-rate

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You cannot increase it beyond the manufacturers parameters.

Get a good gaming KB, and it will allow you to set it even up to 1000, but those were designed to support values that high. The manufacturers driver will allow you to set various values usually between 100 and 1000.

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AgentFire

Updated on September 18, 2022

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AgentFire over 1 year

I have asked this question before and here what I came up with:

How could one increase the USB keyboard refresh rate? I need it for my keyboard to stop swapping quickly pressed keys. I'm running Windows 10.

EDIT:

It's not a duplicate, as I ask 'how to increase refresh rate?' and not 'oh, should I buy a new keyboard may be?'
- DavidPostill almost 8 years
  
  "while consumer-grade keyboards generally poll at only 125 Hz, which can easily cause problems when typing fast, gaming keyboards typically poll at 1000 Hz, which is much less likely to result in erroneous registration." from Why would a computer swap letters around when typing very fast?
- DavidPostill almost 8 years
  
  Possible duplicate of Why would a computer swap letters around when typing very fast?
- AgentFire almost 8 years
  
  @DavidPostill have you even read the title?
- DavidPostill almost 8 years
  
  Yes. Of course I read the question. The polling rate is determined by the keyboard not by the OS. That's why some keyboards (normally gaming keyboards) have a physical switch to change the polling rate.
- AgentFire almost 8 years
  
  @DavidPostill so, returning to my question. Is there a way to change it for my non-gaming keyboard?
- DavidPostill almost 8 years
  
  Not unless your non-gaming keyboard has a physical switch or is programmable to do so by software in the keyboard.
- AgentFire almost 8 years
  
  Well, may be there is a way to get some 3rd party driver that would do the trick?
- DavidPostill almost 8 years
  
  It's nothing to do with drivers. It is set by hardware in the keyboard (the switch) or by software provided by the keyboard vendor that talks to the hardware in the keyboard. If the hardware isn't there nothing can change it :p
- AgentFire almost 8 years
  
  @DavidPostill well, this page claims to have an answer. It is just outdated and not working anymore. Which means, there are ways.
- DavidPostill almost 8 years
  
  <shrug> You can write your own answer saying it is possible but not working then ;)
- AgentFire almost 8 years
  
  @DavidPostill I would like to donate some of my rep for a good answer instead.
- Ctrl-alt-dlt almost 8 years
  
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- Ctrl-alt-dlt almost 8 years
  
  You can increase the polling rate of the port, not the keyboard.
- AgentFire almost 8 years
  
  @JamieWilletts already did it - it says everything is fine, enjoy, but the keys are still swapped.