Tilde key unresponsive

ive been having problems with the tilde key on my Asus laptop. at first
it was that it didint work at all, in games, in microsoft works, or
notepad. i went searching online and disabled the driver for the eHome
ir receiver (even though i dont own an ir receivers). after that i was
able to use the tild key only outside of games.
but heres the strange part, if i press the tild key quickly as
if i were typing normaly, it dose not register. in order to use it i
have to hold down the tilde key for about 1-2 seconds before it would
spit out a stream of "````````````". then i could delete up to the first
one. this is true for the laptops keyboard, and a wired dell keyboard i
connected using usb.
since my problem was still unresolved i tried uninstalling all
the drivers that had to do with eHome or IR. with no success i rolled
back both of the keyboards drivers (they had no new updates). and finaly
i was able to get some functionality out of the tilde key. but again
there is a strange part.
when in any games that use the half-life, or half-life 2
engine,(counter strike 1.6, counter strike source, day of defeat, half
life, half life 2, and condition zero) i can use the tilde key, with one
exeption. i have to have 2 keyboards. i connect my dell keyboard to my
laptop using usb, then i press both tilde keys on both keyboards once,
quickly, ingame, and the developer console finaly opens (usualy takes
more than one atempt).
this is good that i can use the tild key in games that use
half life's engine, but bad for the games that do not. and bad that i
have to use two keyboards.
the main game i am trying to resolve this issue with is
fallout 3. i have tried using one keyboard, two keyboards, changing the
layout of keyboards (counter strike had an issue where if you pressed
jump and crouch at the same time it changed to chineese layout). i just
dont know what else to do. it just seem that there should be a easier
solution then going through all this trouble to only get functionality
in a few select games, and i have to use two keyboards.

heres any specs i think might help

manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
model: ASUS Notebook M70Vm/M70Vr Series
processor: intel(r) core(TM)2 Duo CPU T900 @ 2.53 GHz
4 GB RAM
windows vista Home premium 32-bit
service pack 1
ITECIR inferred receiver (EC) disabled
any thing with eHome in the device manager is uninstalled
HID keyboard device (usb) version 6.0.6001.18000, date 6/21/2006
Standard PS/2 Keyboard (laptop keyboard) version 6.0.6001.18000 date
6/21/2006

any help will be greatly apreciated


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