Originally Posted by Drachnem I have to post here because I owned this keyboard, I paid 80 Dollars on newegg for it and was dying to get my hands on it. I finaly got it and it was everything I could have wanted, slip rubber keys, etched back lighting, media controls, usb, sound etc.
However after connecting this keyboard up I started to play some games, world of warcraft to be specfic and I was trying to move my chr and it wouldn't move, so I went to type that I couldn't move and by then the monster had killed everyone and I realized the key stopped working, so I unplugged it and plugged it back in and all was well, but to my dismay this keyboard would keep losing function of driffrent keys, randomly keys would stop working, so I would have to stand up, and reconnect it 2 or more times an hour.
I contacted razer about the issue after reinstalling drivers, updating them, even windows pushed a driver for it thought the update. None of these drivers corrected my issue. So I RMA'ed the keyboard, which by the way razer expects you to pay for, so I went thought newegg, and they covered the costs. I got a new one, and it did the same thing. I tried swiching ports, computers, and OSs and nothing changed randomly keys would stop working. I found out many people have this issue with the keyboard, which is a damm shame as for not having that issue, this was an amazing keyboard.
If they corrected the issue, I would pick one up again. But it doesn't work and that makes me a sad panda.:(
Pretty much all Razer product suffer from this problem. Intermittent faults like this lose of function are most likely caused by underpowered USB. You can't really try it now, but using a powered USB hub is the best way of connecting USB Razer products.
i was really looking forward to getting this keyboard, and then the reviews started coming out saying how dim the backlight really is. so today i went googling to see if there was a solution and found this. i think i'm going to order this keyboard when my scholarship cheque comes in and give it a shot.
Originally Posted by supertoad i was really looking forward to getting this keyboard, and then the reviews started coming out saying how dim the backlight really is. so today i went googling to see if there was a solution and found this. i think i'm going to order this keyboard when my scholarship cheque comes in and give it a shot.
The back light is perfect, its just the right bright. If what they said was true get a powered usb port first thought.
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Pretty much all Razer product suffer from this problem. Intermittent faults like this lose of function are most likely caused by underpowered USB. You can't really try it now, but using a powered USB hub is the best way of connecting USB Razer products.
I'm thinking of getting one and just replacing the LEDs with white, brighter ones :D
The back light is perfect, its just the right bright. If what they said was true get a powered usb port first thought.
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