Filco Majestouch Malfunctioning

Karthane

United States1183 Posts

October 24 2010 20:28 GMT

Hey guys, i have Filco Majestouch Tactile Touch with Cherry MX Browns and it has been great for the past few weeks, but last night it suddenly stopped responding, and the three LED lights turned off.

So i reconnected and everything seemed to be working fine, then the same thing happened. I reconnected, everything was fine.

This has happened about 5-6 times now, wondering if any of you had the same problem? I already e-mailed their support but I knew a few of you had Filco keyboards and figured a response here might be faster.

Thanks

CaptainFwiffo

United States576 Posts

October 24 2010 21:17 GMT

No, that's not normal at all. I would definitely RMA it.

hkfosho

Canada213 Posts

October 24 2010 21:43 GMT

where'd you purchase it from? let's hope you didn't purchase used ones or something from forums or ebay

NuKedUFirst

Canada3139 Posts

October 24 2010 22:02 GMT

I am always scared of ordering shit and it ends up getting dropped by careless people at customs/delivery/etc. I ordered the same keyboard a few weeks ago and have yet to get it. I check the UPS receipt and it says its in customs. Its a fucking keyboard. Not a fucking bomb. Either way. I doubt people are very careful when they deliver shit for a job.

Karthane

United States1183 Posts

October 24 2010 22:14 GMT

On October 25 2010 06:43 hkfosho wrote:
where'd you purchase it from? let's hope you didn't purchase used ones or something from forums or ebay

I ordered it from Elitekeyboards.com, so i should be okay in that regard.

DysFUNKtional

Canada51 Posts

October 24 2010 22:25 GMT

I'm curious, are you plugging it via ps/2 or usb?

semantics

10040 Posts

October 24 2010 22:44 GMT

On October 25 2010 07:25 DysFUNKtional wrote:
I'm curious, are you plugging it via ps/2 or usb?

hot plugging even with ps/2 shouldn't dmg the keyboard as it is still native usb, it may damage the converter but one would assume if he's had problems he would try using usb over ps/2 to see if that made a difference.

Buddhalol

Canada109 Posts

October 24 2010 22:53 GMT

oh god i just bought one of these (typing on it now) i hope this doesnt happen

Kesler

Canada175 Posts

October 24 2010 23:00 GMT

elitekeyboards.com offers a 1 year warranty on their products so i'd definitely look into that.

Karthane

United States1183 Posts

October 24 2010 23:04 GMT

#10

On October 25 2010 07:25 DysFUNKtional wrote:
I'm curious, are you plugging it via ps/2 or usb?

I plug it in through the usb

stafu

Australia1196 Posts

October 24 2010 23:16 GMT

#11

Try PS/2 or a different USB port.

ShivaN

United States933 Posts

October 24 2010 23:17 GMT

#12

I've had mine for over a year now, taken it around to several LANs, and I've never had anything like that happen with mine or any problems really. You may have just gotten a defective model. I'm sure elitekeyboards will straighten it out when they get back to you.

gn1k

United States441 Posts

October 24 2010 23:26 GMT

#13

I got the same keyboard a little less than a week ago. Once it did the same thing. The lights turned off and it stopped responding. I also just unplugged it then plugged it back in. It was after having to restart my computer because it froze up trying to watch the vods of hd husky casts from blizzcon. Hope it doesn't happen any more in the future.

haduken

Australia8267 Posts

October 25 2010 10:22 GMT

#14

Try it on a different USB port preferably a main port and not one that's being daisy chained.
I've found that sometimes the chained ports can play up when they are not feed power properly.

haduken

Australia8267 Posts

October 25 2010 10:24 GMT

#15

But yeah I have to say not every filco is made the same. I guess the only way to guarantee the best quality is fly to Japan and buy one there as Japanese people demand the perfect device.

My keyboard have one feet shorter than the rest

But I can't be stuffed sending it back so I put a library card to raise it.

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